City Sugar
Stage play by Stephen Poliakoff / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
City Sugar is a stage play by Stephen Poliakoff. It was originally staged at the Bush Theatre in 1975 and directed by Hugh Thomas. City Sugar’s cast was led by John Shrapnel as Leonard Brazil and supported by Leon Vitali and Lynne Miller.[1] In 1976 the play then transferred to the Comedy Theatre with Adam Faith[2] taking over as Leonard Brazil and James Aubrey as Rex. City Sugar, along with its companion piece Hitting Town, won Poliakoff the Evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright Award in 1976.[3]
The play was widely performed in regional cities all over Britain, and was presented at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City with Jeff Goldblum in the lead role and was made into a successful ITV television play with Tim Curry playing the lead.[4][5]
City Sugar followed the story of the young waitress, Nicola, whom the audience first encountered in Poliakoff’s Hitting Town.