SPLINTER

Hilary Bell’s disquieting and downright chilling thriller Splinter channels tabloid news and primal fears alike. A couple are reunited with their missing daughter. Fierce love has sustained them through her unbearable absence. But now she’s home…something just isn’t right. How do they stop their imaginations running wild? Maybe if they return to the beach house where they spent their happiest summers, they’ll return to their old selves.

Revisiting the sinister territories of Wolf Lullaby, Splinter reunites Bell’s supreme atmospherics with another powerhouse performance from sister Lucy as a mother forced to confront the unthinkable. Directed by Lee Lewis (Rice) and starring Lucy Bell (Speaking in Tongues, All Saints) and Simon Gleeson (Les Miserables, EastEnders), this claustrophobic chamber piece questions how well we know our families.

“Bell is brittle and beautiful…Gleeson is more of a dark force, snapping from hope to fear… Together, they braid together the halting, shifting words in a seamless, pacy crescendo of suspense ★★★★” – Sydney Morning Herald

“Two superb performances…draw the audience deep into a labyrinth where there are no easy answers…Recommended without reservation” ★★★★- StageNoise

“…a gothic thriller full of ambiguity, in which we watch a relationship founder under all the strain” – Limelight

“Lucy Bell and Simon Gleeson perform the piece with extraordinary conviction….There is a supernatural quality to Splinter that is almost inevitable, in its depiction of psychological disturbance. In those moments, the audience participates in seeing things that are not present, almost like artists who have the Midas touch, able to make something out of nothing, and in the process, giving to their communities a kind of magic that brings elevation to us all” – suziegosee.com.

Why not make a night of it with a dinner at La Maison?

La Maison Dinner/Show Deal

Buy a ticket to the show and enjoy a main meal and a glass of wine at La Maison before the evening show on Tues, Thurs, Fri or Sat for only $80 per person.
Patrons must be seated by 6.15 PM. Choose the La Maison price when booking your tickets.
Tickets must be booked 24 hours in advance. All sales are final at the time of booking.