REAL life mother and daughter duo Caroline Quentin and her daughter Rose star in the "witty and provocative" Mrs Warren's Profession in Malvern this April.

The new production of the George Bernard Shaw classic has toured nationwide and will come to Malvern Theatres from Saturday, April 11 to April 15.

Written in 1894 but banned for 30 years by a Lord Chamberlain who found it “immoral and improper”, Mrs Warren’s Profession is a ripe attack on English hypocrisy and its “fashionable morality."

What is Mrs Warren’s profession? Mrs Warren’s daughter Vivie has never really known much about her mother. A sensible young woman, she has enjoyed a comfortable upbringing, a Cambridge education, a generous monthly allowance and now has ambitions to go into Law.

Is it conceivable that her privilege and respectability has been financed from the profits of the world’s oldest profession? How will Vivie react when she finds out the startling truth about her mother’s business empire and that freedom comes at an emotional price?

Twice winner of the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Actress, Caroline Quentin’s many television roles have ranged from Men Behaving Badly, Kiss Me Kate and Jonathan Creek to Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing on the Edge, and the 2020 season of Strictly Come Dancing.

Vivie is played by Caroline’s real-life daughter, Rose Quentin. Shortly after graduating in 2019, Rose starred in the horror movie York Witches Society, and recently created the role of Katrina Van Tassel on tour in the stage version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Wendi Peters and Bill Ward.

Presented by Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Mrs Warren’s Profession is directed by Anthony Banks and designed by David Woodhead. Lighting design is by David Woodhead and sound design is by Ben and Max Ringham.

For tickets, visit: https://www.malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/mrs-warrens-profession/