Pentabus Theatre presents

Strawberry Fields

Currently Touring

Small to medium scale

The countryside is changing: the rural aganda has pushed itself to the forefront of public attention. BSE, foot and mouth disease and a raft of other food scares have raised questions about what happens to our food before we eat it - and the real cost of industrialised farming.

Last summer a Herefordshire farm made the national news when it covered hundreds of acres of farmland with plastic tunnels and brought in a thousand Ukrainians to work in them. The ensuing battles between the strawberry producers, council planners and public opinion exposed issues that everyone should know about.

Strawberry Fields is Pentabus Theatre's response to these events - and it's nothing like you've seen before. This is a new kind of theatre where actors deliver the recorded words of the people whose lives are most affected - exactly as they were spoken. It's a dramatic documentary that is revealing and funny; moving and deadly serious.

"Classy stuff" - The Guardian

"Absolutely riveting" - The Telegraph

Dates for Autumn 2005

21-22 Oct: Theatre Clwyd

26 Oct: Croydon Clocktower

28 Oct: South Holland Centre, Spalding

29 Oct: The Hat Factory, Luton

1 Nov: Kingsley College Theatre, Redditch

2 Nov: Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham

3 Nov: Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon

5 Nov: Norwich Arts Centre

9-10 Nov: New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth

11 Nov: Glasshouse Theatre, Stourbridge

15 Nov: Theatre Royal, Winchester

16-17 Nov: The Albany, London

19 Nov: Arts Centre, Kings Lynn