The Effect

The Effect - by Lucy Prebble, award-winning author of ‘Enron’ and HBO’s ‘Succession.’

Love often finds us when we least expect it. Tristan & Connie are two young people who fall in love, whilst taking part in a residential clinical drug trial. As the intense pressure of their environment increases, and the clinical trial heads for disaster, what will happen to their newfound love?

By turns funny, moving and challenging, the Effect asks us to consider the very nature of human emotions and what feelings, such as love and depression, truly are and the extent to which they can be controlled....