Review: Lifeline - Southwark Playhouse

Lifeline – Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London

Composer and Lyrics: Robin Hiley Writer: Becky Hope-Palmer Director: Alex Howarth The musical Lifeline debuts in London at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. It is nothing if not ambitious. It tells two parallel stories, the first about Alexander Fleming, the Scottish scientist who invented penicillin, the second a fictional love story of NHS doctor Jess and her [...] The post Lifeline – Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London appeared first on The Revi…

Review: Lifeline - Southwark Playhouse

Lifeline is the frontline of the fight Fresh from an off-Broadway run; a history-making performance as the first musical to ever be performed at the United Nations (2024) and two previous sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2018 and 2022 as The Mould That Changed The World), Lifeline now comes to Southwark, writes Michael Holland.   It is 2025 and a patient is bemoaning the ‘Canteen Tea’ in hospital. Aaron (Nathan Salstone) gives a s…

LIFELINE review by thespyinthestalls at Southwark Playhouse

LIFELINE Southwark Playhouse Elephant ★★½ “has real ambition and compelling music but the theatrical execution isn’t quite there yet ‘Lifeline’ – the first musical ever staged at the UN – premieres in London with an urgent mission: to spotlight the growing threat of antibiotic resistance and critical need for responsible stewardship. However, the delivery feels a little blunt, leaning on shock tactics and healthcare hero tropes, and at times mu…