Youre on a placebo Tristan. Least Ive got an excuse. She told me: youre nothing youre a control. This is all just you. The Effect is a clinical romance. Two young volunteers Tristan & Connie agree to take part in a clinical drug trial. Succumbing to the gravitational pull of attraction & love however Tristan & Connie manage to throw the trial off-course much to the frustration of the clinicians involved. This funny moving & perhaps surprisingly human play explores questions of sanity neurology & the limits of medicine alongside ideas of fate loyalty & the inevitability of physical attraction. Following on from the critical & commercial success of Enron The Effect is the latest play from Lucy Prebble & reunites Enrons writer & director once more delivering a vibrant theatrical exploration into the human brain via the heart. This world premiere is co-produced by Headlong & will be performed at the National Theatres Cottesloe Theatre from November 2012-23 February 2013 starring Billie Piper & Jonjo ONeill. The Guardian has selected The Effect as one of the highlights of the best theatre for autumn 2012 (2/9/12).