The international percussion phenomenon, “STOMP,” will be returning to The Fabulous Fox Theatre for a limited engagement starting March 25-27.

Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas created the show in 1991 in the United Kingdom. It first previewed at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. In 1994, the show opened at the Orpheum Theatre in New York and later began its United States tour in 1995. In 2006, “STOMP” New York marked its 5,000th performance. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly included the show in its list “New Classics: 50 Best Plays and Musicals from 1983 to 2008.”

“Most people believe ‘STOMP’ to be a dance show,” performer Donisha Brown said. “It’s actually a music show. It’s like going to a concert. The music comes from the instrument we’re playing. It could be a broom, PVC, a trashcan.”

The “STOMP” troupe is made up of eight performers who use household objects such as brooms, trashcans and matchboxes to make percussion sounds.

Brown has been performing with the show off and on for 12 years.  She described “STOMP” as “a theatrical journey of rhythm, music and comedy” and explained that some routines cause the audience to “laugh themselves to tears.”

“There’s a lot of comedy. You’re going to come into show, you’re going to laugh, clap, you’re going dance a little bit,” Brown said.
The show has been touring for 15 years. However, it has undergone some changes through the years.

“‘STOMP’ has evolved a great deal since its first incarnation at the Edinburgh Festival. Every reworking has involved losing some pieces and gaining new ones but has always stayed true to the original premise of the show:  to create rhythmic music with instantly recognizable objects and do it with an eccentric sense of character and humor,” co-creator McNicholas said.

Presented by Dance St. Louis as a special on the U.S. Bank Broadway Series, “STOMP” will take place Friday, March 25 at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 26 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m.  Visit fabulousfox.com