Sarah-Louise Young's new show explores the passionate world of Kate Bush fandom, examining how fans cope with her long absences and celebrate her unique artistry. Young, a self-proclaimed 'fan in the dark', delves into the complexities of tribute shows and the emotional connection fans have with their idols.
Sarah-Louise Young is one of the fish people now. “I think I must be, because I spend every night with them,” she says cheerfully. Last July the British cabaret performer also found herself in a flash mob running up some hill in a flouncy red frock for the annual Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever.
“Our entry point was, ‘How does this incredibly committed, passionate group of fans cope with her absence? How do they dream into the space when she’s not there?’”Young’s own distance is crucial, but in a different way. “I’m a fan, but I’m happier in the dark with the albums,” she confesses. “I mean, I don’t have a tattoo; I don’t worship at the altar of Kate … but making this show has made me incredibly open. There are so many ways of paying tribute.
Her professional debut came about at 22, through a mix of invention and bluster. She’d written a 10-minute “exploration of the similarities between genders” called, drawing on Weimar, Lotte Lenya and Marlene Dietrich. Offered a suddenly vacant slot on a trip to Edinburgh Festival, “I lied and said I had a one-hour version”, she says.
She rode the UK’s early 2000s cabaret resurgence all the way to Adelaide, a city she credits with much of her subsequent momentum.“What is so important to me is the experience in the room,” she says. “For most of the shows I make, there is an element of improvisation, or an element where the show adapts and shifts to the room full of people there. I’m always looking at the intimacy of the relationship between the performer and the audience.”She stresses that the deal is strictly “opt-in”.
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