Broke 'n' Beat Collective

<i>Sometimes when I can't stand on my own two feet</i><br/><i>Or the voices in my head feel cracked and incomplete</i><br/><i>I turn up the volume of my Broken Beats</i><br/><i>The Big Heavy Bass sends moves flowing to my feet</i><br/><i>Melodic rhymes fill my head and make me feel oh-so-sweet</i><br/><i>Cos my Broken Beats help me feel alive</i><br/><i>And not so Broke and Beat.</i><br/><i> </i><br/><i>The Broke 'n' Beat Collective </i>is a unique mash up of hip-hop theatre and puppetry which brings together four amazing artists: beat-boxer Hobbit b-boy LoGisTics singer/rapper Elektric and puppeteer Mohsen to form The Broke 'n' Beat Collective.<br/><br/><br/>Written by Keith Saha a playwright and the co-artistic director of 20 Stories High and Sue Buckmaster the Artistic Director of Theatre-Rites <i>The Broke 'n' Beat Collective </i>is a unique theatrical experience filled with gripping tales transfixing poetry and hip-hop puppetry. Funny and moving it is a raw and moving play that explores the hardships faced by young people in the UK today.<br/><br/><br/>This edition was published to coincide with a national tour of the play which opened in February 2016 in a coproduction between 20 Stories High and Theatre Rites.