Beastie Boys stage show coming to Camden

A brand new show about hip-hop's most notorious pranksters. Join three young New Yorkers - Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock - as they go from teenage punks to international rapping legends: The Beastie Boys.

Created with creative support from comedy hip-hop legends Abandonman and the Rubberbandits, and using a mix of live music and DJ-ing, Licensed to Ill travels through time from the hiphoppers of '80s New York to the '90s gangsters of LA - all the way to the total globalisation of hiphop. This loud, crazy show does to music theatre what hiphop did to tracksuits: make them cool.

The Beastie Boys' story sheds light on many issues still raising hackles: racism towards & within rap; misogyny; the battle for hiphop's soul, between those using it for protest, & for profit. We follow the gang from teenage punks, via their discovery by legendary producer Rick Rubin, to their induction into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame.

Simon Maeder is co-founder of international, award-winning ensemble Superbolt Theatre, creator of Edinburgh hit Jurassic Park (Telegraph's 'What to See' at Edinburgh Fringe; 5* The Stage; 4* Fest; Winner of Origins Award for Outstanding New Show & Pick of the Week at Vault Festival); Centralia (4* Fest, British Theatre Guide; Brighton Fringe Award nominated); Uncanny Valley (selected as part of the world's first 'Science Fiction Theatre' conference at Royal Holloway).

Adam El Hagar's past work includes Hunter & Johnny (5* British Theatre Guide; 'it's wonderful' – The Scotsman), a biographical piece based on the relationship between actor Johnny Depp and author Hunter S. Thompson, and Samuel Beckett's Roughs (5* Broadway Baby; The List's 'Best of Dance and Theatre', Edinburgh Fringe 2013). In 2014 he appeared opposite Tom Hardy & Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders and this year became a regular in Tyrant for Fox 21.

"A night like this is a useful TEST CASE / Can they rap & scratch live & not DISGRACE? / Can they safely push us with a joke ABOUT RACE? / When this show is finished yeah, it's gonna be ACE." Megan Vaughan (on work-in-progress of Licensed to Ill)

Venue
Camden People's Theatre, 58-60 Hampstead Road, NW1 2PY
Dates & Times
Mon 23 November – Sat 12 December, 7pm
Prices
£12/£10 concs
Website & Box Office
www.cptheatre.co.uk | 020 7419 4841