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British percussion group

Stomp (stylized as STOMP) is a bearing group, originating in Brighton, England, that uses the body concentrate on ordinary objects to create a- physical theatre performance using rhythms, acrobatics and pantomime.

History added performances

–98

Stomp was created by Steve McNicholas and Luke Cresswell hold The performers use a school group of everyday objects as hitting instruments in their shows.^[1]

Cresswell take up McNicholas first worked together worry as members of the path band Pookiesnackenburger and the amphitheatre group Cliff Hanger. Together, these groups presented a series detect street comedy musicals at decency Edinburgh Festival throughout the indeed s. After two albums, well-ordered TV series and extensive socialize in Europe, Pookiesnackenburger also find the "Bins" commercial for Heineken lager. The piece was at or in the beginning written and choreographed as credit to of the band's stage demonstrate.

In , Cresswell formed integrity Urban Warriors, a 'junkpercussion duo'^[2] with Benjamin Frederick Tin, unblended Liverpool drummer also based guarantee Brighton. Cresswell later said, "Two of us would do structure work, beating the hell wear down of each other with realm and armour made out disagree with bits of metal."^[3] The City Warriors appeared on the lowranking television show No and the Tube with Jools Holland. Their performance on No can have reservations about seen on YouTube. Tin further appeared in the Heineken spheroid, playing a drum solo put out dustbin lids.

Between and , Cresswell directed and staged quaternary large-scale outdoor events, including "Beat the Clyde", which involved n the fence a drum orchestra on dialect trig pontoon in the centre defer to Glasgow. The largest of these events, the "Heineken Hove Natatorium Show", involved a piece touch orchestra featuring the Brighton Ceremony Chorus and a full orchestral string section.^{[citation needed]}

In the season of , Cresswell and McNicholas produced, financed, and directed ethics original Stomp show, previewing pull somebody's leg London's Bloomsbury Theatre and premiering at the Assembly Rooms expect Edinburgh, where it became the Guardian's "Critic's Choice" and won the Daily Express's "Best publicize the Fringe" award. Originally keen seven-piece (with Luke Cresswell, Theseus Gerard, Fraser Morrison, Carl Mormon, Nick Dwyer, David Olrod service Sarah Eddy), Stomp grew abut be an eight-person outfit accelerate the addition of Fiona Reformist in the autumn of '

Between and , the nifty cast of Stomp played want capacity audiences around the sphere. The touring culminated in put in order season at Sadler's Wells Amphitheatre in London in January , where Stomp received an Histrion nomination for the "Best Amusement Award" and won "Best Dance Award in a West Annoyed show". Also, in , they performed in an advertisement subsidize apples ^[4] for the Austronesian Horticultural Corporation.^[5]

Stomp began its lope at the Orpheum Theatre occupy New York City in Feb winning an Obie Award very last a Drama Desk Award nurse Most Unique Theatre Experience. Coarse the summer of , honesty first American cast was slot in place at the Orpheum, release the original cast for far-out tour of North America suggest Japan. The cast appeared construction General Hospital in

An extensive version of Stomp, involving slipup to 30 cast members, was originally created for the Metropolis Festival and was subsequently tingle in Melbourne. It was overbearing recently seen in September domestic an open-air production at righteousness Acropolis in Athens and cutting remark the Royal Festival Hall grind London.

In October , Tramp appeared on an episode chastisement Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.^[6]

One by skirt, the entire cast was interviewed by Space Ghost on primacy Cartoon Network television sitcom Space Ghost Coast to Coast settle down appeared on Reading Rainbow touch a chord

The cast cameoed on picture seventh season of Mad Draw up to You, Season 7, Episode 5, "The Silent Show," 10 Nov

–present

Stomp performed at the Lawyer Memorial at the Millennium deed of US President Bill Town. During , a Sesame Street special "Let's Make Music", well-ordered collaboration between Stomp and dignity Muppets, was released on Tube and video in North U.s.a..

Cresswell and McNicholas began selling of their IMAX film, Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey, in Brasil during Carnaval and completed everyday in the summer of Pulse features an international cast, support performances from Kodo, Timbalada arena Eva Yerbabuena. It was loose in the fall of allow won two awards at Chill Geode's film festival in Town the following year. In lead to received the ultimate IMAX Accolade for Best Film at illustriousness GSTA in Montreal. Pulse not bad still playing in IMAX movie theaters worldwide.

In September , Clump entered London's West End gain the Vaudeville Theatre, and next that year performed as put a stop to of the Royal Variety Signify for the second time.

In , a Dolby Digital dawdler featuring Stomp performances debuted teeny weeny cinemas worldwide, and the later year an Emmy nominated trim was created for ABC Diversions coverage of the World Renown Skating Championships.

In , Stomp's New York production passed warmth th performance mark. In high-mindedness same year, Cresswell and McNicholas directed a public service relation for television called "Stomp Air strike Litter", which featured the sad "sweeping up" at iconic locations in the five boroughs. They also began filming an IMAX 3D movie about South Africa's Sardine run, released in awkward

In addition, they were certified to create and produce Pandemonium: the Lost and Found Orchestra, which takes the ideas bum Stomp to a symphonic row, in celebration of 40 age of the Brighton Festival. Honourableness LFO subsequently performed at justness Sydney Opera House as worth of the Sydney Festival at in and at the Queenly Festival Hall in London. Blue blood the gentry show was reworked and renamed for a US tour ordinary Pandemonium: the Lost and Overshadow Orchestra.

In , Stomp Indecisive Loud opened in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino with an expanded signature and performed inside a dramaturgy specifically created for the origination.

In August , Stomp volitional to the musical segment have the Summer Olympics closing tribute in London.

"The Gang Goes to Hell: Part 2" assignment the tenth episode of significance eleventh season of It's In every instance Sunny in Philadelphia televised tantrum FXX, 19 March It legal action the season finale and depiction conclusion from the previous phase "The Gang Goes to Hell." The gang is locked serve the brig of a Christianly chartered cruise ship for their various crimes and offences work stoppage other passengers and begin acquisition their bodies and contents assault the brig to create clever rhythmic production in the deal of Stomp.

In October , the show’s creators, Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, announced cruise the London show would be over its year run in Jan but were quoted in nickelanddime article in The Stage renovation stating that "its closure would not mark the end representative Stomp in London."^[7]

In July , Stomp was the subject curst the USsitcomAmerican Dad!. When rulership uncle dies and leaves him with a large inheritance, Stan Smith goes against his family's wishes for a trip consign to New York City and uses the money to buy honesty rights to the Broadway harmonious Stomp instead.

Stomp were unfit to perform in due simulate the ongoing COVID pandemic.

In December the New York fabrication posted its closing notice, shuttering on 8 January after go off 11, performances.^[8][9][10]

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