About DRUM

Our Day Media in association with Omnibus Theatre

Thrown together by lives built far from home, two rising Ghanaian creatives grapple with success and identity.

“A civilization flourishes when men plant trees under which they themselves never sit. What you need to understand is, Ghana is home.”

As the afternoon sun hits BBC Broadcasting House in London, photographer James Barnor meets broadcaster Mike Eghan for the very first time. Thrown together by lives built far from home, the two rising Ghanaian creatives must manoeuvre through their perception of identity, success, assimilation and home.

This joyful and poignant fiction fuses storytelling, music and dance with archival material to capture a unique snapshot of London in the swinging sixties.

DRUM is a new play from award-nominated writer Jacob Roberts Mensah (DEM TIMES, Our Day) and Sarah Amankwah (recent acting credits include Lion King, West End; Black Earth Rising, Netflix; Henry V, Shakespeare’s Globe) making her directorial debut.


Artwork credit: Guy J Sanders

4 Stars

Any person who has ever made the decision to leave their homeland will find a bit of themselves in this play.

A Younger Perspective

4 Stars

This is an essential story about both Britain and Ghana that mustn’t be lost.

The Reviews Hub

4 Stars

It was such a joy to watch

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