AD INFINITUM: TOURING OPPORTUNITIES
Many of our productions, including Last Rites, are available to tour internationally. Please click below to find out more information about these productions or click here to see our full portfolio. Please do get in touch with our Senior Producer Mia Lake by emailing mia@ad-infinitum.org if you have any questions or would like to discuss a booking.
Last Rites
A midscale show with a minimalist set and small on-the-road team. As a non-verbal show, Last Rites is suited to English-speaking and non-English-speaking audiences, and is accessible to Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing audiences.
Beautiful Evil Things
Our acclaimed one-woman show has toured extensively in the UK and Europe. With a two-person team on the road and no freight, this portable and adaptable epic is perfectly suited to international touring.
Extraordinary Wall [of Silence]
A theatrical film of our 2019 live show, Extraordinary Wall [Of Silence] was commissioned for the Hong Kong No Limits festival in 2022. It is available for international and UK screenings.
Hasta Encontrarte / Until I Find You
Co-created with Mexican theatre company El Ingenio del Caldera, award-winning Hasta Encontrarte (Spanish-language version) premiered in Mexico City in 2024. The show is available to tour in both English and in Spanish.
LAst RITES
ABOUT THE SHOW
A boundary-breaking show for all.
How do you say goodbye when words were never there?
Arjun’s father never learnt to sign, and now that he’s gone, Arjun must find his own way to honour him. In a world where ancient traditions meet modern reality, Arjun embarks on a deeply personal and visually mesmerising quest to create a farewell ritual for his father – one woven from memory, love, and loss.
Image credit: Mihaela Bodlovic
Travel from the UK to India in Last Rites, a stunning fusion of visual storytelling, electrifying movement, and an immersive soundscape you can feel as well as hear. This is theatre like you’ve never experienced it before, rich with emotion, beauty, and innovation. Last Rites redefines what theatre can be.
Last Rites is a non-verbal piece of theatre with no spoken words that is accessible to Deaf and hearing audiences.
Image credit: Mihaela Bodlovic
Last Rites is made possible through funding from Arts Council England and Bristol City Council and co-commissioned by London International Mime Festival, Derby Theatre and Corn Exchange Newbury. This production is supported by Paul and Joanna Pearson.
Running time: 65 minutes (no interval)
Age guidance: 14+
Sensitive content: distressing or potentially triggering themes, flashing lights, loud unexpected & overlapping sound
Accessibility & Show Language Information: Last Rites is a non-verbal piece of theatre with no spoken words that is accessible to Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing audiences. The performance includes a soundtrack with heavy use of bass so that it can be felt or heard by audience members.
The primary languages of the show are British Sign Language (BSL) and American Sign Language (ASL); the performer signs in both languages throughout the piece. Creative captions* translate the sign language into written English, projected onto a large screen at the back of the stage as part of the projections that are used throughout the show.
*Creative captions, rather than being added in as subtitles to translate the onscreen action, are part of the show itself; they are woven into the design of the show and are dynamic and animated. In Last Rites, projections are used throughout the show and are projected onto a large screen at the back of the stage. Creative captions appear on this screen as part of the projections, often interacting with the images onscreen and with the action onstage. This creates a more integrated and immersive experience for audiences, where they don’t need to split their focus between the onstage action and the captioning.
Touring information
Last Rites premiered in 2024 at MimeLondon, and has toured in the UK through 2024 - 2025; you can find a full list of our previous and upcoming tour dates here.
We are now interested in touring Last Rites internationally. Ad Infinitum has toured extensively worldwide since 2007, and we are keen to rekindle old connections and make new ones.
We are also very happy to hear from UK programmers; we are open to conversations about future UK touring, one-off runs, and festival bookings.
Touring Specifications
Last Rites is a midscale show with a minimalist set and small on-the-road team. As a non-verbal show, Last Rites is suited to English-speaking and non-English-speaking audiences, and is accessible to Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing audiences; the written English creative captions within the show are also suitable for translation.
Space: End-on black box, either flat floor or raised flat stage. Minimum playing space 7.0m wide x 8.0m deep (for rear projection), or 6.0m deep for front projection. Minimum rigging height 5.0m from stage surface
Technical requirements: Please see our tour pack for a full technical rider.
No. people on the road: 4 - 5
Wrap-around activity: Post-show discussions, Q&As, workshops & teaching
Image credit: Mihaela Bodlovic