CHORUS CASTING CALL FOR 2026 LONDON RUN

CHORUS CASTING CALL FOR 2026 LONDON RUN

CALLING SCIENTISTS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, ANIMAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS & ENVIRONMENTALISTS

Fresh from a debut run off-Broadway – and after making history as the first musical to ever perform at the United Nations – the two-time Edinburgh Fringe sell-out musical LIFELINE is coming to Southwark Playhouse theatre in London in spring 2026! Whether you’re a nurse, vet, microbiologist, dentist, surgeon, policy-maker, pharmacist, lab technician, farmer – or many more professions! – we are looking for you to join our chorus and perform alongside a cast of West End professional actors and musicians in the show.

Read our full CHORUS CASTING CALL for all the details, including how to apply.

Chorus Casting Call

Volunteering for Lifeline

Have you always wanted to perform in a professional production on a London stage? Now is your chance! Please read our full CHORUS CASTING CALL document before submitting an application.

This is an auditioned role with the opportunity for you to perform for one week of the London production in March-May 2026. The chorus appears on stage singing various songs and taking on small roles based on real life doctors and scientists and their experiences of AMR.

The chorus are the beating heart of the show. You can meet some previous chorus members and hear about their experiences of auditioning and being in the show in this video.

Benefits previous chorus members have experienced include:

Building confidence in theatre skills through working with a professional cast and crew
Practical public engagement skills
Community building with like-minded, theatre-loving AMR professionals
A chance to explore their research in novel ways
Increased optimism and motivation about the importance of their work
The buzz of performing on stage!

Don’t just take our word for it – hear from some of our past chorus members in the video below.

Auditioning for Lifeline

We are calling for any scientist, medic or healthcare professional, veterinarian or animal health professional who can commit to the mandatory rehearsal dates and one full week of shows; see the CHORUS CASTING CALL for full details. If that’s you, please apply using the link to the application form below.

The deadline to complete the form is Wednesday 18th December at 1700GMT.

APPLY NOW TO JOIN OUR 2026 LONDON CHORUS

If offered an audition, you will be sent further information and how to sign up for a short, informal audition that will be held at the following times in central London:

Saturday 10 January – 10:00- 20:00
Sunday 11 January – 10:00- 17:00
Tuesday 13 January – 19:00- 22:00

You will be sent a link to sign up for a time which will include the location.

WHAT IS AMR?

Five million people a year die from illness linked to antibiotic resistance. It just might be the biggest threat to humanity you have never heard of.

Antibiotics are drugs used to treat infections caused by bacteria and only bacteria. In the past eighty years they have saved millions of lives. Antibiotic resistance, a type of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is a natural process allowing bacteria to evolve defenses that renders our drugs less effective. If we used antibiotics sensibly, only when we really needed them, we might have enough time to halt the spread of resistance through the population and develop new drugs to fight infection.

Unfortunately, we overuse antibiotics to treat infections that might improve by themselves, that are caused by viruses, and we even use them to fatten animals raised in the meat industry. This overuse has led to the creation of superbugs, bacteria that are resistant to most or all of the antibiotics we throw at them. These resistant bacteria are now linked to about 5 million deaths globally every year. Without urgent action, this number is only going to rise.

THE LIFELINE PROJECT PODCAST

The Lifeline Project explores the science and the process behind the musical.

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