Katie Beswick 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. Conrad Murray 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 & Elements and associate artist at the Battersea Arts Centre and Gulbenkian. His shows include No Milk for the Foxes (Camden People’s Theatre 2015); Frankenstein (BAC 2018); High Rise eState of Mind (BAC/CPT 2019). He was musical director and composer on Crongton Knights (Pilot Theatre 2020), and is director on Pied Piper: Silent City (BAC) and composer and director for The Last Man (BAC). He was awarded the Off Westend and Total Theatre Awards for Frankenstein.http://conradmurray.org@rodIUMrecords

So much more than a manual for beatboxing in theatre: this book is a manifesto for possibility. It is a considered, enormously generous piece of writing that offers authenticity, validation and life coaching, with all the grit left in … Murray’s personal generosity of spirit, raw authenticity and enthusiasm is totally inspirational, and for me the supplementary commentary makes the ‘manual’ quite special.

• On Collaboration and the Voices in this BookOur CollaboratorsWhy We Wrote ThisSome Introductions- Hip hop culture: A brief history- Conrad on Hip Hop- Katie on Hip Hop- Our Collaborators on Hip Hop- Conrad on the Battersea Arts Centre (the venue where it all began)- The Beatbox Academy: How it BeganPart One: Getting Started- Principles of Hip Hop- Warm Ups- Beatbox Basics- Progressing Technique- Equipment- Further Resources- Ending SessionsPart Two: Developing Ideas and Making a Living- Principles for Working With…- Stimulus and Starting Points- Practical tips for Starting a Theatre CareerPart Three: How We Made It- Hitler Wrote 20 Pop Songs…Have You Heard Them?- No Milk for the Foxes- DenMarked- High Rise eState of Mind- Frankenstein: How to Make a MonsterAgainst Spoken Word!AcknowledgementsIndex

Katie Beswick 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. Conrad Murray 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 & Elements and associate artist at the Battersea Arts Centre and Gulbenkian. His shows include No Milk for the Foxes (Camden People’s Theatre 2015); Frankenstein (BAC 2018); High Rise eState of Mind (BAC/CPT 2019). He was musical director and composer on Crongton Knights (Pilot Theatre 2020), and is director on Pied Piper: Silent City (BAC) and composer and director for The Last Man (BAC). He was awarded the Off Westend and Total Theatre Awards for Frankenstein.http://conradmurray.org@rodIUMrecords

So much more than a manual for beatboxing in theatre: this book is a manifesto for possibility. It is a considered, enormously generous piece of writing that offers authenticity, validation and life coaching, with all the grit left in … Murray’s personal generosity of spirit, raw authenticity and enthusiasm is totally inspirational, and for me the supplementary commentary makes the ‘manual’ quite special.

• On Collaboration and the Voices in this BookOur CollaboratorsWhy We Wrote ThisSome Introductions- Hip hop culture: A brief history- Conrad on Hip Hop- Katie on Hip Hop- Our Collaborators on Hip Hop- Conrad on the Battersea Arts Centre (the venue where it all began)- The Beatbox Academy: How it BeganPart One: Getting Started- Principles of Hip Hop- Warm Ups- Beatbox Basics- Progressing Technique- Equipment- Further Resources- Ending SessionsPart Two: Developing Ideas and Making a Living- Principles for Working With…- Stimulus and Starting Points- Practical tips for Starting a Theatre CareerPart Three: How We Made It- Hitler Wrote 20 Pop Songs…Have You Heard Them?- No Milk for the Foxes- DenMarked- High Rise eState of Mind- Frankenstein: How to Make a MonsterAgainst Spoken Word!AcknowledgementsIndex

Katie Beswick 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. Conrad Murray 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 & Elements and associate artist at the Battersea Arts Centre and Gulbenkian. His shows include No Milk for the Foxes (Camden People’s Theatre 2015); Frankenstein (BAC 2018); High Rise eState of Mind (BAC/CPT 2019). He was musical director and composer on Crongton Knights (Pilot Theatre 2020), and is director on Pied Piper: Silent City (BAC) and composer and director for The Last Man (BAC). He was awarded the Off Westend and Total Theatre Awards for Frankenstein.http://conradmurray.org@rodIUMrecords

So much more than a manual for beatboxing in theatre: this book is a manifesto for possibility. It is a considered, enormously generous piece of writing that offers authenticity, validation and life coaching, with all the grit left in … Murray’s personal generosity of spirit, raw authenticity and enthusiasm is totally inspirational, and for me the supplementary commentary makes the ‘manual’ quite special.

• On Collaboration and the Voices in this BookOur CollaboratorsWhy We Wrote ThisSome Introductions- Hip hop culture: A brief history- Conrad on Hip Hop- Katie on Hip Hop- Our Collaborators on Hip Hop- Conrad on the Battersea Arts Centre (the venue where it all began)- The Beatbox Academy: How it BeganPart One: Getting Started- Principles of Hip Hop- Warm Ups- Beatbox Basics- Progressing Technique- Equipment- Further Resources- Ending SessionsPart Two: Developing Ideas and Making a Living- Principles for Working With…- Stimulus and Starting Points- Practical tips for Starting a Theatre CareerPart Three: How We Made It- Hitler Wrote 20 Pop Songs…Have You Heard Them?- No Milk for the Foxes- DenMarked- High Rise eState of Mind- Frankenstein: How to Make a MonsterAgainst Spoken Word!AcknowledgementsIndex