Behind every extraordinary feat are ordinary people. This is their story.

Fresh from a debut run off-Broadway, Lifeline is a new Scottish folk musical about one moment that changed history, and two love stories seventy years apart.

Lifeline is inspired by real historical events and real voices. Each performance features a different ensemble of nurses, doctors, vets, dentists and scientists, appearing alongside a professional cast, making every night genuinely unique. A celebration of the everyday people who make the extraordinary happen – and a heartfelt love letter to the medical community: past, present and future.

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It’s 1950 and Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming is at the height of his fame. His discovery of penicillin, the world’s first antibiotic, is being hailed as a miracle cure that will change medicine forever. But as friendship blossoms into love with Greek resistance fighter and scientist Amalia Voureka, Fleming is faced with a choice: hide away as “the man behind the mould” or embrace his future with Amalia.

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In present-day Edinburgh, junior doctor Jess faces the unthinkable when her estranged childhood sweetheart, Aaron, is rushed to her hospital. As modern medicine collides with unresolved history, old feelings resurface, new battles are fought, and critical decisions must be made.

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“Passionate and rousing” The Stage

★★★★★ “Deserves full houses ... a prime example of a new British musical” - West End Best Friend

★★★★★ Ovation Radio

★★★★★ Thespian Mag

★★★★★ Theatre Flyer

★★★★ “A welcome addition to the London stage” The Arts Desk

★★★★ Theatre & Tonic

★★★★ Upstage Downstage

★★★★ Adventures in Theatreland

★★★★ The Peg