Chemistry

★★★★★ Five Stars, Close-Up Culture
★★★★★ Five Stars, UK Theatre Web
★★★★ Four Stars, The Reviews Hub
★★★★ Four Stars, ReviewsGate
★★★★ Four Stars, The Stage
★★★★ Four Stars, Pocketsize Theatre
★★★★ Four Stars, The Crumb

This show contains strobe lighting, haze, and discussion of self-harm, suicide, and mental illness.

Steph struggles with chronic depression. Jamie just overachieved himself off the deep end. When they meet in their psychiatrist’s office, sparks fly and they stumble unexpectedly into a beautiful relationship. But how do you trust someone else when you are already in a battle with your own brain?

Last year, 70.9 million prescriptions for antidepressants were dispensed in England alone, while, in the United States, an estimated 15.5 million Americans have taken antidepressant medication for at least five years and over. With dark humour, a beautiful soundtrack and captivating visuals, Chemistry is an intimate, frank and uncompromising examination of the chemicals we take and how they impact our ability to love.

Chemistry has been produced at Hollywood Fringe Festival, Cincinnati Fringe Festival, New York International Fringe Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Alchemical Theatre Laboratory, and now receives its European premiere at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre.

Post Show Discussion 30th October

Join us after the performance on Wednesday 30th October for a post show discussion. The event is free to ticketholders for that evening’s performance of the play. Director Alex Howarth will lead a post show talk back with Chemistry playwright Jacob Marx Rice and his friend Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of the acclaimed novels Harmless Like You (Authors Club First Novel Award) and Starling Days. Jacob will talk about the play and its genesis in a conversation he had with Rowan, and answer audience questions.