Beats and Elements: A Hip Hop Theatre Trilogy: No Milk for the Foxes; DenMarked; High Rise eState of Mind

Contents

• - Foreword
• - Class and UK Hip Hop (essay)
• - Hip hop lyricism (essay)
• The Plays:
• - No Milk for the Foxes 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.
• - DenMarked by Conrad Murray - This solo performance is an autobiographical story that weaves hip hop with Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It narrates Conrad’s account of growing up in a violent family in South London, as an abused mixed-race child in the social ca
• - High Rise e(S)tate of Mind by David Bonnik Junior, Paul Cree, Conrad Murray and Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens - Inspired by JG Ballard’s novel High Rise, this is the dystopian tale of a high rise tower block in London, interwoven with the performers’ personal
• - Reflections (interviews with Beats & Elements)
• - Glossary