Pentabus Theatre Company | Exploring
Pentabus is the Nation's Rural Theatre. We produce and tour new work, develop emerging writers and run Pentabus Youth Theatre.
Pentabus is the Nation's Rural Theatre. We produce and tour new work, develop emerging writers and run Pentabus Youth Theatre.
Our work brings communities and young people together, bringing outstanding contemporary productions with sector leading creative teams, directly to isolated rural communities, as well as platforming rural stories in urban settings.
Over five decades we’ve produced over 329 new plays, supported 258 playwrights and reached over half a million audience members. We’ve won awards and created lasting relationships with artists, venues and audiences across the country, and were the first to live stream from a village hall.
One of the most important theatre companies in the country.'
The Daily Telegraph
We excel at finding and nurturing new talent and have hosted Writers in Residences since 2014. These playwrights have gone on to be commissioned by the Birmingham Rep, Bristol Old Vic, Hampstead Theatre, HighTide, Manchester Royal Exchange, Nottingham Playhouse, Royal Court, The Bush, and the National Theatre.
We champion people of all ages to explore their creativity with particular emphasis on creating pathways into careers in the creative industries for those underrepresented, and people who live rurally under 30. Pentabus Young Writers’ Programme has catapulted many writers into careers in the arts, with recent graduate credits including Radio 4, BBC One, and Bristol Old Vic, as well as Tinniswood and Olivier Award nominations.
'One of British theatre's unsung treasures.'
The Guardian
