The Effect

Buether's immersive in-the-round round set is a mocked-up clinical testing centre in which we encounter cocky drifter Tristan (Jonjo O'Neill) and prim, troubled Connie (star turn Billie Piper in a head down, ego-free performance) as they prepare to be the subjects of a paid clinical trial of an antidepressant called RLU37. Confined for weeks on end, the two start to fall for each other, much to the consternation of Connie, who has a boyfriend. But is it real? Or is it just the drugs? And are they both actually taking the drugs?

By Andrzej Lukowski