Introduction
Lucy Prebble (born 1981) is a British playwright. She is the author of the plays The Sugar Syndrome, The Effect and ENRON, as well as the television series Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
Biography
Prebble grew up in Haslemere, Surrey, and was educated at Guildford High School. While studying English at the University of Sheffield, Prebble wrote a short play called Liquid, which won the PMA Most Promising Playwright Award. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014.
Prebble subsequently won the George Devine Award for her debut play The Sugar Syndrome in May 2004, followed by the TMA Award for Best New Play in October 2004.
Since The Sugar Syndrome she has worked on other plays and TV shows and is the creator of Secret Diary of a Call Girl. The Effect, which premiered at the National Theatre in 2012, won the 2012 Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. The Effect is expected to premiere in the US Off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre on 2 March 2016 (previews). Directed by David Cromer, the cast will feature Kati Brazda, Susannah Flood, Carter Hudson and Steve Key
Works
- Liquid, 2002
- The Sugar Syndrome, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London, November 2003
- ENRON, which was produced by Headlong Theatre, premiered at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2009 before transferring first to the Royal Court, and then into the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End.
- The Effect, National Theatre, 2012
- "Enron extends London engagement". The Official London Theatre Guide. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- Loveridge, Lizzie. "A CurtainUp London Review. 'Enron'" curtainup.com, 26 January 2010
- The Effect nationaltheatre.org.uk, accessed 29 January 2016