International Smash Hit
Stomp’s to Woking
With its unique combination of rhythm, theatre, comedy and dance, this feet stamping, finger
drumming, adrenalin rushing show returns to the New Victoria Theatre, Woking from Tue 19 –
Sat 24 October.
After an astonishing 8 years in the West End, STOMP unveils a revamped show, inspired by their
large-scale Las Vegas version, STOMP OUT LOUD. New music and choreography join a fresh array
of ordinarily mundane objects, onto which the cast work their musical magic. STOMP finds the
beauty and music in the mundane, using the junk and clutter of life to create an infectious source
of rhythm and wonder. Huge, ribbed tubes, previously used for recycling fluorescent lights, are
themselves recycled into outsized Guiros, a Latin American percussion instrument, played by
scraping the ridged sides with a stick.
With the emphasis very much on the ‘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.’
In its lifetime STOMP has consumed over 60,000 boxes of matches, 40,000 brooms, 30,000 bins,
30,000 drumsticks and 35,000 litres of black paint applied with 1137 paint rollers!
More…
Still remaining is STOMP’S signature high-octane meeting of slick choreography, tight ensemble
work, industrial percussion and a narrative of anarchic clowning; as the irrepressible troupe of
eight perform with everything from Zippo lighters, plastic bags, bin lids and even the kitchen sink
to hammer out an explosively feel good rhythm! Joyous, thumping, exhilarating bliss for all
involved…expect the bins! If you have never experience STOMP, then this is your chance to see
why this breath-taking, multi-award winning show continues to thrill audiences around the world.
Not to be missed!
Performances times and ticket information:
Tue 19 – Sat 24 October
Tue – Sun eves 7.30pm
Sat & Sun 2.30pm
Box Office 0844 871 7645
www.ambassadortickets.com/woking
Notes to Editor:
The STOMP international community of performers now totals 100 over five companies, including two US and one
international touring company. STOMP will enter its 9th year in the West End at the Ambassadors Theatre London in
September, while the Orpheum Theatre production in New York boasts an extraordinary 17 year run.
STOMP has won the following awards: Olivier Awards in 1994 for Best Entertainment and Best Choreography; OBIE in
1994 for the off-Broadway show; Drama Desk Award in New York for Most Unique Theatre Experience; Academy
Award nomination (1996) for the STOMP-oriented film Brooms (which was selected for screening at both Cannes and
Sundance Film Festivals); German Newspaper Abendzeitung Awards for Star of the Year for Luke Cresswell and
STOMP in 1997; the Silver FIPA Award (Biarritz) for the STOMP special for HBO - STOMP Out Loud (1998); the Chicago
Human Rhythm Project JUBA! Award for Ground-Breaking Achievement in Tap and Percussive Dance in 1998 for Luke
Cresswell; four Emmy nominations (1998) for STOMP Out Loud with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Multi-Camera
Picture Editing for a Mini-series; in 1998 the Royal Television Societys Southern Centre Award for Most Innovative
Production for STOMP Out Loud; Manchester Evening News nomination for Best Special Entertainment in 1999.
STOMP has made two appearances on the Royal Variety Show and devised special performances for the Oscars, the
Emmys and the Latin Grammys. More unusual TV appearances include Roseanne, Mad about You and General
Hospital.
STOMP has featured in two commercials for JACCS in Japan; one for Apples in Australia; one for Heinekin in the UK;
one for Coca-Cola Ice-Pick, international; five commercials for Target Department stores in the US, three for Toyota in
Japan and one for SEAT in Europe. The Target, SEAT and Toyota advertisements were directed by Luke Cresswell and
Steve McNicholas. The
Target advertisements won the US RAC Award for Best TV campaign of 1994 and the Apples advertisement won a
Silver Lion at Cannes.
STOMP the award winning sensation continues to wow audiences with its unique combination of theatre, dance,
comedy and percussion. STOMP has played to over 14 million people in 43 countries worldwide and continues to wow
audiences with its unique combination of theatre, dance, comedy and percussion and consistently achieves sell-out
shows. There are currently four companies performing worldwide: one on tour in North America, another throughout
Europe including the UK, one in New York (now in it’s 17th year) and one in London (now approaching its 9th year).
STOMP has no words - everyone can understand it. It has little or no melody in the traditional sense, so it doesn't
matter if your taste in music is jazz, classical, dance or pop.
STOMP is produced by Glynis Henderson Productions.
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