STOMP Returns to Australia in 2013

Percussive Broadway, West End and international hit STOMP returns to Australia from August 13. 

Following their performance at the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, STOMP returns to Australia with new routines, new choreography and new music.

Wordless, witty and fun, STOMP has become a global phenomenon over the last 22 years.  Its universal language of rhythm, theatre, comedy and dance has been seen by over 15 million people in 50 countries across 5 continents.  STOMP is currently playing in the UK, US, throughout Europe and South America.

Eight performers use everything from supermarket trolleys to Zippo lighters, plastic bags to bin lids, and even the kitchen sink to hammer out an explosively feel-good rhythm. 

STOMP is a show that continues to evolve – new music and choreography now join a fresh array of ordinarily mundane objects, onto which the cast work their musical magic.  Two new routines that have been introduced in 2013 include “Trolleys” and “Frogs”.  Trolleys taps into the everyday experience of negotiating a busy shopping aisle with a fully laden supermarket trolley, with the piece transforming into STOMP’s first ever fully fledged drum corps march. Certainly an eye-catching spectacle.  Frogs explores the bizarre sonic possibilities of a variety of plumbing fixtures.  It has to be heard to be believed!

In one routine, paint cans are tossed between the performers, as they simultaneously build a complex rhythm over every surface of the airborne cans.  With the emphasis very much on ‘spectacular’, the Stompers are also joined by inflated monster truck inner tubes strapped around their waists to create both a dance of bobbing, whirling rubber skirts and pounding, portable drum kits – the ultimate redefinition of ‘surround sound’.

Still remaining is STOMP’s signature mix of slick choreography, tight ensemble work, industrial percussion, and continuous comedy; as the troupe of eight performers turn brooms into soft shoe partners, clapping into intricate conversations and water cooler bottles into sophisticated instruments.

Producer James Cundall, CEO of Lunchbox Theatrical Productions says “STOMP has to be one of my favourite shows.  It is a unique and supremely clever idea, to create music from everyday objects and combine it with side-splitting comedy and intricate choreography to produce a polished theatrical performance, the likes of which you’ve never seen before.”

This multi-award winning show has just celebrated its most successful year yet in its 11-year run in London’s West End, breaking the record for highest annual audience ever at the Ambassadors Theatre.  And on Broadway STOMP is enjoying its 20th year, breaking the record for the longest-running show at the Orpheum Theatre. 

The fun started back in 1991 at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, with a single drum hanging around Co-Creator/Director Luke Cresswell’s neck. 

STOMP last visited Australia in 2009 and enjoyed a sell-out season.  “We are really excited about coming back to Australia,” says STOMP’s Co-Creator/Director Steve McNicholas.  “If you’ve never seen STOMP you should come and see what all the noise is about, and if you’ve seen it before then this show has plenty of new routines to enthral.”

Venues and Dates

Perth– 13 to 18 August, 2013

8 Shows Only – Regal Theatre

Book at Ticketek.com.au or 1300 795 012

Groups 10+ Save! Call 1300 364 001

Melbourne – 20 to 25 August, 2013

8 Shows Only – Comedy Theatre

Book at Ticketmaster.com.au or 1300 111 011

Groups 10+ Save! Call 1300 889 278

Adelaide– 27 August to 1 September, 2013

8 Shows Only – Her Majesty’s Theatre

Book at Bass.net.au or 131 246

Groups 10+ Save!  Call 08 8205 2220

Canberra– 3 to 8 September, 2013

8 Shows only – Canberra Theatre

Book at Canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 02 6275 2700

Groups 10+ Save!  Call 02 62752700

Sydney – From 10 September, 2013

Theatre Royal

Book at Ticketmaster.com.au or 1300 723 038

Groups 10+ Save!  Call 1300 889 278

Tickets on sale 18 March for Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra.

Adelaide on sale from 21 March.