If You Fall
Harmonically beautiful
A show about care, love, and the end of our lives.
Margaret is a pillar of her local community. Norson is a brilliant cook. He loves cricket and fishing. She loves singing and her lavender plants. They’re both surrounded by loving families. Their lives are full… So what happens when you lose your independence, your voice, your mind – the essence of what makes you, you?
In Ancient Greece, older people were highly respected. In Egypt, old age was a marker of wisdom. Today, in the UK, care for older family members is often outsourced. But the care system is breaking at the seams. If You Fall tells the deeply human stories of older people, their families and carers struggling to approach end of life care with dignity.
Multi-award-winning Ad Infinitum brings you a moving, humorous and sensitive story based on real-life personal testimonies. Filled with a cappella singing and their signature style of physical theatre, this intergenerational ensemble cast explore older people’s care in all its complexities.
Co-commissioned by Northern Stage, HOME and Corn Exchange Newbury and supported by Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Hippodrome, The North Wall, Culture Weston and Theatre Orchard. Made possible through funding from Arts Council England. The production is supported by Paul and Joanna Pearson.
Image by Extra Strong. Original photography by Alex Brenner.
A truly transformative piece of theatre
It deserves to be seen far and wide
Ad Infinitum is a multi-award-winning, internationally acclaimed theatre company. We collaborate to tell stories, play and disrupt. We work with artists, activists and communities to create transformative theatre, revolutionise audiences and change the world.
Founded in 2007, Ad Infinitum is based in Bristol and works internationally.
Ad Infinitum is proud to be Associate Artist at Bristol Old Vic and The North Wall, and a member of the Cultural Governance Alliance (CGA).
a truly transformative piece of theatre
Harmonically beautiful... [The] vibrancy, joy and the wholeness of people’s identities find their expression
The ensemble work is outstanding...[with] moments of poignancy and humour
Eloquent and impassioned... It deserves to be seen far and wide.
an enlightening and empathetic portrait of an undervalued system
Fantastic! Powerful, emotional
Audience feedback
Extremely thought-provoking
Audience feedback
Emotionally engaging, cleverly presented
Audience feedback
A beautifully constructed exploration of dementia and end-of-life care...really well performed
Audience feedback
Poetic enough to be beautiful and confronting enough to be powerful
Broadway World on Ad Infinitum's Extraordinary Wall of Silence
Subtly profound
Guardian on Ad Infinitum's Extraordinary Wall of Silence
A theatrical hand grenade
The Guardian on Ad Infinitum's Ballad of the Burning Star
This tour de force of physical theatre is unmissable
The Stage on Ad Infinitum's Odyssey
High-intensity performance in Ad Infinitum’s signature style
The Stage on Ad Infinitum's Beautiful Evil Things
One of contemporary theatre’s vital organs
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Photography credit: Camilla Adams
