{"product_id":"beats-and-elements-a-hip-hop-theatre-trilogy-9781350270596","title":"Beats and Elements A Hip Hop Theatre Trilogy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. The 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA show with something to say, and a stylish way of saying it. * The Stage (on High Rise Estate of Mind) *\u003cbr\u003eIf there were thousands more like Murray who managed to ‘breakthrough’ from a working class background to the mainstream Arts, the landscape would be very different to what it is today. * Breaking the Fourth Wall *\u003cbr\u003eIts dramatic authenticity is pitch perfect. * Exeunt *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Foreword - Class and UK Hip Hop (essay) - Hip hop lyricism (essay)  The Plays:  - \u003ci\u003eNo Milk for the Foxes\u003c\/i\u003e by Paul Cree and Conrad Murray - Weaving hip hop lyricism with comic naturalism, this play tells the story of two security guards on zero-hours contracts working the night-shift at a washing machine components factory.  - \u003ci\u003eDenMarked\u003c\/i\u003e by Conrad Murray - This solo performance is an autobiographical story that weaves hip hop with Shakespeare’s \u003ci\u003eHamlet.\u003c\/i\u003e It narrates Conrad’s account of growing up in a violent family in South London, as an abused mixed-race child in the social care system, trying to make his way in the world and seek reconciliation with his absent father.  - \u003ci\u003eHigh Rise e(S)tate of Mind \u003c\/i\u003eby David Bonnik Junior, Paul Cree, Conrad Murray and Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens - Inspired by JG Ballard’s novel \u003ci\u003eHigh Rise\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the dystopian tale of a high rise tower block in London, interwoven with the performers’ personal autobiographical stories about the housing they have lived in. - Reflections (interviews with Beats \u0026amp; Elements) - Glossary","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529219973463,"sku":"9781350270596","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350270596.jpg?v=1731874769","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beats-and-elements-a-hip-hop-theatre-trilogy-9781350270596","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}