AGE IS A FEELING

Haley McGee (Playwright/Performer) is a writer and actor, born and raised in Canada now based in London. McGee wrote and performed Age is a Feeling to sold-out audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe, winning a Fringe First and transferring to the Soho Theatre London for two sold-out runs. The show was subsequently nominated for an Olivier Award. McGee won a Dora Award for her solo show The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale, which has been adapted into a book of the same name, published by Penguin Random House Canada. McGee has toured her other solo shows to 11 countries, where they’ve enjoyed sold-out performances, won awards and received rave reviews. Her writing has been translated into 10 languages and counting. As an actor, she has appeared on the BBC, CBC, Radio4 and on stages across the UK and Canada. She holds a BFA in Acting from Toronto Metropolitan University and trained at the Second City Conservatory and the Free Association. haleymcgee.ca[haleymcgee.ca] [haleymcgee.ca] / @yeshaleymcgee

Mitchell Cushman is a director, creator and founding Artistic Director of Outside the March. As one of Canada’s leading immersive theatre artists, Cushman’s work has been seen on stages as large as the Royal Alexandra Theatre and the Stratford Festival, in spaces as intimate as kindergarten classrooms and living rooms, and in locales as far flung as London, Buenos Aires, Edinburgh, Munich, Finland and Japan. Directing credits for Outside the March include No Save Points, Trojan Girls, The Flick, The Tape Escape, Dr. Silver, Jerusalem, TomorrowLove™, Mr. Burns, Vitals, Passion Play, Terminus and Mr. Marmalade. Cushman is also the Co-Creator of BRANTWOOD, Canada’s largest immersive musical theatre experience, which received the 2015 Audience Choice Dora Award. Other favorite directing credits include: Treasure Island, Breath of Kings, Possible Worlds (Stratford); The Effect, Hand to God, The Aliens (Coal Mine); Sweeney Todd, I, Claudia, The Last of Romeo & Juliet (TIFT); Into the Woods, Merrily We Roll Along (YES Theatre). Cushman has received numerous distinctions for his work, including two Dora Awards for Outstanding Direction, four Dora Awards for Outstanding Production, the Siminovitch Protégé Award, and the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards for Best Production and Best Director.

Adam Brace was the Associate Director at Soho Theatre, working across Comedy, Theatre and Performance Art. He was a director, dramaturg, script editor and writer. He developed a varied range of work including nine Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated shows, nominees for two Olivier  Awards (London), two Barry Awards (Melbourne) and two Helen Hayes Awards (Washington DC), two New York Times Critic’s Picks as well as winners of three Fringe Firsts, two Herald Angel Awards, two Southbank Sky Arts awards and an Obie. His credits include One Woman Show by Liz Kingsman (West End, Sydney Opera House, Off Broadway ‘23); all of Alex Edelman’s shows since 2014 including Just for Us (Obie Award ‘23, Broadway run summer ‘23); Age is a Feeling by Haley McGee (Olivier-nominated ‘23, Fringe First ‘22); all of Sh!t Theatre’s multi-award-winning international shows including Evita Too (Off-West End Award ’23, UK Tour ’23); Leo Reich’s Literally Who Cares?! (Best Newcomer nominee ‘22, NYT critics’ pick ‘23). TV credits include Ahir Shah’s HBO Max special “Dots” and Creative Supervisor on two series of Soho Theatre Live on Amazon Prime. Previously he was a playwright and was produced by Almeida Theatre, the National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse; his plays are published by Faber and Faber.