Hello, Bluesky! 🌤️ We’re Pentabus, the UK’s rural theatre company. For 50 years, we’ve created bold plays that amplify rural voices, with a focus on sustainability, inclusivity, and creativity. Excited to connect and share stories! 🎭 #Pentabus #Theatre #RuralVoices
January 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hello, Bluesky! 🌤️ We’re Pentabus, the UK’s rural theatre company. For 50 years, we’ve created bold plays that amplify rural voices, with a focus on sustainability, inclusivity, and creativity. Excited to connect and share stories! 🎭 #Pentabus #Theatre #RuralVoices
Hey #ScriptSky my play is touringgggg next year. DRIFTWOOD, 2025, all the cool hip venues. www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
Driftwood | new play by Tim Foley presented with Pentabus Theatre
Pentabus and ThickSkin Theatre present Driftwood by award-winning writer, Tim Foley. A new play about family bonds set in Seaton Carewby.
www.thickskintheatre.co.uk
November 12, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Hey #ScriptSky my play is touringgggg next year. DRIFTWOOD, 2025, all the cool hip venues. www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
“I love plays where… something otherworldly unexpectedly crashes into an otherwise naturalistic drama, and from the sounds of it, we can expect more of that alchemy here.”
You CAN, you CAN expect that!
Opening a week this Friday! Is it touring near you? www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
You CAN, you CAN expect that!
Opening a week this Friday! Is it touring near you? www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
January 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“I love plays where… something otherworldly unexpectedly crashes into an otherwise naturalistic drama, and from the sounds of it, we can expect more of that alchemy here.”
You CAN, you CAN expect that!
Opening a week this Friday! Is it touring near you? www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
You CAN, you CAN expect that!
Opening a week this Friday! Is it touring near you? www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
Apps now open for Pentabus’ 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence! £12k bursary for early-career playwrights to write & develop in rural Shropshire. Deadline: 14 July, 10am. Info + apply: pentabus.co.uk/artists/jf-w... #Theatre #Playwright #Jerwood #Pentabus
May 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Apps now open for Pentabus’ 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence! £12k bursary for early-career playwrights to write & develop in rural Shropshire. Deadline: 14 July, 10am. Info + apply: pentabus.co.uk/artists/jf-w... #Theatre #Playwright #Jerwood #Pentabus
Team outing to Marsden Mechanics near Huddersfield this eve to see new musical Make Good: The Post Office Scandal by Pentabus Theatre. There were local subpostmasters affected in the audience. Powerful, important theatre touring to rural venues. Catch it if you can. pentabus.co.uk/make-good-po...
Make Good: The Post Office Scandal | Pentabus
pentabus.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Team outing to Marsden Mechanics near Huddersfield this eve to see new musical Make Good: The Post Office Scandal by Pentabus Theatre. There were local subpostmasters affected in the audience. Powerful, important theatre touring to rural venues. Catch it if you can. pentabus.co.uk/make-good-po...
As we get ready to take @verbatimfoley.bsky.social play, Driftwood, on tour we’re looking back at the pics from our 2023 production.
#ThrowbackThursday #TheatreThursday #TheatreSky #TheatreKids #TimFoley
Produced with Pentabus Theatre
#ThrowbackThursday #TheatreThursday #TheatreSky #TheatreKids #TimFoley
Produced with Pentabus Theatre
November 28, 2024 at 2:43 PM
As we get ready to take @verbatimfoley.bsky.social play, Driftwood, on tour we’re looking back at the pics from our 2023 production.
#ThrowbackThursday #TheatreThursday #TheatreSky #TheatreKids #TimFoley
Produced with Pentabus Theatre
#ThrowbackThursday #TheatreThursday #TheatreSky #TheatreKids #TimFoley
Produced with Pentabus Theatre
Our friends @thickskintheatre.bsky.social & Pentabus head to Unity Theatre with Driftwood by Tim Foley. Directed by @neilbettles.bsky.social and Elle While, this play perfectly balances a moving and at times funny story about hope, love and belonging.
thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
Driftwood | new play by Tim Foley presented with Pentabus Theatre
Pentabus and ThickSkin Theatre present Driftwood by award-winning writer, Tim Foley. A new play about family bonds set in Seaton Carewby.
thickskintheatre.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Our friends @thickskintheatre.bsky.social & Pentabus head to Unity Theatre with Driftwood by Tim Foley. Directed by @neilbettles.bsky.social and Elle While, this play perfectly balances a moving and at times funny story about hope, love and belonging.
thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
Pentabus, the nation's rural theatre company, has announced the eight emerging writers selected for its 2025 National Young Writers development programme @pentabustheatre.bsky.social
Pentabus Announces 2025 National Young Writers
Pentabus, the nation's rural theatre company, has announced the eight emerging writers selected for its 2025 National Young Writers development programme
theatreweekly.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Pentabus, the nation's rural theatre company, has announced the eight emerging writers selected for its 2025 National Young Writers development programme @pentabustheatre.bsky.social
Announcing the 2025 Pentabus National Young Writers! ✍️
Now in its 11th year, this incredible programme supports the next generation of storytellers
These exciting voices will collaborate with Pentabus and award-winning Rural Media to create bold new digital plays —
#YoungWriters #NewVoices
These exciting voices will collaborate with Pentabus and award-winning Rural Media to create bold new digital plays —
#YoungWriters #NewVoices
April 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Announcing the 2025 Pentabus National Young Writers! ✍️
Now in its 11th year, this incredible programme supports the next generation of storytellers
These exciting voices will collaborate with Pentabus and award-winning Rural Media to create bold new digital plays —
#YoungWriters #NewVoices
These exciting voices will collaborate with Pentabus and award-winning Rural Media to create bold new digital plays —
#YoungWriters #NewVoices
🚨 Exciting News! 🚨
Pentabus presents Gwendol: A Giant Problem – a new drama, music & dance show inspired by the Shropshire folktale! 🌄🎭
180+ KS2 pupils + amazing artists = a GIANT adventure!
📸 Behind-the-scenes sneak peek ⬇️
#GwendolAGiantProblem #Pentabus #TheatreForAll
Pentabus presents Gwendol: A Giant Problem – a new drama, music & dance show inspired by the Shropshire folktale! 🌄🎭
180+ KS2 pupils + amazing artists = a GIANT adventure!
📸 Behind-the-scenes sneak peek ⬇️
#GwendolAGiantProblem #Pentabus #TheatreForAll
March 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🚨 Exciting News! 🚨
Pentabus presents Gwendol: A Giant Problem – a new drama, music & dance show inspired by the Shropshire folktale! 🌄🎭
180+ KS2 pupils + amazing artists = a GIANT adventure!
📸 Behind-the-scenes sneak peek ⬇️
#GwendolAGiantProblem #Pentabus #TheatreForAll
Pentabus presents Gwendol: A Giant Problem – a new drama, music & dance show inspired by the Shropshire folktale! 🌄🎭
180+ KS2 pupils + amazing artists = a GIANT adventure!
📸 Behind-the-scenes sneak peek ⬇️
#GwendolAGiantProblem #Pentabus #TheatreForAll
What’s that? My show is retouring in 2025? (‘Upscaled’, I’m going HD, don’t look at my pores)
DRIFTWOOD, 2025 UK tour: www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
Please share/buy tix/say hello, keep me fed and watered.
DRIFTWOOD, 2025 UK tour: www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
Please share/buy tix/say hello, keep me fed and watered.
Driftwood | new play by Tim Foley presented with Pentabus Theatre
Pentabus and ThickSkin Theatre present Driftwood by award-winning writer, Tim Foley. A new play about family bonds set in Seaton Carewby.
www.thickskintheatre.co.uk
November 5, 2024 at 5:54 PM
What’s that? My show is retouring in 2025? (‘Upscaled’, I’m going HD, don’t look at my pores)
DRIFTWOOD, 2025 UK tour: www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
Please share/buy tix/say hello, keep me fed and watered.
DRIFTWOOD, 2025 UK tour: www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
Please share/buy tix/say hello, keep me fed and watered.
War Horse director Marianne Elliott is to join touring theatre company Pentabus as a trustee 👇
Marianne Elliott joins Pentabus board in 'critical period' for theatre
War Horse director Marianne Elliott is to join touring theatre company Pentabus as a trustee
www.thestage.co.uk
April 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
War Horse director Marianne Elliott is to join touring theatre company Pentabus as a trustee 👇
Driftwood goes on tour this Friday & makes its Scottish Premiere on our stage in March. 🌊
ThickSkin and Pentabus are two of the UK’s most prominent theatre companies. Joining forces to present Driftwood, by former Bruntwood Prize Winner, Tim Foley.
🎟️ https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/dri…
ThickSkin and Pentabus are two of the UK’s most prominent theatre companies. Joining forces to present Driftwood, by former Bruntwood Prize Winner, Tim Foley.
🎟️ https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/dri…
January 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Driftwood goes on tour this Friday & makes its Scottish Premiere on our stage in March. 🌊
ThickSkin and Pentabus are two of the UK’s most prominent theatre companies. Joining forces to present Driftwood, by former Bruntwood Prize Winner, Tim Foley.
