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.

See this if you like

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

Find Out More

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

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Cast

Annabel – Sue Cleaver
Miriam – Nicola Stephenson
Alice – Lisa Zahra

Creative Team

Writer – Alan Ayckbourn
Director – Francesca Goodridge
Set & Costume Designer – Hayley Grindle
Lighting Designer – Laura Howard
Composer & Sound Designer – Russell Ditchfield
Movement Director – Jess Williams
Casting Director – Polly Jerrold