International smash hit Stomp returns to South Africa
Percussion group Stomp will tour South Africa later this year. The group - which uses the body and ordinary objects to create a physical theatre performance using rhythms, acrobatics and pantomime - will perform at Montecasino's Teatro in Johannesburg from 13 August to 8 September 2019 for a four-week season, thereafter it will move to the Artscape in Cape Town from 11 September to 22 September 2019.
Stomp finds beauty and music in the mundane. It turns brooms into instruments and handclapping into a conversation; the junk and clutter of urban life becomes the source of infectious rhythm and wonder. The highly talented performers take the audience on a journey through sound, where rhythm is the only language.
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Guaranteed to make your heart pound as the infectious rhythms of eight synchronised Stomp performers beat truck inner tubes, rubber hosing, Zippo lighters, plastic bags, metal dustbins, bin lids, tubs, water butts and even the kitchen sink. And then there are the brooms that are turned into soft shoe partners.
Stomp is a combination of percussion, dance and physical comedy. Seen by over 12 million people worldwide, there have been long-running productions in London, Paris, Las Vegas, Boston and San Francisco with the flagship New York still running in its 25th year. There are up to four Stomp productions around the globe at any given time. Stomp has been touring the globe for 26 years, playing over 20,000 performances in 55 countries on six continents. Stomp also performed in London’s West end for 15 years.
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Created in Brighton, UK, in the summer of 1991, Stomp was the result of a 10-year collaboration between its creators, Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas. The popularity of the group continually grew from strength to strength resulting in the cast performing live at the 1996 Academy Awards to an estimated audience of almost one billion worldwide. The largest assembly of Stomp performers ever – 40 performers from 12 different countries – were brought together for a specially choreographed appearance at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The show toured South Africa in 2010 to critical acclaim and sold-out performances. “The sizzling energy of Stomp is beyond infectious,” says Hazel Feldman of Showtime Management, the show’s local promoter.
“Almost a decade later we welcome Stomp back this country to share its unique and energetic art form while introducing it to a new generation of theatre-goers.”
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