{"product_id":"beats-and-elements-a-hip-hop-theatre-trilogy-no-milk-for-the-foxes-denmarked-high-rise-estate-of-mind-hardcover","title":"Beats and Elements: A Hip Hop Theatre Trilogy: No Milk for the Foxes; DenMarked; High Rise eState of Mind - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConrad Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatie Beswick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of three hip hop plays by Conrad Murray and his Beats \u0026amp; Elements collaborators Paul Cree, David Bonnick Junior and Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens, is the first publication of the critically acclaimed theatre-maker's work. The three plays use hip hop to highlight the inequalities produced by the UK's class system, and weave lyricism, musicality and dialogue to offer authentic accounts of inner-city life written by working-class Londoners. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plays are accompanied by two introductory essays: The first gives a specific social and historical context that helps readers make sense of the plays, the second positions hip hop as a contemporary literary form and offers some ways to read hip hop texts as literature. The collection also includes a foreword by leading hip hop theatre practitioner Jonzi D, interviews with the Beats \u0026amp; Elements company, and a glossary of words for students and international readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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 Battersea Arts Centre's Beatbox Academy, co-artistic director of the hip hop theatre company Beats and Elements and associate artist at BAC. His shows include \u003ci\u003eNo Milk for the Foxes \u003c\/i\u003e(Camden People's Theatre 2015);\u003ci\u003e DenMarked \u003c\/i\u003e(BAC 2016); \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003e(BAC 2018); \u003ci\u003eHigh Rise eState of Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(BAC\/CPT 2019). He is currently musical director and composer on \u003ci\u003eCrongton Knights \u003c\/i\u003e(Pilot Theatre), director on \u003ci\u003ePied Piper: Silent City \u003c\/i\u003e(BAC), and composer and musical director for \u003ci\u003eMrs Noah \u003c\/i\u003e(Headlong); he is also working with the BBC on a screen adaptation of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003eto be screened on BBC4 in March 2020. He was awarded the Off West End and Total Theatre Awards for \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785739862304,"sku":"9781350270602","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b37b9a6dff313bf7719c912b0a674ddb.webp?v=1780619575","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beats-and-elements-a-hip-hop-theatre-trilogy-no-milk-for-the-foxes-denmarked-high-rise-estate-of-mind-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}