🎟️ https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/dri…
ThickSkin and Pentabus are two of the UK’s most prominent theatre companies. Joining forces to present Driftwood, by former Bruntwood Prize Winner, Tim Foley.
🎟️ https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/dri…
Pentabus today announces their Associate Artists for 2025 joining writer Anoushka Warden, who returns for a third year as an Associate Artist
Pentabus Announce New Associate Artists
Pentabus today announces their Associate Artists for 2025 joining writer Anoushka Warden, who returns for a third year as an Associate Artist
theatreweekly.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Pentabus today announces their Associate Artists for 2025 joining writer Anoushka Warden, who returns for a third year as an Associate Artist
Meet our new Pentabus National Young Writers, delivered in partnership with Rural Media!
Welcome Chloe Lloyd, Ela Moss, Emily Geeson, Faye Stainton, Florence Limb, Kishore Thiagarajan, Nicole Darvill-Batten and Sahana Athreya.
We can’t wait to see what they create.
Welcome Chloe Lloyd, Ela Moss, Emily Geeson, Faye Stainton, Florence Limb, Kishore Thiagarajan, Nicole Darvill-Batten and Sahana Athreya.
We can’t wait to see what they create.
September 25, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Meet our new Pentabus National Young Writers, delivered in partnership with Rural Media!
Welcome Chloe Lloyd, Ela Moss, Emily Geeson, Faye Stainton, Florence Limb, Kishore Thiagarajan, Nicole Darvill-Batten and Sahana Athreya.
We can’t wait to see what they create.
Welcome Chloe Lloyd, Ela Moss, Emily Geeson, Faye Stainton, Florence Limb, Kishore Thiagarajan, Nicole Darvill-Batten and Sahana Athreya.
We can’t wait to see what they create.
Pentabus is now accepting applications for the 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence. £12K bursary, time to create, and a chance to join their renowned Young Writers programme.
#ArtsFunding #Playwriting #Residency #Pentabus #News #NewWriting
#ArtsFunding #Playwriting #Residency #Pentabus #News #NewWriting
Pentabus Writer Residency: £12k Bursary for Emerging Writers
Pentabus Theatre Company, one of the UK’s quiet powerhouses of new writing and rural excellence, has opened applications for its 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence scheme. The opportunity, offering a £12,000 bursary for an emerging playwright to develop new work at Pentabus' home base in Ludlow, is as much a cultural proposition as it is a professional one: a chance not just to write, but to recalibrate what writing can be when it takes root outside a metropolis.
theqr.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Pentabus is now accepting applications for the 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence. £12K bursary, time to create, and a chance to join their renowned Young Writers programme.
#ArtsFunding #Playwriting #Residency #Pentabus #News #NewWriting
#ArtsFunding #Playwriting #Residency #Pentabus #News #NewWriting
www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
🚨 Less Than a Week to Go! 🚨
Tim Foley’s Driftwood is coming to @traversetheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh for two nights only – 4 & 5 March!
Don’t miss this gripping and poetic exploration of love, loss, and identity. 🌊✨
🚨 Less Than a Week to Go! 🚨
Tim Foley’s Driftwood is coming to @traversetheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh for two nights only – 4 & 5 March!
Don’t miss this gripping and poetic exploration of love, loss, and identity. 🌊✨
Driftwood | new play by Tim Foley presented with Pentabus Theatre
Pentabus and ThickSkin Theatre present Driftwood by award-winning writer, Tim Foley. A new play about family bonds set in Seaton Carew.
www.thickskintheatre.co.uk
February 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/
🚨 Less Than a Week to Go! 🚨
Tim Foley’s Driftwood is coming to @traversetheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh for two nights only – 4 & 5 March!
Don’t miss this gripping and poetic exploration of love, loss, and identity. 🌊✨
🚨 Less Than a Week to Go! 🚨
Tim Foley’s Driftwood is coming to @traversetheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh for two nights only – 4 & 5 March!
Don’t miss this gripping and poetic exploration of love, loss, and identity. 🌊✨
𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭! 📷
Team assembles for 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚…𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
Ben Castle Gibb and Sarita Gabony will perform contemporary ghost stories directed by BAFTA Winning Elle While, AD of Pentabus tinyurl.com/bd596taz
Team assembles for 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚…𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
Ben Castle Gibb and Sarita Gabony will perform contemporary ghost stories directed by BAFTA Winning Elle While, AD of Pentabus tinyurl.com/bd596taz
August 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭! 📷
Team assembles for 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚…𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
Ben Castle Gibb and Sarita Gabony will perform contemporary ghost stories directed by BAFTA Winning Elle While, AD of Pentabus tinyurl.com/bd596taz
Team assembles for 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚…𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
Ben Castle Gibb and Sarita Gabony will perform contemporary ghost stories directed by BAFTA Winning Elle While, AD of Pentabus tinyurl.com/bd596taz
#ThrowbackThursday #TheatreThursday #TheatreSky #uktheatre #TheatreKids
www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood
By playwright @verbatimfoley.bsky.social
www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood
By playwright @verbatimfoley.bsky.social
Driftwood | new play by Tim Foley presented with Pentabus Theatre
Pentabus and ThickSkin Theatre present Driftwood by award-winning writer, Tim Foley. A new play about family bonds set in Seaton Carewby.
www.thickskintheatre.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:27 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnUU...
