A Battersea Arts Centre & rODIUM Co-Production
Tour produced by ARCADE with support from Derby Theatre
Following the award-winning, five-star smash-hit stage show and BBC film, Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster, the BAC Beatbox Academy returns to the stage with the world premiere hip-hop musical, Pied Piper.
It’s the eve of the mayoral election, and the kids of Hamelin aren’t happy. The mayor and owner of the local pie factory has imposed a music ban, and to make matters worse, there’s a serious rat problem. But, there have been whispers of a mysterious rat catcher in town… sometimes he plays a pipe…sometimes a microphone. Can this curious stranger help Hamelin to find its voice once more?
Pied Piper is a raucous musical re-imagining of a medieval fairy-tale. Featuring a hugely talented cast of beatboxers, musicians and special guest performances from the local community, get ready for an electrifying night of vocal wizardry for all the family.
★★★★★
‘Brilliant. An old story made electrically alive’
The Stage
★★★★★
‘Mind Blowing… the space throbs with unimaginably complex harmonies and beats’
The Guardian
★★★★★
‘The Talent is tremendous’
The Observer
Reviews for Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster
Concept & story co-created by Conrad Murray & Lara Taylor
Written, composed & musically directed by Conrad Murray
Co-Directed by Conrad Murray & Ria Parry
Movement Directed by Gavin Maxwell
Dramaturgy by Lisa Goldman
Set & lighting design by Ben Pacey
Costume design by Erin Guan
Sounds design by Ed Clark
rODIUM Ltd is produced by Impossible Producing
Tour funded by Arts Council England.
Original performers and devisers: Conrad Murray, Kate Donnachie, Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens, Alex Hardie, Ananya Panwar, Aziza Amira Brown, David Bonnick Junior & Chris Maylor
Commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre, Gulbenkian Theatre, Belgrade Theatre, and ARCADE.