Review: ATC’s production of The Effect by Lucy Prebble is a dazzling display of talent

Review: ATC’s production of The Effect by Lucy Prebble is a dazzling display of talent
Love, drugs and depression: ATC's rendition of The Effect is a production packed with punch. (Image: ATC)
Ben Moore
British screenwriter and playwright Lucy Prebble is on her way to becoming a household name since the incredible success of the television show Succession.In the wake of this rise in fame, Auckland Theatre Company is playing The Effect, Prebble’s intriguing piece about love and mental health (among other things) that was originally performed by the National Theatre in London in 2012.ATC’s production is a dazzling swirl of electronics that drags the audience through the dramatic twists of the piece with a relentlessness that leaves y...

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