John and Cathy will be evicted from the house they have lived in for forty years. The ex-council house they bought existed in some other environment all those years ago and now the neighbourhood has turned on them. What they struggle to keep nice, their neighbours seek to destroy. They are about to lose everything they have worked for across their lives together. The thing is they don't really care. These characters both seem resigned to their fate as John refuses to accept assistance from their rich daughter accountant. They don't seem able to fight for what is theirs.

7:84 Theatre Company create John and Cathy's world in order to address housing in Scotland in association with Shelter. John and Cathy are said to have bought into The Right to Buy dream and as mortgage rates have risen in the 26 years since there has been consequences for the pair. Free-fall tells the story of compromised values from a family reunited to say goodbye to a family home.

7:84 should seek to strike the balance between art and politics, falling in favour of a little more passion for their next production. While Free-fall raises a relevant issue it does not seek or succeed in entertaining its audience rather hoping to raise debate and awareness. Colin Begg's set design is reminiscent of both avocado coloured bathroom suites and a really stark unnatural environment. The set proves both unwelcoming and functional; moving the play's action from interior to exterior. The play is performed well with understated and often funny moments but one can't help feeling that the script itself is a little too low key. Free-fall doesn't seem to have the rage that previous 7:84 productions have had and with that, it is a little less inspiring.