It became incorporated as a private limited company in 1983, under the name of Pentabus Arts Limited. It continues to be know as the Pentabus Theatre Company or simply Pentabus. Business records 8872/1/1 Incorporation 1983 8872/1/1/1 Memorandum of association of Pentabus Arts Limited 19 July 1983 8872/1/1/2 Articles of association of Pentabus Arts Limited 19 July 1983 8872/1/1/3 Certificate of incorporation of Pentabus Arts Limited 19 Aug 1983 8872/1/2 Minutes 8872/1/2/1 Minutes of board meetings Covering 1991-1992, 1998-2014 1991-2014 8872/1/2/2 Minutes of annual general meetings Excludes 22nd AGM (2005) and 23rd AGM (2006). 1998-2013 8872/1/3 Reports and See also reports included in minutes and annual accounts. 8872/1/3/1 Report on Investigation into Touring Theatre Provision For The Rural Areas of the West Midlands researched and written by Sue Dunderdale for the West Midlands Arts Association. [Typescript] Feb 1974 8872/1/3/2 A Touring Company of the West Midlands by Valerie Rogers Undergraduate study based on Pentabus including notes on their establishment, first hand account of three separate days spent with them during their first tour, Aug - Nov 1974 and assessment of grass roots work, Dec 1974 - Mar 1975. Includes: Printed programmes for Lost in London and Working Out the End. Pentabus Programme (typed sheets) for first tour, 20 Aug - 2 Nov 1974 and second tour with Charlie Chaplin Show 28 Apr - 24 May [1975]. Two photographs of Lost in London stage ''environment'', 1974 ''Partnership in Practice: the Work of the Regional Arts Associations'' published by the Standing Conference of the Regional Arts Associations 1973 [printed pamphlet]. Valerie Rogers was a student at Hereford College of Education where Pentabus visited to perform in 1974 and she subsequently based this study on them for her course. [See also 8872/1/3/1 for copy of ''Report on Investigation into Touring Theatre Provision For The 1974-1975
Written by Hall. Director Dani Parr. Writer in residence Phil Porter. 8872/5/3 Script: The Boy in the Photograph Written by Becky Prestwich. Unsolicited script submission. Runner up in ''We Are Here''. Oct 2011 8872/5/4 Script: Foxfinder Written by Dawn King. that it was produced at Finborough Dec 2011, ''Pentabus missed it. Please send next play''. [2001] 8872/5/5 Script: Shoot Doris Day Written by Katherine Chandler. n.d. 8872/5/6 Scripts: Mummers' Plays Early typescripts. 8872/5/7 Script: Shropshire Tragedies (Part Two) A collection of old Ballads commemorating Industrial Tragedies in the Coalbrookdale Coalfield, By I. J. Brown. Reprinted from SMC Yearbook 1965-6 Vol. 5 Additional photographs [See also 8872/2 for photographs under individual shows] 8872/6/1 Photographs: playschemes 1977-1981 8872/6/2 Photographs: pub show [Selection shown] See also slides (8872/8) 1977 8872/6/3 Photographs: supermarket trolley grand prix, Bromyard Gala, Kidderminster [Selection 1977 8872/6/4 Photographs: drama workshop [Selection 1977 8872/6/5 Photographs: Earth Probe [Selection shown] 1978 8872/6/6 Photographs: Gunfight (Clun) [Selection shown] 1979 8872/6/7 Photographs: pub show [Selection 1980 8872/6/8 Photographs: children's day, Hartlebury Castle [Selection shown] 1980 8872/6/9 Photographs: Flipping Canellonis (Kidderminster) [Selection shown] 1981 8872/6/10 Photographs: road safety show [Selection 1982 8872/6/11 Photographs: street theatre, Kidderminster [Selection shown] 1982 8872/6/12 Photographs: SES [Selection shown] 1982 8872/6/13 Photographs: Wot on [Selection shown] 1984 8872/6/14 Photographs: Indian residency 1997-1998