The Sugar Syndrome

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· A&C Black
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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 about sex.
Dani's on a mission. She's just seventeen, hates her parents, skives college and prefers life in the chatrooms on-line. What she's looking for is someone who is honest and direct. Instead she finds a man twice her age, who thinks she is eleven and a boy.

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4.0
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Fionn Gardner
April 21, 2016
Very strong piece of theatre here! I first heard of the play when looking for a monologue to learn for an audition (Lewis's email that he doesn't send to Dani). I knew right away just from that monologue that this play had something special. All the characters are incredibly fascinating and I became enthralled at trying to understand them with each turning page. Lucy doesn't hold back at any point while addressing many taboos, which is extremely courageous. The only fault I could find is the sudden ending, I found it slightly rushed and anticlimactic. I can see the meaning for it but think that she was trying to be a bit too thought provoking. Overall, great read!
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About the author

Lucy Prebble lives in London. Her smash-hit play, Enron, transferred to the West End and Broadway in 2010 after sell out runs at both the Royal Court and Chichester Festival Theatre. In addition to the huge critical acclaim it has received, Enron also won the award for best New Play at the prestigious TMA Theatre Awards, and was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Award 2009. Lucy created the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, starring Billie Piper, which enjoyed three series and was sold to Showtime, the major US channel famed for its daring dramas. Lucy won the prestigious George Devine Award 2004 for her outstanding debut play The Sugar Syndrome in May 2004, followed by the TMA Award for Best New Play in October 2004. She also won the 2004 Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. Lucy was also nominated for the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the Olivier Awards 2004, shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award 2003 and nominated for the prestigious Evening Standard Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award 2003.

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