{"product_id":"making-hip-hop-theatre-beatbox-and-elements-9781350187924","title":"Making Hip Hop Theatre: Beatbox and Elements","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Hip Hop Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential, practical guide to making hip-hop theatre. It features detailed techniques and exercises that can guide creatives from workshops through to staging a performance. If you were inspired by \u003ci\u003eHamilton, Barber Shop Chronicles, Misty, Black Men Walking\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein: How to Make a Monster\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the book for you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering vocal technique, use of equipment, mixing, looping, sampling, working with venues and dealing with creative challenges, this book is a bible for both new and experienced artists alike. Additionally, with links to online video material demonstrating and elaborating on the exercises included, it offers countless useful tools for teachers and facilitators of drama, music and other creative arts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside this practical guidance is an overview of hip hop history, giving theoretical and historical context for the practice. From documentation of Conrad Murray's major productions, to commentary from leading practitioners including Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens, David Jubb, Emma Rice, Tobi Kyeremateng and Paula Varjack, readers are treated to a detailed insight into the background of hip hop theatre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by scholar Katie Beswick and genre pioneer Conrad Murray, \u003ci\u003eMaking Hip Hop Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital teaching tool and provides a much-needed account of a burgeoning aspect of contemporary theatre culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Beswick\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and academic working at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is interested in arts and culture and their intersections with issues of class. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eConrad Murray\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist, performer, beatboxer and rapper from Mitcham, South-West London. He is a qualified and experienced secondary school teacher, the artistic director of the BAC Beatbox Academy, co-artistic director of the hip hop theatre company Beats \u0026amp; Elements and associate artist at the Battersea Arts Centre and Gulbenkian. His shows include \u003ci\u003eNo Milk for the Foxes \u003c\/i\u003e(Camden People's Theatre 2015); \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003e(BAC 2018); \u003ci\u003eHigh Rise eState of Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(BAC\/CPT 2019). He was musical director and composer on \u003ci\u003eCrongton Knights \u003c\/i\u003e(Pilot Theatre 2020), and is director on \u003ci\u003ePied Piper: Silent City \u003c\/i\u003e(BAC) and composer and director for \u003ci\u003eThe Last Man \u003c\/i\u003e(BAC). He was awarded the Off Westend and Total Theatre Awards for \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e http: \/\/conradmurray.org\u003cbr\u003e @rodIUMrecords\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967087149330,"sku":"9781350187924","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6826249-3dec-4b77-b19f-84ff52d4b2ae.jpg?v=1772014337","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/making-hip-hop-theatre-beatbox-and-elements-9781350187924","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}