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
'Compassion and complexity – might have been penned by the master of the “talking head” himself, Alan Bennett.' Daily Telegraph (White Open Spaces)

‘Full of wit, invention and charm, a darkly delightful evening – it was as if the whole piece had been hewn from the surrounding Shropshire hills.’ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian (Precious Bane)

'Tough-minded in its insistence that we are all afraid of the unfamiliar.' New Statesman (White Open Spaces)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
White Open Spaces 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.)

Kebab 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 (White Open Spaces)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Throughout 2008