Stomp

When it comes to having fun with junk, it's hard to think of a more inspired group of performers than Stomp.

Here are some notes from the show's creators:

"Ideas come from anywhere. A lot of it is using manual props because they obviously lend themselves to rhythm and drumming like a broom or hitting a dustbin or hammers - they are quite obvious things. Other ideas are more surreal, like walking on oil drums - just drawing little pictures and wouldn't it be great to have great platform shoes and people walking around on them. The ultimate STOMP. And in small things where you want to introduce visuals as well as sound like Zippo lighters, which is trying to do something which is quiet and it makes you listen and you tune in to it. But they are all everyday objects that you can use, anybody can find and anyone can have a go at."

"You can make music out of absolutely anything, whether it's, you know, tapping an old Coke can, or picking up pebbles on a beach. It's what you want to do it."

"If there is a message (which everyone seems to expect from theatre), it is that you can make something out of nothing. Using junk , household and industrial objects, by its very nature, challenges the issue of waste and challenges the notion of culture as being highbrow or detached (ie, you don't have to buy a cello or a drum kit to make music)."

Nor do you have to buy a stadium to play baseball.

Play on!