7.30pm
Thu 12 — Sat 14 Feb
Ustinov Studio
Life Before You
- 12 - 14 February
Event Information
7.30pm
Thu 12 — Sat 14 Feb
“I can’t care for you when you’re like this — can’t love you when you’re like this — you need to be--- you need to be better.”
Gráinne leaves Ardoyne, Belfast, for England, chasing the promise of a better life for her daughter. She scrubs, she bleaches, she sacrifices— and piece by piece, she begins to disappear.
Eimear grows up surrounded by privilege, stepping through doors her mother could never open. But with every step forward, she drifts further away — into another class, another name, another life.
As they clash over diverging ideas of womanhood, what surfaces is complex and turbulent, straining their relationships — with themselves and with each other — to breaking point.
Life Before You, a fierce and unflinching new play by Eva Hudson, lays bare the fault lines between mothers and daughters. Addressing women’s healthcare, class, survival, and the erasure of aging women, it asks: what do we pass on, and how do we escape the lives written for us?
Praise for previous work from the writer and director:
★★★★★ “Hudson’s writing had me second guessing everything I thought I knew going into the play…Incredible scriptwriting from her, a deeply mesmerising watch.” Broadway World on 855-For-Truth
★★★★★ “A masterclass in storytelling” North West End on Cold, Dark Matters
★★★★★ “A triumph” StageTalk Magazine on The Fall of the House of Usher
Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 February
Evenings 7.30pm
Tickets £18 / £10 discounts
A booking fee of £3 per ticket applies
The Ustinov Studio entrance is on Monmouth Street. Please note, the Ustinov cannot be accessed from the Main House foyer.
Box Office phone lines are open from 10am - 6pm Monday - Saturday.
We aim to open the auditorium doors 20 minutes prior to the performance, where possible.
Tickets for Ustinov Studio productions may include a £2.50 building levy.
Ustinov Studio discounts apply to children, students in full-time education and members of the Theatre Royal Bath's access register.
Please see the ACCESS page for details regarding our Access Register and associated discounts.
A booking fee of £3 per ticket applies to all booking channels and payment types.
There is a lift for wheelchair users from the Ustinov foyer to the Stalls level. The Circle has stair access only.
Full booking terms & conditions can be found here
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