Cara reviews Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing is a collaborative production between Pentabus Theatre and Paines Plough. Written by Duncan Macmillan, it tells the story of a boy growing up with a depressed mother. When he is...
View ArticleCara sums up her work experience week with Pentabus…
I have heard some fairly horrific work experience tales. A week or two of sitting by a photocopier, of fetching tea and coffee. So when year 10 work experience rolled around, I was not… unconcered. The...
View ArticleRead our latest Audience review from Esme of Every Brilliant Thing
Review of Every Brilliant Thing By Esme If I were to make a list of things that I find brilliant, things that make me feel like life is great, it would probably consist of a couple of things; 1. Cats...
View ArticlePentabus Recommends for Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year
We’re not going up to the festival this year as we’re gearing up for our site-specific show IN THIS PLACE here in Shropshire in September, but if you are going, here are some our tips for what to see:...
View ArticleEsme tells us about her time with Pentabus on work experience
Reading my friend’s responses to my texts enquiring how their Work Experience placements were going, I can’t help but feel rather quietly smug. One friend, working in an office for a week, describes it...
View ArticleThe making of In This Place
For those of you that are interested, here’s a little bit about how we’ve made In This Place: Like all good stories, it started in a pub. I met Frances Brett, a writer and archivist and we got...
View ArticleOne of our marvelous In This Place volunteers, Emma, talks about being...
Some weeks ago I saw a post on a local tourism site asking for people to volunteer their time…. I had heard of Pentabus but had never seen any of their productions… Intrigued by the idea of an outside...
View ArticleYoung Writers Blog Post by Tom Wentworth
Pentabus HQ is a very welcoming place. Where sometimes theatres can seem both intimidating and without any sense of a public face, Pentabus is the complete opposite of this with its friendly and...
View ArticleKali and Pentabus Theatre present the Husbands
Kali and Pentabus present The Husbands by Sharmila Chauhan We’re co-producing with our friends at Kali an explosive new play about love, jealousy and a woman’s right to choose. Against a backdrop of...
View ArticleLive Streaming – A Rural Response
Lyn Gardner has written an excellent article today about how live screenings of plays and opera do not put people off going to see the real thing. She’s absolutely right. Experience generally leads to...
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