Firebrand Theatre Company

Firebrand in partnership with Heart of Hawick present

THE EFFECT
By Lucy Prebble

All the symptoms of real love

Following the critical and popular success of their productions of Iron and Outlying Islands, award-winning Firebrand present the Scottish premiere of an unconventional and moving love story: a sexy, funny, and thought-provoking exploration of the limits of medicine in today's pill-popping culture.

Connie is a psychology student. Tristan is a charming drifter. Both have signed up to a clinical trial for a new antidepressant super-drug. Sealed off from the outside world, the attraction between them turns into deeper feelings as their doses get stronger. They've been warned of side effects - can they trust their feelings, or is this just a chemical romance?