Date/Time
Date(s) - 13 Apr 2013
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Location
IPAC Wollongong

Open Captioned Performance on Saturday, 13 April 2013 at 2pm

Booking details at merrigong.com.au. Please don’t forget to request a seat with a good view of the caption screen, at time of booking.

Mrs Warren’s Profession

Legendary playwright George Bernard Shaw dissects the precarious bond between mother and daughter, as well as the thorny issues of class and privilege, in this period drama that remains remarkably relevant.

Vivie Warren is an optimistic young ‘bluestocking’ working her way towards social independence and a successful career, when she makes a discovery that rocks her world: her comfortable upbringing and expensive education were bankrolled by her mother Kitty’s unorthodox profession.

Although written in 1893, Mrs Warren’s Profession was not performed publically in London until 1925, having been banned for its frank discussion of a taboo topic, but also for its forthright challenge of the Victorian status quo regarding the rights of women. Helen Thomson (In the Next Room or the vibrator play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll) and Drew Forsythe (The Wharf Revue) star in a play that sparkles with a vitality and wit belying its 120 years.

Recommended for ages 14+. Contains adult themes.