How We Staged It: Creating the Character | The Effect | National Theatre

In this mini series, ’How We Staged It’, we explore the staging of Lucy Prebble’s critically acclaimed play The Effect which returns to the National Theatre in a bold new production directed by Jamie Lloyd -- ★★★★★ ‘Tender, thrilling and elegantly brutal’ The Stage ★★★★★ ‘Utterly compelling’ WhatsOnStage ★★★★★ ’Glorious’ Mail on Sunday The Effect plays in the Lyttelton Theatre until 7 October 2023 -- Hearts and minds racing, Connie and Tristan are falling for each other fast. But is their sudden and intoxicating chemistry real, or a side effect of a new antidepressant? As two young volunteers in a clinical drug trial, their illicit romance poses startling dilemmas for the supervising doctors. Lucy Prebble’s (Succession) critically acclaimed play returns to the National Theatre in a bold new production directe