The STOMP Musical can be a special fusion of percussion, movement and comedy; STOMP transforms everyday junk and clutter into a source of infectious rhythm. Stomp is at present playing at the Ambassadors Theatre London. Book London theatre tickets to see a brilliant performance!
Stomp can be a movement, of bodies, objects, sounds - even abstract suggestions. But what makes it so appealing is that the cast uses everyday objects, but in non-traditional approaches. There is no speech, no dialogue, not even a plot.
So why go see Stomp? Nicely, have you ever composed a symphony making use of only matchbooks as instruments? Or produced a dance routine based around sweeping? You may have completed this a little, but get a group of rhythmically gifted, very coordinated bodies with definitive personalities, and you've got the makings for Stomp.
The international hit performance-dance rhythm return to London for a long overdue West End residency. A lot of the appeal is from the pleasure of invention... and also the dexterity, precision and energy of the performers is engaging and disconcertingly infectious.
This glorious act with out words, in which a firm of eight throw themselves body and soul into making rhythms of each complexity and volume making use of one of the most simple found objects (brooms, cigarette-lighters, dustbins and oil drums) is an uplifting hymn to the art of generating the most of minimalist means.
The Ambassadors Theatre is a little theatre with an equally little stage, with the depth of the stage becoming only 6.25 metres. This intimate auditorium has a proscenium arched stage which suits revue style productions.
The Ambassadors and St Martin's next door were conceived as companions by their architect WGR Sprague in 1913 - although St Martin's was delayed by three years.
This theatre changed its name to The New Ambassadors Theatre in 1999. The Ambassadors is maybe greatest known as the original house of the Agatha Christie thriller The Mousetrap which opened here on 25th November 1952, and stayed until 25th March 1974 when it moved to St Martin's. Notable productions right after this include 84 Charing Cross Road and a transfer of The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Christopher Hamptons play Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Much more recent productions have included revivals of The Killing of Sister George (with Miriam Margolyes) and Dames at Sea (with Kim Criswell, Sara Crowe and Peter Duncan). The New Ambassadors Theatre was used by The Royal Court Theatre between 1996 and 1999 to stage their 'Theatre Upstairs' studio based work although their own theatre in Sloane Square underwent significant reconstruction. Considering that June 1999 the theatre has been utilised to present short seasons of new work and revivals.
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