Lifeline is a new musical which tells the story of Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming’s world-changing discovery of penicillin in 1928. Fleming’s historic narrative is interwoven with Jess’, a present day doctor whose childhood sweetheart, Aaron, is recovering from cancer treatment. But just as Aaron is desperate to resume normality and rekindle the romance, his life hangs in the balance, as he waits to see if Fleming’s century-old miracle cure will still work well enough to save him.