East-Coast based, local community producing company ARCADE are bringing the latest show from the award-winning Beatbox Academy to Bridlington.
Pied Piper, is a hip-hop family musical, a modern re-telling of the traditional tale which imagines a world where music is banned, and where the Piper plays a microphone instead of a pipe.
ARCADE Co-director Sophie Drury-Bradey says: “Pied Piper is a high quality show made by some of the most exciting artists in the UK today. We are proud to be working with Battersea Arts Centre and the BAC Beatbox Academy, to bring this incredible show for families to Bridlington. The funding we receive from East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Do It For East Yorkshire Community Grant and Arts Grant, The Lords Feoffees, Arts Council England, AMP, TheatreWorks! and the support of Bridlington Spa means we can offer tickets as ‘Pay What You Can’ so price is not a barrier to anyone. Our partnerships with schools means around one thousand children will experience the show as a school trip this autumn.”
Pied Piper is a raucous re-imagining of a medieval fairy-tale and features a hugely talented cast of beatboxers and musicians led by Beatbox Academy Artistic Director Conrad Murray.
Pied Piper follows the Beatbox Academy’s award-winning, five-star smash-hit stage show Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster and is set to be another hit. Pied Piper already has an Offie (Off West End) Award in tow (Theatre for Young Audiences: Performance category).
Pied Piper includes a youth chorus made up of local young people who have all undertaken a series of beatboxing workshops, with Conrad and the Beatbox Academy in preparation for the performances on 25 and 26 September. Children from Hilderthorpe Primary School, young people from Headlands School, Members of Spotlight Youth Theatre, produced by ARCADE in Bridlington, and young people from the Pupil Referral Service and Gallows Close Community Centre in Scarborough, will all appear on stage and share their new vocal beatboxing skills.
Conrad Murray, Artistic Director of Beatbox Academy, says “I’m looking forward to sharing my skills with young people; also hearing their ideas through performance and creativity. I’m excited to meet some new beatboxers, singers, rappers and actors. They will get the chance to perform with some of the worlds best vocal gymnasts (including UK beatbox and world champion beatboxer ABH) plus other award winning creatives - all of whom I initially met through workshops- like the ones in Brid. My aim is to inspire and create memories, plus possibly meeting some new talent and who knows, finding a new team of beatboxers in Bridlington.”
This is an electrifying show of vocal wizardry for all ages 6+. Not to be missed.
Pay What You Can tickets are HERE
Header image: Pied Piper - From Battersea Arts Centre (Image: Ali Wright)
