‘STOMP’

Internationally touring stage show "STOMP" returns to East Lansing for performances 7:30 p.m. tonight (Nov. 6) through Friday (Nov. 8) at the Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall. The percussion-focused show began as a series of street performances in the London metropolitan area in the early 1990s and has spent three decades touring the world and racking up numerous awards, including an Emmy for the HBO musical film “Stomp Out Loud.” The performers make rhythms “out of anything we can get our hands on,” with the exception of traditional percussion instruments, according to co-creator and director Luke Cresswell. Examples include household and industrial objects such as dustbins, suitcases, radiator hoses and hub caps. The soundscape is bolstered by dance, movement and visual comedy.

Tickets to the shows start at $40 for the public and $30 for Michigan State University students. They’re available at the Wharton Center Ticket Office, online at whartoncenter.com or by calling (517) 431-2000. For more information on “STOMP,” visit, stomponline.com.