Mary in Vancity

STOMP hits the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from November 14 to 16, rolling through Vancouver with its 30-year anniversary tour. Four shows in total. Friday at 8 pm. Saturday at 2 pm and 8 pm. Sunday at 2 pm. Tickets start in the low $30s, and honestly, there aren’t many nights out in this city that hit this level of energy for that price.

The show is exactly what it has always been: rhythm made from the bones of everyday life. Brooms. Garbage can lids. Buckets. Lighters. Matchboxes. Things you’ve held a thousand times, suddenly turned into instruments. The cast keeps the choreography sharp and the pace relentless. You feel their training in every stomp, every sweep, every slam.

What It Feels Like Inside the Room

Here’s the thing no one tells you. When the show starts, the whole theatre shifts. One performer hits a beat, then another, and suddenly the room has its own pulse. There’s no dialogue guiding you. No voiceover explaining anything. Just sound, motion and a kind of unspoken agreement that everyone is going to ride this wave together.

There’s a moment; and you’ll know it when it comes, when the performers switch rhythm and the audience falls right in without thinking. It feels like the last summer of your innocence, when the air was warm and the world felt wide open and something inside you was buzzing, alive, ready to run. STOMP brushes against that feeling. Not loudly. Not dramatically. Just enough to remind you that you haven’t lost it.

It’s thousands of people sitting together in a dark room, syncing up without a word. No banners. No speeches. Just human energy moving through the crowd like electricity looking for a home. And for ninety minutes, you get to be part of it.

Production Notes

If you’re the kind who likes knowing how things work, a few details make the show even more interesting:

There’s no dialogue. The whole story is told through movement and rhythm. The lighting is its own character. Watch how shadows become part of the choreography. Every prop is chosen for its sound, right down to the bristles on the brooms. The performers train hard. You can see it in the precision. Audience interaction happens, but gently. You’re never put on the spot.

If You Go

Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 630 Hamilton Street

When: November 14 to 16

Showtimes: Friday 8 pm; Saturday 2 pm and 8 pm; Sunday 2 pm

Tickets: Starting in the low $30s

Good to know:

Family friendly for ages four and up It’s loud, in a fun, heart-thumping way SkyTrain is the easiest option Plenty of dinner spots close by if you want to make a night of it