The Solid Life Of Sugar Water

by Jack Thorne

A Graeae Theatre Company and Theatre Royal Plymouth co-production

★★★★★
Observer

26 February – 19 March 2016

The Solid Life of Sugar Water

The Solid Life Of Sugar Water

It’s not like riding a bike. Sex. It’s far more complicated.

Phil and Alice are in love. Phil and Alice are healing wounds. Phil and Alice are desperate to communicate.

Candid, uninhibited and visceral, this new play from the award-winning Jack Thorne is an intimate, tender portrait of loss, hurt and recovery.

The Solid Life of Sugar Water received unanimous acclaim from critics and audiences at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  Jack Thorne’s previous credits include Let the Right One In and Hope for the stage, as well as television dramas Glue, Skins, Shameless and This is England. His new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will open in the West End in 2016.

A fully accessible production, integrating captions and audio description at all performances.

Contains strong language and scenes of an adult and sexual nature.

Post-show talk, Thu 10 March

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