Celebrate Village Halls Week with us at Pentabus as renowned athlete & academic occultist Carole Vegan leads you through a high-energy workout..
Led by Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), celebrating stories in rural spaces.
Celebrate Village Halls Week with us at Pentabus as renowned athlete & academic occultist Carole Vegan leads you through a high-energy workout..
Led by Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), celebrating stories in rural spaces.
Folklore and Fitness with Carole Vegan by Tim Foley
YouTube video by Pentabus Theatre Company
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March 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnUU...
Celebrate Village Halls Week with us at Pentabus as renowned athlete & academic occultist Carole Vegan leads you through a high-energy workout..
Led by Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), celebrating stories in rural spaces.
Celebrate Village Halls Week with us at Pentabus as renowned athlete & academic occultist Carole Vegan leads you through a high-energy workout..
Led by Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), celebrating stories in rural spaces.
Throwback to 2023 rehearsals for Driftwood by @verbatimfoley and produced with Pentabus Theatre. We can’t wait to get this show back on the road for its 2025 tour. Have you booked your tickets yet?
Music @affenaudio.bsky.social feat. actors James Westphal and Jerome Yates.
#TheatreSky #Throwback
Music @affenaudio.bsky.social feat. actors James Westphal and Jerome Yates.
#TheatreSky #Throwback
November 21, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Throwback to 2023 rehearsals for Driftwood by @verbatimfoley and produced with Pentabus Theatre. We can’t wait to get this show back on the road for its 2025 tour. Have you booked your tickets yet?
Music @affenaudio.bsky.social feat. actors James Westphal and Jerome Yates.
#TheatreSky #Throwback
Music @affenaudio.bsky.social feat. actors James Westphal and Jerome Yates.
#TheatreSky #Throwback
Applications for the Jerwood + Pentabus writing residency close on Monday, too. www.pentabus.co.uk/jf-writer-re...
JF Writer in Residence | Pentabus
www.pentabus.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Applications for the Jerwood + Pentabus writing residency close on Monday, too. www.pentabus.co.uk/jf-writer-re...
Touring to: Arc Stockton, @belgradetheatre.bsky.social @chichesterft.bsky.social Leeds Playhouse, New Wolsey Ipswich, @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social Theatre Severn, @thedukeslancaster.bsky.social The Lowry Salford, Unity Liverpool, Wigan MillAtThePier
Driftwood | new play by Tim Foley presented with Pentabus Theatre
Pentabus and ThickSkin Theatre present Driftwood by award-winning writer, Tim Foley. A new play about family bonds set in Seaton Carewby.
www.thickskintheatre.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Touring to: Arc Stockton, @belgradetheatre.bsky.social @chichesterft.bsky.social Leeds Playhouse, New Wolsey Ipswich, @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social Theatre Severn, @thedukeslancaster.bsky.social The Lowry Salford, Unity Liverpool, Wigan MillAtThePier
Make Good by Pentubus and New Perspectives is a brilliant example of theatre bearing witness. Superbly performed, great songs, funny, moving, and honest storytelling about one of the most appalling UK scandals in recent times. youtu.be/KskkLl_b2og www.horizonscandalfund.org
Make Good Trailer
YouTube video by Pentabus Theatre Company
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Make Good by Pentubus and New Perspectives is a brilliant example of theatre bearing witness. Superbly performed, great songs, funny, moving, and honest storytelling about one of the most appalling UK scandals in recent times. youtu.be/KskkLl_b2og www.horizonscandalfund.org
Driftwood is in Shrewsbury tonight! Some tix left... but not many! www.theatresevern.co.uk/shows/whatso...
DRIFTWOOD at Theatre Severn
A ThickSkin and Pentabus production...
An inspiring story about hope, love and belonging.
Brothers Mark and Tiny walk the shore of Seaton Carew in the North East. Their dad is dying, and…
www.theatresevern.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Driftwood is in Shrewsbury tonight! Some tix left... but not many! www.theatresevern.co.uk/shows/whatso...