Home is Here: Songs and Stories from Shropshire
St Chad's Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, SY1 1JX
Thursday 27th November 2025
Pentabus proudly presents a brand new showcase of songs and stories created by Shropshire school pupils and older people from the county's care homes and communities.
In this multi-generational spoken-word and song-writing project, participants will creatively explore friendship, community, storytelling, wellbeing and what it means to call Shropshire home. A public performance of these brand new pieces will take place at St Chad's Church in Shrewsbury on Thursday 27th November.
Schools
Bryn Offa CE Primary School
St Lawrence CE Primary School
Rushbury CE Primary SchoolNewcastle CE Primary School (Blue Hills Federation)
St Mary's CE Primary School (Blue Hills Federation)
Care settings
Barchester - Field House Care Home
The Sandford Nursing Home
Onny Cottage Care Home
Brooke House Care Home
Workshop Leaders / Artists
Henry Maddicott (Poetry and Spoken Word)Rhian Jackson (Song-Writing)
Running time: 45 – 50 minutes (approximate)
Home is Here is a Pentabus project, funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as part of Vibrant Shropshire’s ‘This is Shropshire’ Festival.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) proactively supports delivery of the UK-government’s five national missions: pushing power out to communities everywhere, with a specific focus to help kickstart economic growth and promoting opportunities in all parts of the UK.
Ticket costs: Pentabus is a charity, and this funding has enabled us to offer free workshops, professional workshop leaders, travel bursaries and more to participating schools. To help us continue delivering future projects, we ask for a small ticket fee to attend the final performance. However, we never want cost to be a barrier. If the ticket price would prevent you from seeing your child perform, please email [email protected] and we will do our very best to help.
In this multi-generational spoken-word and song-writing project, participants will creatively explore friendship, community, storytelling, wellbeing and what it means to call Shropshire home. A public performance of these brand new pieces will take place at St Chad's Church in Shrewsbury on Thursday 27th November.
Schools
Bryn Offa CE Primary School
St Lawrence CE Primary School
Rushbury CE Primary SchoolNewcastle CE Primary School (Blue Hills Federation)
St Mary's CE Primary School (Blue Hills Federation)
Care settings
Barchester - Field House Care Home
The Sandford Nursing Home
Onny Cottage Care Home
Brooke House Care Home
Workshop Leaders / Artists
Henry Maddicott (Poetry and Spoken Word)Rhian Jackson (Song-Writing)
Running time: 45 – 50 minutes (approximate)
Home is Here is a Pentabus project, funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as part of Vibrant Shropshire’s ‘This is Shropshire’ Festival.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) proactively supports delivery of the UK-government’s five national missions: pushing power out to communities everywhere, with a specific focus to help kickstart economic growth and promoting opportunities in all parts of the UK.
Ticket costs: Pentabus is a charity, and this funding has enabled us to offer free workshops, professional workshop leaders, travel bursaries and more to participating schools. To help us continue delivering future projects, we ask for a small ticket fee to attend the final performance. However, we never want cost to be a barrier. If the ticket price would prevent you from seeing your child perform, please email [email protected] and we will do our very best to help.
