1981 Luke & Steve meet in Brighton, UK as members of street band Pookiesnackenburger
1983 Pookiesnackenburger ‘BINS’ routine debuts at the Edinburgh Festival
1986 Shoot Heineken “Bins” commercial in UK
1987 “Night of a Hundred Drums” show, Directed by Luke Cresswell, Brighton, UK
1988 Luke and Steve, as Yes/No People Make “Drumtown”, an 8 minute short film for HBO: Bette Midler’s Mondo Beyondo
1988 “Beat the Clyde” drum event Glasgow, Scotland, directed by Luke
1989 Hove Lagoon Show: 120 piece drum orchestra again directed by Luke
1990 STOMP experimental 30 minute piece performed at the ZAP Club on Brighton seafront, UK part of Brighton Festival Fringe
May 1990: thirty minute STOMP experimental show at ZAP CLUB on Brighton seafront.
Theseus Gerard, Carl Smith, Luke Cresswell and Fraser Morrison 1st STOMP US tour 1994
1991 STOMP previewed in Brighton then premiered at the Assembly Rooms Edinburgh Fringe Festival
1992 Shoot "Apples" commercial for Australian Horticultural society (wins Silver Lion Cannes & Cleo) whilst on tour of Australian Festivals
Large scale version of STOMP performed for the 1st time (with 30 performers) at the Brighton festival; Winner of "Most Outstanding Contribution to festival" and "Most Innovative Work" awards
Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival: STOMP is only act to play both French and English language festivals, it marks STOMP’s first performance in North America
1993 Perform at Hong Kong Arts Festival & Shoot Coca Cola "Ice Pick" commercial.in London docklands (before redevelopment). Perform large scale STOMP at Melbourne comedy festival, featuring original cast plus 30 Australian performers. First performance in USA at Boston Dance Umbrella. Win Special Jury Prize at Chalon festival, France, and break box office records at Harbourfront Centre. Toronto, Canada
1994 Sell out run at Sadler’s Well’s Theatre, London, before original cast open in February at the Orpheum Theatre, New York. UK cast shoot Target commercials, & in the autumn commence 1st US tour before shooting linking sequences for televised Billboard Music Awards in Los Angeles. Also record theme music for BBC series Blue Peter
1995 US group film “Mr Frear” short film seriesˇ for Nickelodeon cable TV, UK group shoot “Brooms” short film in London, both directed by Luke and Steve
1995 2 concurrent US tours commence: continues for 11 years. Perform another large scale show for Royal Festival Hall, London and the Acropolis, Athens. STOMP is featured on Quincy Jones's recording Q's Jook Joint on a cut called "Stomp" with Mr. X, Melle Mel, Coolio, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, Shaquille O'Neal and Luniz, which receives a Grammy nomination
1996 Short film “Brooms” premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and nominated for both an Academy Award and Cannes best short film STOMP performˇ live at the Academy Awards to an estimated audience of almost 1 Billion
1997 STOMP OUT LOUD, a 45 min TV special in production for HBO, USA shot onlocation in and around New York City. 1st Royal Variety Show appearance in London
1998 STOMP OUT LOUD airs in the USA and receives 4 Emmy nominations. STOMP are invited to perform at the 50th Emmy Awards ceremony STOMP OUT LOUD receives Royal Television Society Award for “Most Innovative Production”
1999 First ever tour of the UK. Shoot SESAME ST special “LET’S MAKE MUSIC” in New York. Perform at Golden Ring Awards in Amsterdam and Comic Relief special in London
New Year’s Eve ‘99 Perform Washington DC on steps of Lincoln Memorial for America’s Millenium
2000 Enter 7th year at Orpheum Theatre, New York, breaking record established by Little Shop of Horrors. Begin production on IMAX movie: “PULSE: A Stomp Odyssey”. Stomp opens extended run at Marines Memorial Theatre, San Francisco and performs in Moscow for the first time
2001 “Vacuums” film production in Bucharest, Romania STOMP opens extended run at Cigale, Paris
2002 Principle photography completed for the IMAX movie. Filming took place in Africa, Europe, India and North America. STOMP opens at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End
“PULSE: A STOMP Odyssey” premieres at the New York Museum of Natural History IMAX theatre
2003 “PULSE: A STOMP Odyssey” films wins both the Jury and Audience awards at La Geode festival in Paris
STOMP also create DOLBY intro sequence for cinemas and video releases
London 2012 Olympics: the largest Stomp cast ever assembled
2006 LFO , STOMP’s sister show created for the Brighton Festival & NY cast shoot Stomp Out Litter campaign for NYC
2007 “STOMP OUT LOUD” opens in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood hotel
2008 Entertainment Weekly includes STOMP in its list of "New Classics: The 50 Best Plays and Musicals from 1983 to 2008"
2012 STOMP performs in the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony
2016 STOMP teams up with the Harlem Globetrotters for a viral video release
2017 STOMP performs its 10,000th show at the Orpheum Theatre
2019 STOMP celebrates its 25th anniversary in New York City with a special performance featuring current cast members and STOMP alumni
2020 All performances cease globally as a result of the pandemic. It is the first time in 26 years that there hasn’t been a performance of STOMP playing somewhere in the world
During the pandemic, STOMP creates sequences for the US Open, featuring performers from around the world performing from home
2021 STOMP re-opens at the Orpheum and recommences the US Tour
2022 STOMP returns to Portugal to complete the interrupted 2019 run, then returns to Brighton and plays a 5 week run in aid of The Old Market Theatre