Making hip hop theatre : beatbox and elements / Katie Beswick and Conrad Murray.

Includes bibliographies and index

Making Hip Hop Theatre 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 Hamilton, Barber Shop Chronicles, Misty, Black Men Walking, or Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster, this is the book for you. Covering 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. Alongside the practical guidance is an overview of hip hop history, giving theoretical 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 UK hip hop theatre. Written by scholar Katie Beswick and genre pioneer Cornad Murray, Making Hip Hop Theatre is a vital teaching tool and provides a much-needed account of a burgeoning aspect of contemporary theatre culture"