About Snake in the Grass

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 explores the toxic secrets we keep. 
 

Cast

  • Sue Cleaver

    Annabel

    Sue is an actress best known for playing Eileen Grimshaw in the long-running ITV soap Coronation Street, where she celebrated her 25th year on the cobbles this year. Sue is a regular guest panellist on Loose Women and has also been seen in the jungle in I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! Last year Sue toured the country as Mother Superior in Sister Act the musical. Sue is also an author, publishing her part memoir and part self-help book about living fearlessly A Work in Progress in 2024. 

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  • Nicola Stephenson

    Miriam

    Nicola Stephenson first came to prominence as ‘Margaret Clemence’ in Channel 4’s groundbreaking soap Brookside and has been a regular face on British TV screens for the past 35 years. 

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  • Lisa Zahra

    Alice

    Lisa Zahra is Welsh/Iranian, originally from Swansea. 

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