Claudia Shnier presents…
Split Ends
Written, directed and performed by Claudia Shnier
Sound design, composition, video design and editing by Claudia Shnier
Audio produced by Oscar GrossI LOVE YOU BUT YOU MAKE ME WANT TO CUT MY HAIR.
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 is consumed by her split ends until she falls 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” attempts to understand when we are meticulously in control or incredibly out of it.
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.
Age 18+ (guideline)
Event warning: Contains references to mental health disorders, sexual content, self harm
