Snake in the Grass

Alan Ayckbourn

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A darkly comic thriller about family, secrets and manipulation.

Annabel returns home after the death of her cruel father. Reunited with her sister Miriam the siblings bicker as buried truths resurface. Tensions grow when his former nurse claims Miriam murdered her father, threatening to expose the crime.

Will Miriam escape justice? Can the sisters forgive each other? And why are tennis balls flying around the garden?

Alan Ayckbourn’s masterful dark comedy about the toxic secrets we keep.


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This is a darkly funny comedy-drama from one of the UK’s best ever playwrights – expect twists and turns!
Francesca Goodridge

See this if you like

• Murder mysteries
• Pinter, Stoppard, Mamet
• Midsomer Murders, Death In Paradise
• Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell

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• Alan Ayckbourn
• Theatre in the round
• Octagon Theatre, Bolton

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