Ghost Walk tours of Warren, Ohio, begin at First Presbyterian Church on Mahoning Avenue. They leave about every 10 minutes from 6:30 p.m. until 9 Friday and Saturday and Oct. 23 and 24. Brookfield, Hubbard and other Trumbull County library customers can get a discount when they show their library card on Friday only. Info: 330-399-1212.

By Pat Septak

Theatre-goers who are looking for something a little different will love the latest version of STOMP, a tribute to anything that even resembles a beat. I’m not even sure you can call it a musical, since there isn’t any singing. Nor is there any musical instrument used in the entire production, at least not in the traditional sense of the word.  There’s no melody. There aren’t even any spoken words in this show. Just noise. But not just any noise. Noise that has rhythm. Noise that has a beat. Noise that has feeling. Noise that makes you want to clap and stomp your feet, even though there is clearly no tune to whistle to.

 Add to that a nice dosage of humor and you have yourself a very clever and a very entertaining production. The cast is outstanding, even though there are no characters being portrayed here. They all share the same talent: using their hands, feet and mouth (yes, mouth) to create some of the bizarre percussion sounds you’ve ever heard. The set is minimal, looking something that resembles a back alley in some urban location. No orchestra. They don’t need one. Not only don’t they need one, but it would most likely get in the way of what they’re trying to acomplish: to create a rhythm and make it interesting enough for the audience to get caught up in that rhythm.