If You Fall
Bristol Old Vic

AD-INFINITUM’S flair for physical theatre and effective use of a cappella singing is imaginatively employed to create an upbeat yet moving portrayal of the world of the infirm elderly and care homes, which is not the normal atmosphere associated with the pains and trials of traumatic end-of-life scenarios.

The intergenerational, multiracial cast of six integrate the lives of two individuals as they face the desolation of old age with a loss of dignity, confidence and security that comes with incapacity, both mental and physical.

Margaret, played with a real joie de vivre by Heather Williams, is introduced to us first as she vigorously rejects her bland eulogy that shows no grasp of who she was and what she did and only focuses on what she had become after an accident caused by vascular dementia that leaves her bed-bound and totally dependent on others.