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The Sugar Syndrome

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m

Lucy Prebble

The Sugar Syndrome
by Lucy Prebble

"I like the internet. I like that way of talking to people. It's honest. It's a place where people are free to say anything they like. And most of what they say is sex." Dani's on a mission. She's seventeen, skives college, hates her parents...

The Sugar Syndrome

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
"I like the internet. I like that way of talking to people. It's honest. It's a place where people are free to say anything they like. And most of what they say is sex." Dani's on a mission. She's seventeen, skives college, hates her parents and prefers life online. What she's looking for is someone who is honest and direct. Instead she finds a man twice her age, who thinks she is an eleven-year-old boy. The play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2003.
Keywords
M2 (22, 38)
F2 (17, 45)
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Non-naturalistic simple settings
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes
    • Nudity/Partial Nudity

Media

"...a sharp-edged, provocative piece, laced with jagged humour." - The Times

"...impressive in its complexity and reach..." - The Stage

"It’s a properly impressive turn..." - TimeOut

"...a play that flickers with exhilarating energy..." - WhatsOnStage

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Lucy Prebble

Lucy Prebble

Lucy Prebble is a writer for film, television, games and theatre.

Lucy is Co-Executive Producer and writer on the BAFTA, GOLDEN GLOBE and EMMY award winning HBO drama SUCCESSION, for which she has also won a WGA Award.

For television, she has written I HATE SUZIE which ...

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