Stomp - The Ambassadors Theatre

SYNOPSIS

Stomp

Stomp is the international smash hit musical created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas. It is a sound and dance extravaganza that relies on a dazzling array of everyday objects to deliver a magical musical experience that you’ll never forget. The show is now playing at the Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand in London. Worldwide, it has played to over 10 million people in 42 countries on 5 continents.

From Brighton to the US and the West End

Stomp first hit the stage in 1991 at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London, and also at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. The ’91 version was the culmination of more than 10 years collaborative work between the musical’s creators – Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas. The two met and worked together in 1981 as members of the highly acclaimed street band called Pookiesnackenburger. The group are best known for their ‘80s “Bins” commercial promoting the Heineken Lager brand.

Luke and Steve were also a part of the Cliff Hanger theatrical group, and together performed street comedy musicals in Edinburgh and on tour. From this rose other collaborative ventures, including ‘Beat the Clyde’ in the late 1980s, which saw a drum orchestra floated out into the river in Glasgow on a pontoon.

It was shortly after that ‘Stomp’ was born with an initial cast of just 8 members. The show toured extensively between 1991 and 1994, taking in Barcelona, Hong Kong and Sydney before a final show in January 1994 at a packed out Sadler’s Wells in London. Here it won critical acclaim and was awarded the ‘Best Choreography in a West End Show’ Olivier Award.

The mid-90’s saw Stomp expanded to a cast of 30 members. It debuted at the Orpheum Theatre on Broadway in 1994. Touring productions were also created for the US. These have subsequently toured worldwide and have visited Brazil, Korea and Chile among other nations.

In 2002 Stomp began a production in the West End at the Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand, where it can be seen today.  
 
What is ‘Stomp’ all about?

Stomp is described as a percussive stage performance that brings together dance, sound and comedy with superb choreography and on-stage athleticism. What really sets it apart from any other musical though is the way in which all of the show’s music is created through the use of everyday household objects. These include trash cans, brooms, beer cans, steel-toed workboots, matchboxes, lighters, hubcaps, keys and even toilet plungers!  

It’s a riot for the senses and will leave the imagination reeling!

Celebrity Stomp

Many well-known faces have appeared in various productions of Stomp. Up among them are Denzel Washington, Lauren Bacall, Jodi Foster, Harrison Ford, Steven Speilberg, Rosanna Barr, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Daryll Hannah, Jim Carey, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. British celebrities include Dawn French, Lenny Henry, Angus Deayton and Griff Rhys Jones.