A new play about two rising Ghanaian creatives is set to come to Slough next month.
DRUM follows a pair, thrown together by lives built far from home, grappling with success, identity, assimilation and home.
It begins as the afternoon sun hits BBC Broadcasting House in London, photographer James Barnor meets broadcaster Mike Egan for the very first time.
Presented by Our Day and Omnibus Theatre, DRUM is a new play from award-nominated writer Jacob Roberts Mensah and Sarah Amankwah. Jacob Roberts-Mensah (DEM TIMES, Our Day) is a Ghanaian – British writer and producer working across theatre and audio.
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Sarah Amankwah is an experienced actress and spoken word poet, well-versed at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. She has performed in many production, and recent credits include Lion King, West End, Black Earth Rising, Netflix and Henry V.
This joyful and poignant fiction fuses storytelling, music and dance with archival material to capture a unique snapshot of London in the swinging sixties.
It is set to be shown at Curve Venue on Saturday, October 4 at 7pm.
Tickets are £15 or £12 concession.
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