CREATORS OF STOMP BRING PANDEMONIUM

PANDEMONIUM: wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.

The production of Pandemonium saw its west coast debut last night at UCLA's Royce Hall and it defiantly lived up to the definition of uproar and chaos. Utilizing everyday objects like vacuum cleaners, umbrellas, and radiator hoses, the 25-member cast created rhythm with impeccable timing.

Broken into two parts, Pandemonium runs for approximately one hour forty minutes which includes an intermission and encore. Within each part there are several different productions including titles Dead Clown, OilDrums, Woodcutter and Waterphonics.

I've never seen anything like Pandemonium and it does amaze me how they came up with some of the ideas for instrumentation, but glad the tickets were free. In the end it's just a bunch of noise- kind of what I would anticipate a jam session on LA's Skid Row to sound like.