Conrad Murray founded the Battersea Arts Centre’s Beatbox Academy in 2008. Since then, it has given opportunity, visibility and confidence through performance to hundreds of young people who might not normally have access to the arts.
Originally from a council estate in Merton, Murray has used his award-winning skills to subvert elitism, reimagining Shakespeare and classic novels such as Frankenstein in his collaborative hip hop theatre work. He has written academically about this evolving genre, and recently shared a project with the prestigious ballet company, Rambert. What a journey!
Displaying enormous generosity of spirit, Murray always has time to support those who need help and unfailingly shares the credit for successes. However, this one is for him alone.
