Stomp coming to Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Stomp, the most invigorating and innovative musical spectacle that has gotten the world clamoring for more, is coming to Manila. The highly-anticipated show that features a unique combination of percussion, movement and visual comedy, will be staged at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, CCP on Oct. 18 to 23 for a limited season only.

Brought to you by VISA, Stomp is a high-energy, percussive symphony, coupled with dance. Although Stomp is played entirely on non-traditional instruments, such as garbage can lids, buckets, brooms and sticks, it transforms the stage into a pulsating, witty and utterly irresistible theatrical event. 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.

Founded in Brighton, UK, in the summer of 1991, Stomp was the result of 10-year collaboration between its creators, Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas. It was previewed at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre and premiered at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh, where it became the Guardian’s Critic’s Choice and won the Daily Express Best of the Fringe award.

Between 1991 and 1994 the original cast of Stomp played to capacity audiences around the world: From Hong Kong to Barcelona, from Dublin to Sydney. The touring culminated in a sellout season at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre in January 1994, where Stomp received an Olivier nomination for Best Entertainment and won Best Choreography in a West End show.

Stomp, now on its ninth year in London’s West End and its 17th year on Broadway, sets its unique feet stamping, fingers drumming and adrenaline rushing feel-good sensations to audiences totaling more than 15 million in 48 countries across five continents, producing pure stage magic.

Stomp is presented by Visa, OOCL (official ocean carrier), Dusit Thani Manila (official hotel), ETC, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV, The Philippine STAR, PDI, Business World, Manila Bulletin, Crossover 105.1 FM, Monster Radio RX 93.1 and Radio High 105.9FM

Tickets, priced at P750, P1,000, P1,500, P2,000, P2,500, P3,000, P3,500, P4,000, P4,500, P5,000, P5,500 and P7,000 are available at all TicketWorld outlets, selected National Bookstore branches, Robinsons Department Store (Galleria, Malate, Metro East, Festival Mall & Starmill Pampanga), and Ayala Center (Greenbelt 1, Glorietta 4 and Trinoma Mall Cinema Booths) and TicketWorld Office at 6793 Ayala Ave., Suite 701 V. Madrigal Building, Makati City. (To book, call 891-9999 or visit TicketWorld’s website www.ticketworld.com.ph. Senior citizens can avail of a 20 percent discount.)