The Anti-Slam: London Halloween Show
Oct
31
7:30 PM19:30
gigs, performance, shows, spoekn word, spoken word

The Anti-Slam: London Halloween Show

On the 31st October, I’ll be performing at Anti-Slam. I first did this event ten years ago, and it’s grown massivley since. I’ll need to go and prepare my worst poetry and performance. But whatever I do, I’m sure it’ll be a great laugh

Underground Fringe sensation The Anti-Slam presents a Halloween treat: worst poet wins!
We don’t mean bad: we mean hilariously terrible, laugh-out-loud embarrassing, entertainingly cringe-worthy poetry so awful that it transcends quality – becoming genius.

Featuring incredible acts from the performing arts world getting into their alter-egos. Hosted by Varjack & Simpson on the ten-year anniversary of The Anti-Slam!

'A delightful sham' Sabotage

Book two or more theatre shows within the Best of Edinburgh Season and save 20% off tickets. (Discount automatically applies at checkout.)

TICKETS - https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/anti-slam

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Out Here, show at the ICA
Jul
28
7:00 PM19:00
education, theatre

Out Here, show at the ICA

For the last year I’ve been working with an organisation called Dream Arts on a project called Friends From Afar; which is a group of young people, living in London from all around the world.

Through a process of divising, and alonsgide director Catherine Plamer, we’ve created the show Out Here. Which is a story about young Londoners.

Featuring all original music and with an amazing group of young poeple, most of which have never done anything like this before.

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Beats & Elements BOOK LAUNCH
Mar
18
7:00 PM19:00

Beats & Elements BOOK LAUNCH

TICKETS ARE FREE BUT LIMITED

BOOK HERE

This event celebrates the publication of two books (Making Hip Hop Theatre: Beatbox and Elements, and Beats and Elements: A Hip Hop Theatre Trilogy) that explore and platform hip hop theatre, and particularly the work of pioneer Conrad Murray. The event will be an evening of performance, play readings and discussion with a chance to socialise. You'll also be able to buy discounted copies of the books.

About the Books

Making Hip Hop Theatre: Beatbox and Elements

By Katie Beswick and Conrad Murray

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. 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.

Beats and Elements: A Hip Hop Theatre Trilogy

Curated and edited by Katie Beswick and Conrad Murray

This collection of three hip hop plays by Conrad Murray and his Beats & 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 essays, written by Katie Beswick: 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 & Elements company, and a glossary of words for students and international readers.

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SPOKENWORD FOR THEATRE COURSE
Feb
7
to Feb 28
education, one man show, spoken word, theatre

SPOKENWORD FOR THEATRE COURSE

Writing: Spoken Word for Theatre

with Paul Cree

 

Join writer/performer Paul Cree on this 4 week session as he helps you develop your short-form ideas (or ideas that have only stayed in your head!) into a longer piece of theatre. Using his wealth of experience in Spoken Word, Paul will guide you through various exercises and discussions to expand your ideas, and in this group workshop environment you will work together to give constructive feedback and help each other to create something tangible by the end of the sessions, that you can take away with you to continue developing.

Maybe you’re a poet/writer and only manage to write short pieces, or a performer who would love to have a go at delving into the world of storytelling through spoken word, this course will leave you thinking and creating in a different way, and will stretch your mind to the different possibilities of storytelling.

At the end of this course you will have written, performed and will have recorded a 10 minute scratch of your writing.

 

When:

4 weeks

Mondays

7th February | 14th February | 21st February | 28th February 

Time: 6 – 9pm

Where: Online

 

More info:

Over the course of four sessions, working with Paul you will:

Explore and develop a concept for a show – through discussion, exercises and pin-pointing what it is you want to write about, we will work on the foundations of your piece.

Develop edit and critique material – In the second session, we will start to develop our pieces, give constructive feedback to each other and really look at the differences between short-form and long-form, and how you can develop your piece into a story.

Perform a short scratch of the work – In our final session we will perform a 10 minute scratch of our work to an invited audience.

 

Who is this workshop for?

Writers, poets, spoken word artists, actors or someone new to writing / performing who is interested in creating longer-form work for theatre. It would be great if you could come with an idea of what you want your piece to be about.

 

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Spokenword for Theatre Course
Nov
8
to Nov 22
one man show, shows, spoekn word, spoken word, theatre, education

Spokenword for Theatre Course

Hello

If you write, poems, stories or ANY sort of stuff really and you’re interested in writing that for theatre, get involved with this

I’ll be leading a 3-session course (over 3 weeks) which should be a lot of fun. We’ll be looking at concept, writing and performance

https://www.wildcardtheatre.co.uk/product/spoken-word-for-theatre/

Paul

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HIGH RISE eSTATE OF MIND @ POUND ARTS, CORSHAM
Jul
24
7:30 PM19:30

HIGH RISE eSTATE OF MIND @ POUND ARTS, CORSHAM

Beats and Elements: High Rise eState of Mind

Full Price: £12

Concession: £10

Running time 1 hour, no interval | Age 16+ | Reduced capacity and socially-distanced seating

We all need homes…
it needs to be fair
We all need safe, clean homes
it needs to be fair
We all need to be housed

A stunning new show from the makers of No Milk For Foxes, DenMarked and BAC Beatbox Academy’s Frankenstein exposing young people’s fears of where they will live, will they ever afford to live somewhere clean and safe, and is home just a modern day pipe dream for many? Is it a fair race or is the system fundamentally f****d?

