The Snail House

‘I’m not saying I was wise or heroic… I worked in clinics and hospitals and sat on committees and gave advice. I saved lives and I got rewarded and I’m bloody well not going to apologise for it.’

Richard Eyre returns to Hampstead with his first completely original play which he also directs. Sir Neil Marriot, familiar from TV as a government medical advisor, is hosting his own lavish birthday party.

But, amidst the oak panelling and the champagne his family are at one another’s throats – and there’s something deeply unsettling about one of the caterers.