DRUM! represents the musical heartbeat of Nova Scotia. It is a spectacular musical production featuring 20 musicians, dancers, drummers, and singers from four principal cultures – Aboriginal, Black, Celtic and Acadian – brought together in a heart-pumping fusion of music, dance, poetry, video, rhythm, and song.
Since DRUM! first came to the stage in 1999, the production has been received with standing ovations and rave reviews. See what others say about DRUM! Originally conceived as a 45-minute tourism piece, DRUM! was the main stage show at Tall Ships 2000, featured at a series of international conferences, and a one-hour television special broadcast in 2005 on CBC TV.
DRUM! made its debut as a full-length production in 2004 running for ten nights in its own specially designed theatre at the Halifax waterfront. Tourists and locals alike received the show with accolades resulting in a return to the waterfront for a five-week run in September 2005. Attendance quadrupled, critics continued to proclaim the show a hit and a U.S. tour ensued.
In November 2005, DRUM! took the story of the rhythms of Nova Scotia across the U.S., starting in Florida at the prestigious Van Wezel Center and finishing to a packed 1700-seat theatre in Park City, Utah (home of the Sun Dance film festival). Audiences reacted with standing ovations (sometimes at the end of the first act) and hall operators were effusive with their praise: “Possibly the most moving performance we’ve ever presented in our theatre,” said Darrell Bryan, Hall Manager, Greenville, Tennessee. Recently, DRUM! was nominated for two East Coast Music Awards.
DRUM! has toured Western Canada and for the past four years has performed a month-long run in Halifax to packed houses.
In 2006, DRUM! returned to the U.S. appearing in over 30 venues in 17 states.
DRUM! was conceived and created by Brookes Diamond, originally directed and
choreographed by Tim French and is currently directed by
Daryl Cloran. Musical director is multi-talented
Nova Scotian
Doris Mason, who also performs in the show along
with Jeremiah Sparks, Dutch Robinson, Trevor Gould, Hubert Francis, Len LeBlanc, Shaunda Aucoin, Cathy Porter, MacQuarrie Dancers,
fiddler Anna Ludlow, Jay
Andrews, Hector MacQuarrie,
Katie Patterson, Chuck
Bucket and house band members James Logan,
Brian Bourne and Dave
Burton. Percussion master is Ian MacMillan of Squid.
The production is a partnership with Music Nova Scotia.
DRUM! communicates a message to the world: we can hold on to who we are and still share a song, a stage, a country, a world.
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