Kate Bush Songbook

Tickets

£23 — £250

Standard £25 | Concession £23 | Group ticket - 12 for the price of 10 £250

Location

Sterts Arts & Environmental Centre

Dates

Sat 9th August, 2025
7:30 pm

About this event

Haunting vocals and intimate piano arrangements of beloved tracks

Since embarking on their musical journey back in 2012, Cloudbusting have been touring theatres and music venues across the UK and Europe, exploring the intricacies and nuance of Kate’s stunning albums.

Along the way, many of those complex and at times powerful arrangements have demanded every ounce of musicality and virtuosity that the band could muster – but at more reflective moments, the true essence of Kate’s imaginative concepts have come to life with simply the voice and piano.

It’s these jewels of the song-writing craft that the ‘Song Book’ ensemble now performs – with Matt Bowers at the piano and Dave Roberts on bass backing the hauntingly beautiful vocals of Mandy Watson.

The Song Book repertoire features stunning arrangements of some lesser-known tracks as well as many of the hits – including Wuthering Heights, Babooshka, Hounds of Love and Cloudbusting. But it’s perhaps the clarity of those piano-based tracks such as This Woman’s Work, Moments of Pleasure and The Man with the Child in His Eyes that dazzle most with their sheer complexity and pure lyrical invention.

‘Mandy’s vocals were so good, I could have been listening to Kate herself!’ Preston Heyman, Kate’s drummer

Many of Kate’s original collaborators have been inspired to join Cloudbusting for stage performances including drummer Preston Heyman and dancer Stewart Avon Arnold, as well as bass player Del Palmer, who has also been an avid supporter of the ‘Song Book’ shows.

With material from across Kate’s 40 year career, interspersed with personal reflections and insights to many of the songs from Mandy, Matt and Dave, don’t miss your chance to join them for a magical evening in appreciation of ‘this woman’s work’.

‘Utterly, surreally brilliant’Mick Wall, Classic Rock Magazine

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Contact

03336 663 366 | https://sterts.co.uk/

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We strive to offer a comfortable and accessible experience for all visiting Sterts. If you have a specific access requirement you would like to talk to us about in advance of your visit please email [email protected] or call 01579 362382. All our seating is unreserved. If you need to reserve a seat due to an accessibility requirement, e.g. you need to sit near the front to lip read, please contact us directly after booking your ticket and we will make the necessary arrangements. We do not currently have an ear loop installed. This is a provision we are committed to and hope to provide in the near future. If you require a free carer ticket, please contact our Box Office on 0333 666 3366. For any other access requirements please flag this when you book. We have two accessible toilets and a changing place facility on site. The changing place provides a larger accessible space with equipment including a changing bench and a hoist to support disabled people who need assistance.

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