The acclaimed play examining love and ethics by Lucy Prebble and directed by Jamie Lloyd (Cyrano de Bergerac at BAM, A Doll’s House and Betrayal on Broadway). Presented with The National Theatre in association with The Jamie Lloyd Company, The Effect plays for a strictly limited four-week run in The Shed’s Griffin Theater, March 3 – 31, 2024, opening March 13.
The Effect features Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You, The Lazarus Project) as “Tristan” and Taylor Russell (Bones and All, Waves) as “Connie”, participants in a clinical drug trial who begin an illicit romance, alongside Michele Austin (This Is Going to Hurt, Cyrano de Bergerac) as “Dr. Lorna James” and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Tina Turner: The Musical) as “Dr. Toby Sealey”.
As Connie and Tristan explore their attraction to each other, how can they be sure it’s the real thing and not an exhilarating side effect of the new antidepressant they’re taking? The supervising doctors begin to ask themselves questions too: where do they draw the line between love and ethics?
Tickets for The Effect go on sale on December 14 (Shed member presale begins on December 12). For tickets and additional information about the production, visit Click Here.