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"STOMP"

......and there are details on the Show below

STOMP is currently playing at
The Vaudeville Theatre
The Strand
London, England

STOMP is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy, utterly unique
and appeals to audiences of all ages

The international percussion sensation has garnered an armful of awards and rave reviews,
and has appeared on numerous national television shows

The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments
- matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps
- to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms

As USA Today says, "STOMP finds beautiful noises in the strangest places."

STOMP - see what all the noise is about

What does the word STOMP make you think of?
Music, Dance, Theatre, Choreography or Performance Art?
All of the above!
Or is it none of the above
Well, both are sort of right - in a way!
Confused? - read on

STOMP is a movement, of bodies, objects, sounds - even abstract ideas

But what makes it so appealing is that the cast uses everyday objects,
but in non-traditional ways

There's no speech, no dialogue, not even a plot

So why go see STOMP?

Well, have you ever composed a symphony using only matchbooks as instruments?
Or created a dance routine based around sweeping?
You may have done this a little, but get a group of rhythmically gifted,
extremely coordinated bodies with definitive personalities,
and you have the makings for STOMP

STOMP started stomping on the streets of Brighton, England
Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, the creators of STOMP,
were a group of street performers commonly know as "buskers"
trying to grab people's attention

And attention is what they received

Busking is an old custom in the UK,
dating back to booth theatres erected at village fairs in the Middle Ages
Luke and Steve updated this historical custom
and created a modern symbiotic marriage between movement and music

You're mistaken if you look for a hidden message in STOMP
There are no political connotations, no pretentious techniques, and no dialogue to misconstrue

Instead, you're bombarded by noises that you usually try to block out

STOMP takes the everyday sounds of pipes and brooms, lighters and garbage pail lids,
and creates the extraordinary

So how do you describe STOMP?
If you ask one of the creators, Luke Cresswell, he would simply say,
"at the end of the day, STOMP is what it is."