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Pied Piper - A Hip-Hop Family Musical

A Battersea Arts Centre, Beatbox Academy & rODIUM Co-Production

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 Bridlington community. An electrifying show of vocal wizardry for all the family.

25th September 1pm & 6.30pm
26th September 1pm

Bridlington Spa​

Reviews for Pied Piper

★★★★★
‘Brilliant. An old story made electrically alive’
The Stage

★★★★★
‘Mind Blowing… the space throbs with unimaginably complex harmonies and beats’
The Guardian

★★★★★
‘Tremendous’
The Observer

About Pied Piper

Following the award-winning, five-star smash-hit stage show and BBC film, Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster, the BAC Beatbox Academy comes to Bridlington Spa with the world premiere hip-hop musical, Pied Piper.

Watch the Trailer!

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?

Credits

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

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.

BAC & rOdium would also like to thank the following individuals for their generous support of Pied Piper: Eric Bensaude, Alison and Chris Cabot, Justin Shinebourne.

Our Partners and Funders

Funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Do It For East Yorkshire Community & Arts Grants, AMP, The Lords Feoffees, Theatre Works! and supported by Bridlington Spa.