I didn’t know such wonderful 4/4 beats could be made with matchboxes, metal chairs, brooms, empty water containers, soup ladles, tubes, garbage can lids (both metal and plastic), kitchen sinks (strapped around the performers’ necks), toilet plungers and a Big Gulp cup!

This particular STOMP (as all shows are different) consisted of eight performers who are musicians, dancers, actors, rhythm makers and improvisers. Yes, it was easily seen a small portion of this tightly choreographed show was improvised and I could tell the cast had a great time doing it!

I got to see three performers on top of the infamous huge garbage cans STOMPING around, as well as the cast playing on garbage can lids, and lids from all types of containers all pumping out from their set which looked like a garage or some dirty rundown neighbourhood, one could say the set was almost Sesame Street.

There was one character that was comic relief and he was just that! The men’s arms were cut and defined and the only two female characters had bodies only a show such as this would give them.

STOMP was funny, very funny as the performers played off each other without talking; conversing only by their bodies and anything they had in their hands, right down to newspapers and a whole scene where they made music just with the sounds of their newspapers and voices. Great!

This show is for everyone and if you’re a musician, a producer I think you should see this and consider some of these ‘instruments’ for your next production you’d be surprised the bass you can get from a Rubbermaid container.

STOMP was created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas and plays worldwide, from its homes in the UK & New York to the States, Canada and even Mexico!