A nun with a past, a posh tart and a ruthless business woman are just three of the conniving women in two new black comedies proving that the female is more deadly than the male.

The plays, with all-women casts, are being premiered at Hope Street, Theatre, Liverpool in April.

In Here is Thy Sting Kate, who is dying of cancer, realises that the hospice caring for her is about to go bankrupt. She decides she must save it – no matter what.  And Helen, who cosies up to rich men in The Budding Mantis, is grooming her daughter Charlotte for great things. But Charlotte has her own, very unexpected, plans for them both.