How We Staged It | Creating the Character in 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 https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/pr... -- ★★★★★ ‘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 directed by Jamie Lloyd (Cyrano de Bergerac). Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) is joined by Taylor Russell (Bones and All) in this funny and intimate examination of love and ethics. -- Subscribe on YouTube:    / nationaltheatre   Sign up to our monthly newsletter: National Theatre TikTok:   / nationaltheatre   National Theatre Twitter:   / nationaltheatre   National Theatre Facebook:   / nationaltheatre   National Theatre Instagram:   / nationaltheatre   National Theatre Live Twitter:   / ntlive   National Theatre Live Facebook:   / ntlive   -- At the National Theatre in London, we make world-class theatre that is entertaining, challenging and inspiring. And we make it for everyone: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ National Theatre Live broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas in the UK and around the world: https://www.ntlive.com National Theatre at Home streams unmissable theatre to you any time, anywhere: https://www.ntathome.com