When Love Hits

Sometimes the people you love the most are the ones who hurt you the most.

When Leo’s long-term relationship ends, he unexpectedly finds love again. It feels like hope. A fresh start. The beginning of something good.

But slowly, almost imperceptibly, love begins to look more like control.

Based on Leo Shepherd’s own lived experience, When Love Hits is a powerful and thought-provoking one-man drama exploring domestic abuse, coercive control, silence and the complex realities of unhealthy relationships — from a perspective audiences may not expect.

[Age Rating: 16+ | When Love Hits explores themes of domestic abuse, coercive control and unhealthy relationships. Some audiences may find elements of the story upsetting.]

The victim is a man.