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The Solid Life of Sugar Water
Phil and Alice are in love - familiar, flawed, ordinary love. They are on a journey, but this journey doesn't have an A to Z. Jack Thorne's The Solid Life of Sugar Water is an intimate, tender play about loss, hurt and rediscovery. It previewed at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth, and premiered at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in a co-production between Graeae Theatre Company and Theatre Royal Plymouth.
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61 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 2015
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Jack Thorne
59 books92 followersJack Thorne (born 6 December 1978) is an English screenwriter and playwright.
Born in Bristol, England, he has written for radio, theatre and film, most notably on the TV shows Skins, Cast-offs, This Is England '86, This Is England '88, This Is England '90, The Fades, The Last Panthers and the feature film The Scouting Book for Boys. He currently lives in London.
Born in Bristol, England, he has written for radio, theatre and film, most notably on the TV shows Skins, Cast-offs, This Is England '86, This Is England '88, This Is England '90, The Fades, The Last Panthers and the feature film The Scouting Book for Boys. He currently lives in London.
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August 19, 2016
Well this was devastating.
A young couple, Alice and Phil, tell the story of their relationship in a rhapsodic, poetic duologue evocative of Sarah Kane's Crave. At the start, they're trying to have sex for the first time (SPOLIERS. BUT NOT REALLY. THERES A WHOLE PAGE ABOUT IT BEFORE THE PLAY STARTS.) post-Alice's recent miscarriage. It's not a cheery one.
Jack Thorne's ability to capture the rhythms of utterly banal language and layer them, paired with his explicit (and boy, is it explicit,) exploration of the intimate make this one of the most genuinely moving plays I've read.
More plays like this, please.
A young couple, Alice and Phil, tell the story of their relationship in a rhapsodic, poetic duologue evocative of Sarah Kane's Crave. At the start, they're trying to have sex for the first time (SPOLIERS. BUT NOT REALLY. THERES A WHOLE PAGE ABOUT IT BEFORE THE PLAY STARTS.) post-Alice's recent miscarriage. It's not a cheery one.
Jack Thorne's ability to capture the rhythms of utterly banal language and layer them, paired with his explicit (and boy, is it explicit,) exploration of the intimate make this one of the most genuinely moving plays I've read.
More plays like this, please.
October 31, 2016
This is one of those plays that undoubtedly PLAYS better than it reads. And I tend not to like plays that DESCRIBE the action rather than play it out, as here. But there is undeniable power in this longish one-act about a couple recovering from the devastation of a stillborn baby. And extra points for the playwright adapting his original idea in order for a deaf actress to play one of the leads.
March 1, 2024
Even in reading it, this play made me sob. Gorgeous, intelligently written, and devastating. The subject matter is one people often shy away from discussing, but it is vital
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