Brooms, broomsticks, lighters, trash bags, trash cans, dustbin lids, newspapers, plungers … these were just some of the items that the performers of “Stomp” persuasively turned into percussive instruments as the show opened its three night-run last night at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts.

Everything but the kitchen sink, you might think. But no, they played that, too.

It required more than a hop, skip and a jump to take Andrew Patrick from “Stomp” to “Stomp.”

On Tuesday, he took a trans-Atlantic flight.

Patrick, who was born in Worcester and grew up in Grafton, is currently based in London, where he performs in the internationally acclaimed percussion show “Stomp.”


But for a few days he’s back to his old stomping grounds.

Formed in 1976 and still going strong, “Foreigner” will play the Hanover Theatre for Performing Arts May 31.

Tickets for Hanover Theatre members went on sale yesterday. Tickets will be available to the public April 21. Tickets prices are $47, $57 and $197, and are available through the theater box office at www.hanovertheatre.org or call (508) 831-0800.

The U.S. Air Force Concert Band, which performed to a packed house at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts last night, originally had planned a George Gershwin segment for the evening. After a rehearsal in the newly renovated hall, however, that part of the program was changed.