ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

“We feel incredibly grateful to the many peers, friends and collaborators who have supported us in all sorts of ways as we developed Ad Infinitum over the last 17 years. As we grew, we supported artists whenever we could, sometimes informally and sometimes in a more structured way.

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do and why we exist. The sense of connectedness to other creatives within the arts community is a huge part of what keeps us going. Since 2020, in response to the challenges the sector has faced and continues to face, we’ve been testing, consulting on and growing our offer for artists - now we're excited to share our new artist development programme.” - Nir and George, Co-Artistic Directors.

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Check out the opportunities we’re offering in 2024-25 below! Click on the images to find out more.

Actors Jabari Ngozi and Kirris Riviere have their arms around each other’s shoulders and are smiling. Kirris Riviere is pointing towards the right. There are three actors behind a bed in the background, and a person lying on the floor. — CHAT TO US

Actor Ramesh Meyyappan from ‘Last Rites’ kneels in front of an abstract blue, purple and white background and a low platform, leaning back and raising his arms. His face is lifted to the ceiling and his eyes and mouth are wide. — ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Five actors from ‘Ballad of the Burning Star’ leap, crouch, and lean in different directions, stretching their arms with wide-eyed expressions and open mouths. All actors wear khaki dresses, long white socks, and black shoes. — ASSOCIATE ARTIST

Actor David Ellington from ‘Extraordinary Wall [Of Silence]’ is wearing a blue t-shirt and standing in front of a group of people. He has his right hand raised with two fingers raised pointing towards the front. Photo taken by Alex Brenner. — BSL COURSE

Actress Deborah Pugh from ‘Beautiful Evil Things’ is wearing a white vest, entangled with red cords around her body. Her face is to the ceiling with her mouth wide open and her arms are raised as if she is trying to break out of the entangled cords. — MASTERCLASS

George Mann and Deborah Pugh from ‘Translunar Paradise’. A man holds a mask to his face and stretches his other arm in front of him. A woman holds a mask towards the camera and looks at it, stretching her other arm away into the dark background. — MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING

George Mann and Nir Paldi in ‘No Kids’. Nir stands to the right, looking straight ahead and holding both hands up alongside his head. George lies on his back on a table, kicking his legs up and over his head. Behind them is a rail of clothes. — FACILITATOR DAY

Five actors from ‘Bucket List’ wearing dark blue shirts and trousers. They are standing in a clump, bending backwards so their faces are looking at the ceiling. — CARBON LITERACY TRAINING

Photos by Camilla Adams (If You Fall, Bristol Old Vic 2023), Mihaela Bodlovic (Last Rites, Manipulate Festival, 2024), Alex Brenner (Ballad of the Burning Star, Pleasance, London 2013), Alex Brenner (Extraordinary Wall [of Silence], Bristol Old Vic 2019), Camilla Adams (Beautiful Evil Things, Tobacco Factory Theatres 2022), Idil Sukin (Translunar Paradise, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012), Alex Brenner (No Kids, Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018) and Alex Brenner (Bucket List, The North Wall 2016).