A special show everyone fit for

Haley McGee's solo piece demonstrates an astonishing emotional and artistic maturity

- GLENN SUMI

In "Age Is a Feeling," Haley McGee delivers convincing details about everything from heartbreak over not becoming a mother to resentments over unresolved family issues.

Age Is a Feeling

✰✰ (out of 4)

By Haley McGee, directed by Mitchell Cushman, with original direction by Adam Brace. Runs to June 23 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. soulpepper.ca or 416-866-8666

Occasionally a show comes along that I want to recommend to everyone: both avid theatergoers and those who haven't seen a play since high school, or perhaps ever.

It's not that there's anything broad or unsophisticated about these works, which include "Kim's Convenience," "Every Brilliant Thing" and "Come From Away." Rather, their presentation and themes are so entertaining and universal that I'm convinced everyone will get something profound and lasting from them.

Haley McGee's "Age Is a Feeling" is one of those special shows. Developed and written for London's Soho Theatre, where it received an Olivier Award nomination after selling out houses at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, the solo piece McGee's fifth - covers nothing less than one woman's adult life.