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.
The story charts a week in the life of a DJ, Leonard Brazil, as he launches what he calls the competition of the century aimed directly at a youth audience.
[7] Hereford Plays published an edition of City Sugar in 1989 with scene-by-scene analysis, structured questions and assignment suggestions for GCSE.