
Claudia Shnier presents...
Split Ends
Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th May 2026
Show starts: 19:30
Run Time: 75 mins approx.
Tickets: General Admission (£15)
Concession (£7.50)
Suitable for Over 65, Student, Artist, Unemployment Benefit, Disability Benefit. Please note proof of concession eligibility may be asked for upon arrival at the box office. Complimentary tickets are available for PAs supporting those with access requirements.
No Questions (£3) If you can't afford any of the other tickets categories but still want to see the show then please purchase this one – no questions will be asked. (Limited to 7, in advance and online only
Age Rec: 18+
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO CUT MY HAIR
Critically acclaimed tragi-comedy, SPLIT ENDS follows the story of a woman who falls in love with a Vacuum. Using physical theatre, puppetry and multi-media, this ‘Sarah Kane Rave’ explores control and abusive power disguised as love.
The thing about split ends is that as soon as you cut one off, somewhere else on the head, another strand of hair will split. Cut, split, cut split, ad infinitum. Claudia, “a real tour-de-force” (ReviewsHub) is consumed by her split ends until she fell in love with a Vacuum, an actual Vacuum, who happened to be the hairiest thing she’d ever fallen in love with. A thing that made her want to pluck her arm hairs, wax her legs and cut her hair. The Vacuum would shed his hairs, leave, disappear, reappear, shed, tell her he loved her, tell her he lied, leave, shed, appear, shed, malt, love, lie, cheat, shed, shed. Claudia cut hairs, plucked hairs, vacuumed hairs, hunted hairs, waiting for him to pull the plug on what they had because she couldn’t. In an exploration of coercive control, love and the addiction to people who hurt us, this five star production which is “as raw as they come…sheer inventiveness” (LouReviews) attempts to understand when we are meticulously in control or incredibly out of it.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"As raw as they come... sheer inventiveness" Lou Reviews
About the Artist:
Claudia Shnier is a multi-disciplinary performer, writer, director and sound designer. After graduating RADA with a Masters in Theatre Lab in 2023, Claudia created this show, SPLIT ENDS, and toured it to the Brighton, Camden and Edinburgh Fringe. She did an Australian tour (her home), to a sold out season. Claudia was intent on creating this show entirely on her own as a way of “getting back my voice that had been muted by this experience for so long.”
Classically trained in acting in Sydney, Claudia moved to the UK to completer her Masters. Other credits include: Blanca, RATKING (Coronet Theatre); Devisor, Crossing (RADA); Agave, Bacchae (RADA); Sasha, The Hero Leaves One Tooth (KxT bAKEHOUSE); Putana, Tis Pity She's a Whore (The Company); and Carla, Softly, Surely (Subtlenuance Theatre). Film credits include: When I’m Famous, The Famous Film Company; Book of Job, Phoenix Blue Productions; and Parish Malfitano, Bloodshot Pictures.
