Dante or Die will tour its new immersive documentary Driving Home across the UK this autumn, inviting audiences to step inside a black cab and experience the personal stories of five taxi drivers from across the country.
Created and directed by Daphna Attias and Terry O’Donovan, the free 20-minute experience seats just three audience members at a time inside a decommissioned black cab transformed into a travelling cinema.
Using film, animation and spatial audio, Driving Home unfolds across the cab’s windscreen and windows, following five real taxi drivers as they navigate the places they call home.
The production explores migration, belonging, family, work, community and the changing face of Britain through conversations with drivers who spend their working lives crossing neighbourhoods and social boundaries.
Audiences are immersed in cinematic footage of passing streets, while animation takes them beyond the physical journey into memories and imagined landscapes, blurring the boundaries between place and personal history.
Daphna Attias and Terry O’Donovan, Artistic Directors of Dante or Die, said: “We both migrated to the UK more than 20 years ago and have made it our home. Driving Home grew out of our own experiences of belonging and identity, and the conversations we’ve had over the years about what ‘home’ really means.
“As we began researching the project, we found ourselves having remarkable conversations with taxi drivers. There’s something unique about being in a taxi. You’re alone with a stranger, connected through the rear-view mirror rather than direct eye contact, and the journey somehow creates permission for unexpected honesty.
“Again and again, conversations began with the question, ‘Where are you from?’ a question that has become increasingly loaded. One of the drivers featured told us he sometimes tells people he’s Turkish because he didn’t know where the conversation might lead if he said he was from Afghanistan. Others spoke about changing their names to sound ‘less foreign’, protecting themselves from prejudice they feared they might encounter.
“Taxi drivers occupy a unique place in their communities. They know the streets, hear people’s hopes, anxieties and opinions every day, and have their fingers on the pulse of the places they live. We wanted to create a space where audiences could listen to those stories and perhaps recognise something of themselves within them.”
The film features an original score by Mercury Prize-nominated artist Dr Obaro Ejimiwe, also known as Ghostpoet.
Alongside the tour, Dante or Die will work with local communities, including migrant and refugee groups, through a programme of creative workshops exploring personal stories and experiences of home.
The drivers featured in Driving Home are Ashley Arnold from Thurrock, Essex; Amberine Nawaaz from Bradford; Frank Anb Amonoo-Mensah from Peckham, London; Mihail Marin from Hull; and Farhad Ghafoori from Medway, Kent.
The tour opens at Freedom Festival Hull from 3 to 6 September before visiting Norwich, Kent, Essex, London and Hull throughout autumn 2026.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
