Stomp 2011

Hand clapping, finger snapping, toe tapping. I’ve been stomped.

My first visit to the Grand Canal Theatre was indeed a memorable one. A gift of show tickets from me to my 23 year old son and 11 year old daughter was well worth waiting the two months from Christmas until Thursday night.

This easily accessible show with no dialogue and no overpowering sound or lighting effects includes dancing, acting, mime and music using simple everyday objects. Sweeping brushed, lighters, plastic bags, newspapers. Everything including the kitchen sink. A fusion of energy, humour and creativity is brought to life by a cast of eight stompers whose characters draw you in from their first appearance.

The audience of the night was indeed a very mixed bag of age, gender and nationality. Throughout the show I was aware of my own childrens’ reactions as well as the reactions of a group of French girls, aged twenty something, sitting right behind us. One thing was quite clear, we all go it. We laughed, we clapped, we clicked and we stomped. Stomp 2011, 30 years in the making. Well done.