HIGH RISE eSTATE OF MIND tells the difficult to swallow truths through a dystopian lens, using grime, beat boxing, hip hop, live looping and MCing. A fast paced, urban story about class and housing, frustrations, inequalities and the pointlessness of it all at times.

This show features Performer/Beatboxer Conrad Murray, spoken word author Paul Cree, Rapper Gambit Ace, and spoken word artist Lakeisha Lynch Steven (AKA grime MC Lady KI KI).

Conrad is the Artistic Director of the BAC Beatbox Academy, which is Battersea Arts Centre’s home-grown young collective. They sold out at Edinburgh Fringe, at the Traverse in 2019, and were the number high rated show of the fringe. They have performed all over the country from Latitude Festival to The Royal Festival Hall and have appeared on Gareth Malone’s The Choir. Current members are ranked within the top 10 beat boxers in the UK.

‘A gritty and realistic take on the housing crisis and how it affects us all, all told through song, spoken word and beatboxing. Perfect.’ Everything Theatre

‘Banging tunes, amazing performances, and important stories that need to be heard. Loved it. Do NOT miss it.’ Stage Door

‘In the best tradition of storytelling and community-building, this is a true feast of talent, candour, humour, wisdom, imagination, empathy. You will leave the theatre both touched and elevated.’ Theatre Times

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EYEBALLS (INSTAGRAM LIVE SHOW)
Jul
16
7:00 PM19:00

EYEBALLS (INSTAGRAM LIVE SHOW)

By Beats and Elements

From the creators of High Rise eState of Mind and No Milk For The Foxes, Beats & Elements present, EYEB@LLS; an Instagram live experience. From rappers and singers, beatboxers, theatre-makers and all things in-between, carving a path for underground artists every other Friday at 7pm (21st May, 4th June, 18th June, 2nd July, 16th July and 30th July). Artists to be announced.

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EYEBALLS (INSTAGRAM-LIVE SHOW)
Jul
2
7:00 PM19:00

EYEBALLS (INSTAGRAM-LIVE SHOW)

By Beats and Elements

From the creators of High Rise eState of Mind and No Milk For The Foxes, Beats & Elements present, EYEB@LLS; an Instagram live experience. From rappers and singers, beatboxers, theatre-makers and all things in-between, carving a path for underground artists every other Friday at 7pm (21st May, 4th June, 18th June, 2nd July, 16th July and 30th July). Artists to be announced.

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EYEBALLS (INSTAGRAM LIVE SHOW)
Jun
18
7:00 PM19:00

EYEBALLS (INSTAGRAM LIVE SHOW)

From the creators of High Rise eState of Mind and No Milk For The Foxes, Beats & Elements present, EYEB@LLS; an Instagram live experience. From rappers and singers, beatboxers, theatre-makers and all things in-between, carving a path for underground artists every other Friday at 7pm

THIS SHOW WILL BE STREAMED ON INSTAGRAM-LIVE @CAMDENPEOPLESTHEATRE

LINE UP TBC

Supported by Arts Council England.

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EYEBALLS (INSTGRAM LIVE SHOW)
Jun
4
7:00 PM19:00

EYEBALLS (INSTGRAM LIVE SHOW)

By Beats and Elements

From the creators of High Rise eState of Mind and No Milk For The Foxes, Beats & Elements present, EYEB@LLS; an Instagram live experience. From rappers and singers, beatboxers, theatre-makers and all things in-between, carving a path for underground artists every other Friday at 7pm

THIS SHOW WILL BE STREAMED ON INSTAGRAM-LIVE @CAMDENPEOPLESTHEATRE

LINE UP TBC

Supported by Arts Council England.

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EYEBALLZ (Instagram Live show)
May
21
7:00 PM19:00
performance, shows

EYEBALLZ (Instagram Live show)

By Beats and Elements

From the creators of High Rise eState of Mind and No Milk For The Foxes, Beats & Elements present, EYEB@LLS; an Instagram live experience. From rappers and singers, beatboxers, theatre-makers and all things in-between, carving a path for underground artists every other Friday at 7pm

THIS SHOW WILL BE STREAMED ON INSTAGRAM-LIVE @CAMDENPEOPLESTHEATRE

LINE UP

GROVE (SINGER/RAPPER/PRODUCER)

ABH (BEATBOXER)

JAMES MASIAH (POET/DJ/PRODUCER)

DANIEL SON (HIP HOP ARTIST/BATTLE RAPPER)

Supported by Arts Council England.

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High Rise eState of Mind @ HOME, Manchester
Nov
18
to Nov 19
gigs, shows, performance, spoken word, theatre

High Rise eState of Mind @ HOME, Manchester

WE ARE BACK!!!!

After runs at Battersea Arts Centre, Camden People’s Theatre, GL4 Gloucester, HOME Slough, Fairfield Halls Croydon and more recently, online, as part of the Reading Fringe Festival, High Rise is hitting the big stage at HOME Manchester and mate, we are excited!

Come and see our 5 star reviewd hip hip gig theatre epic!

We’re doing two nghts, Wed 18th November and Thurs 19th November

TICKETS https://homemcr.org/production/high-rise-estate-of-mind/

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