ROISIN MCCAY-HINES
LIFE BEFORE YOU
UK Tour 2026
Supported by Arts Council England, Shakespeare at Tobacco Factory and Shoreditch Town Hall.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director & Producer Roisin McCay-Hines / Writer Eva Hudson / Designers Jasmine Thompson & Abigail Manard / Technical Stage Manager & Sound/LX Designer Louis Gulliver King / Assistant Director Izzy Ponsford / Producer Mentor Emma Gibson / Dramaturgy Mentor Sarah Dickenson / Production Photographer & Videographer Edward J Felton / Rehearsal Photographer & Videographer Zoë Birkbeck
CAST
Grainne Hayley-Marie Axe
Eimear Georgia Alexandra
TOUR VENUES
Theatre Royal Bath, Exeter Northcott & Barnfield Theatres, Sterts Arts Centre, The Poly, The Acorn, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Mercury Theatre Colchester, The Corn Hall Diss, Tobacco Factory Theatres.
★★★★★
"A Powerful Play"
Diss Express
★★★★
"A thoughtful and emotionally intelligent portrait of mothers, daughters and the distances between them"
A Youngish Perspective
★★★★
"Tender and Deeply Human"
Stagetalk Magazine
★★★★
"Beautifully written and wonderfully portrayed"
Lifestyle District
★★★★
"Intense, Bold and Relatable"
Pink Prince Theatre
Life Before You was produced by REMH Productions Ltd, supported using public funding by Arts Council England, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory Fund, and in-kind support by Shoreditch Town Hall. The production proudly supported The Menopause Charity.
With additional thanks to Lucy Mabbitt, Tom Clay, Helen Birchenough, Doric Bossom, Ben Kernow, Josh Pharo, Jasmine Cole, Emma Rice Company, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Hall for Cornwall for their generous support of the production, and the whole team behind it.