![]() A couple days later, when you are trying to be productive by having your weekly shower, an image from ‘A Small Gathering’ will return to you, and you will be touched lightly by a feeling of fondness. Take the final few minutes of ‘Cynthia’s Party’ – this bizarre sequence is hopefully an indication of the quality any future video work will have, given more freedom and more time. While the COVID humour can be weak, their creepy motifs are inventive to varying degrees, and blend well with their playful style. We shouldn’t dismiss what Ad Infinitum have been able to create so quickly in these circumstances. As things escalate, the dolls come to life, and we wonder what’s more terrifying: that the dolls are alive, or that Cynthia is really the one going to all this trouble to move their heads. Possibly an allusion to Mike Leigh’s famous play, the guests this time are dolls who look on as their host crumbles. With ‘Cynthia’s Party’, the third and best short, they incorporate the best parts of the first two films. A freelance theatre maker & Movement Director, originally trained at École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Deborah is a core member of Ad Infinitum, developing & performing original work with us since 2007, most recently in Extraordinary Wall of Silence and touring Light and Translunar Paradise internationally. ![]() Ad Infinitum have taken this and run with it. The latter is usually half-joke, half-speculation. Its capacity to make you laugh, unfortunately, is let down by silly gags and pantomime noises.Ĭommon phrases right now are “I’m actually doing fine” and “I’m going nuts”. They run through a disturbing mystery in the space of a minute, but it’s a good ending, and when they do get the lighting right it’s worth it for those images. Most of the seven minutes is spent to-and-froing around the house, as well as simulating sex with his hands when he should be washing them, until the horror kicks in. A transformation takes place due to isolation madness – and we watch this mischievous face poke in and out of complete darkness, having been expertly wrapped in shadow. Theatre Ad Infinitum’s Bucket List is a beautiful, harrowing, thought-provoking piece of work: a hard-hitting socio-political drama about Mexican (and world) corruption and contamination, delivered by an all-female international ensemble whose physical acting skills are superb. ‘Mr Pink’ sets the vibe and theme for the entire piece. You could do worse than going to the HOME website, paying what you want, and spending twenty minutes on ‘A Small Gathering’ (or any of the works by a range of artists that are now available). Because they’ve had to adapt, this is their first time working with film and it’s a good watch. At least one image will stick with you from each of these three film shorts by Ad Infinitum, the Bristol-based theatre troupe creating work for HOME’s ‘Homemakers’ series.
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