Extracts From Reviews of The Royal Court Premiere
"Ms Prebble weaves her plot with originality and an excellent ear for dialogue. … This is an outstanding first play … ." "Prebble's play is excellently wrought, and courageous in its engagement with taboo." "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." "The Sugar Syndrome remarkably assured, funny and perceptive debut play by twenty-two year-old Lucy Prebble."Read more about this topic: The Sugar Syndrome
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