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 this practical guidance is an overview of hip hop history,
giving theoretical and historical 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 hip hop theatre.
Edited by scholar Katie Beswick and genre pioneer Conrad Murray, Making
Hip Hop Theatre is a vital teaching tool and provides a much-needed
account of a burgeoning aspect of contemporary theatre culture.
