Haley McGee’s Olivier-nominated, Fringe First-winning one-woman play Age is a Feeling comes to Soho Theatre Walthamstow from Thursday 5 to Saturday 7 March 2026, following sold-out runs at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Soho Theatre.
Written and performed by Olivier Award nominee and Waltham Forest local Haley McGee, this never-the-same-twice show explores how our relationship with mortality shapes the way we live.
Inspired by hospices, mystics and trips to the cemetery, Age is a Feeling wrestles with our endless chances to change course while we’re alive. It’s a covert rallying cry against cynicism and regret—a call to seize our time.
Charting the seminal moments, rites of passage and turning points in an adult life—from the day you turn 25 through to your death—the play celebrates the glorious and melancholy unknowability of human existence.
Haley McGee said:
“I started writing this show when I was 35, and now at 40, it’s taking on new meaning for me — even though I wrote it. I’m excited to share this deeper understanding of the material with audiences. I hope those seeing the show for the first time are enlivened by it, and those returning, like me, find new things inside it too.”
The production premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022 before transferring to Soho Theatre for two sold-out, critically acclaimed runs. It was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2023 and later transferred to Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre. The show has won a Fringe First Award, a Lustrum Award, and the Toronto Theatre Critics Award.
Internationally, Age is a Feeling has been translated and staged in China, Chile, Malta, Turkey, Brazil and Germany, with upcoming productions planned for India, Taiwan, Sweden and Poland.
The creative team includes Haley McGee (writer and performer), Mitchell Cushman (director), Adam Brace (original direction and dramaturgy), Zoë Hurwitz (design), Daniel Carter-Brennan (lighting design) and Robert Moutrey (sound design).
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
