An Evening Without Kate Bush – Underbelly Boulevard Soho, London

An Evening Without Kate Bush – Underbelly Boulevard Soho, London

Creators:  Sarah-Louise Young and Russell Lucas For those of us who heard Wuthering Heights sung by an unknown 19-year-old for the first time in 1978 (just a couple of years after Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody set new standards in video promotion), it was a memorable moment of her oddly distinctive sound. Yet, both songs, 50 years [...] The post An Evening Without Kate Bush – Underbelly Boulevard Soho, London appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

An Evening Without Kate Bush - Underbelly Boulevard ★★★★★

Sarah-Louise Young opens by telling the audience that “she is not present, but you are.”  Despite her disclaimer, the spirit of Kate Bush is ever-present, embodied by a performer who clearly reveres her subject.  This cabaret evening weaves classic songs from the Bush oeuvre – sung gorgeously – with sharply funny physical comedy and engaging anecdotes. Any audience members nervous about participation in An Evening Without Kate Bush are quickly p…

AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH review by thespyinthestalls

AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH Underbelly Boulevard ★★★★ “It is theatre, cabaret, comedy, music, parody, oratory and pure vocal virtuosity rolled into one” The title of the show speaks for itself, but just to make sure Sarah-Louise Young announces – from the semi-darkness of the stage – that “Kate’s not there”. This follows with a reassuring “…but you are” as though that is all that matters. First, she wants to determine who ‘we’ are. Young assum…