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Image: Mountain Knows Me / Photographer: Rommi Smith

Image: Photographer: Rommi Smith

PENTABUS THEATRE

Contemporary drama, New writing , Theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
8–10 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Orla O’Loughlin

Development Director
John Moreton

Administrator
Pat Price

ARTISTIC POLICY
Pentabus is based in rural Shropshire and works with writers and artists to create new work which tours locally, nationally and internationally.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Daily Telegraph ()

Lyn Gardner, The Guardian ()

New Statesman ()

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Seven powerful one-person dramas by black writers about what it means to belong in the UK today. Nominated for the South Bank Show Decibel Award. (80 mins, 5 on stage, 7 on the road, strong language.)

A co production with The Royal Court which explores the harsh realities of immigration and what people will give up in the hope of a better life. (80 mins, 5 on stage 7 on the road, includes strong language and depictions of violence, sexually explicit.)

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Ireland (Kebab)
2006 Sweden ()

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Throughout 2008

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