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'''''The Sugar Syndrome''''' is a 2003 play written by British writer [[Lucy Prebble]]. It has won several awards and as of 2009 has been sold in seven languages.

==Synopsis==

The play has four main characters: Dani, Tim, Lewis and Jan. At the beginning, Dani (short for Danielle), a girl of seventeen, has just come home after spending some time in a clinic for eating disorders. Her mother, Jan, is trying to cope with the problems of looking after Dani after separating from her husband. Dani starts talking to people in an internet chat room and gets to know Tim, a man in his thirties. Dani pretends to be an eleven-year-old boy, which Tim believes. Tim is a man in his thirties who has a taste for young boys and has spent some time in prison. He and Dani agree to meet in a park and subsequently become friends.

Dani also meets a lonely young man called Lewis in the chat room. Lewis eventually becomes jealous of the friendship between Dani and Tim and threatens to expose Tim as a pedophile. Tim, anticipating a visit from the police, lends his laptop to Dani for safekeeping. Dani then finds a video on the laptop which appears to depict the rape of a young boy. The play climactically ends with the harrowing sound of the boy being raped...<ref name=Loveridge>Loveridge, Lizzie. [http://www.curtainup.com/sugarsyndrome.html "A CurtainUp London Review. 'The Sugar Syndrome' "] ''CurtainUp'', 10 October 2003.  Retrieved 5 January 2009</ref><ref name=EShenton/>

==Productions==
The play premiered at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] Upstairs, London, from 16 October to 15 November 2003. Directed by [[Marianne Elliott (director)|Marianne Elliott]], (associate director at the [[Royal Court Theatre]]), the cast featured [[Will Ash]] (Lewis), [[Kate Duchene]] (Jan), [[Stephanie Leonidas]] (Dani) and Andrew Woodall (Tim).<ref>Prebble, Lucy. "Introduction, Script", ''The Sugar Syndrome'', A&C Black, 2014, ((ISBN|1472537335)), (no page number)</ref><ref name="Loveridge"/><ref name=Fisher/>

The play ran in the US at the [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]] (Williamstown, Massachusetts) from 27 July 2005 to 7 August. Directed by Maria Mileaf, the cast featured Gaby Hoffmann as Dani.<ref>[[Simonson, Robert]]. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/gaby-hoffmann-looks-for-love-on-line-in-williamstown-premiere-the-sugar-syn-127168# "Gaby Hoffmann Looks for Love On-Line in Williamstown Premiere, 'The Sugar Syndrome', July 27-Aug. 7"] playbill.com, 27 July 2005</ref>
The play was also staged in St. Louis, MO by Echo Theatre Company in 2006.

In 2020 a new production was staged at the [[Orange Tree Theatre]] in Richmond upon Thames in the UK, directed by Oscar Toeman, with John Hollingsworth as Tim, Jessica Rhodes as Dani, Ali Barouti as Lewis and [[Alexandra Gilbreath]] as Jan. Peter Mason, reviewing the production in the ''Morning Star'' newspaper, said: "While the play itself is electrifying, the acting from the outstanding cast of four generates its own static charge, creating an atmosphere that occasionally makes the hair stand on end."<ref name=Peter>Peter Mason. [https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/sugar-syndrome-orange-tree-theatre-richmond-upon-thames Review of ''The Sugar Syndrome'']. ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]]'', 2020.  [[World Wide Web|Web]].  Retrieved on 20 January 2019.</ref>

==Critical response==

((quote|The ''CurtainUp'' reviewer wrote: "Ms Prebble weaves her plot with originality and an excellent ear for dialogue. … This is an outstanding first play … ."<ref name=Loveridge/>))

((quote|''The Times'' reviewer wrote: "Prebble's play is excellently wrought, and courageous in its engagement with taboo."<ref name=EShenton>((cite news|author=Elizabeth Shenton|url=http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com/reviews/sugar.html|title=The Sugar Syndrome: The Royal Court, 16 October - 15 November 2003|newspaper=[[The Times Literary Supplement|TLS 100]]|publisher=[[News International]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012045831/http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com/reviews/sugar.html|archivedate=2007-10-12))</ref>))

((quote|The ''British Theatre Guide'' reviewer wrote: "Some of the motivations are a little awry and Lucy Prebble tries to put too many complications into her first play. Despite this, she writes well, with great humour and compassion and creates interesting characters about whom it is easy to care."<ref name=Fisher>Philip Fisher. [http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/sugarsyndrome-rev.htm Review of ''The Sugar Syndrome'']. ''British Theatre Guide'', 2003.  [[World Wide Web|Web]].  Retrieved on 5 January 2009.</ref>))

((quote|''The Independent'' reviewer wrote: "''The Sugar Syndrome'' [is a] remarkably assured, funny and perceptive debut play by twenty-two-year-old Lucy Prebble."<ref name=Taylor>[[Paul Taylor (critic)|Paul Taylor]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20101231214730/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-sugar-syndrome-theatre-upstairs-royal-court-london-585080.html "The Sugar Syndrome, Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London (Rated 4/5)]: Girls Will Be Boys in a Mixed-Up World." ''[[The Independent]]'', 30 October 2003. [[World Wide Web|Web]].  Retrieved on 5 January 2009.</ref>))

==Awards==
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*[[The Critics' Circle]] Award, 2004
*[[George Devine]] Award for Most Promising Playwright, 2004
*[[TMA Award]] for Best New Play, 2004<ref>[http://www.uktheatre.org/awards/previousawards.aspx "Previous Awards. Best New Play"] uktheatre.org, retrieved 29 January 2016</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsP/prebble-lucy.html Lucy Prebble] at ''Doollee.com'' Playwrights Database (includes "Synopsis" of ''The Sugar Syndrome'').

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