Classically Kate Bush

Classically Kate Bush comes to Victoria Hall on Sunday 8 November, a concert celebrating the music of Kate Bush staged by The Hounds of Love, who describe themselves as leading interpreters of her songbook. It's a brand-new show, and the set is built around her era-defining songs: Cloudbusting, Hounds of Love, Babooshka, Wuthering Heights and Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God). All of them are performed by a live band and an 18-piece orchestra, which they say honours both her experimental spirit and the classical influences that run through her catalogue.

Bush is a famously rare live performer, and her music has a way of staying in the cultural conversation long after the records come out. That resurgence hit a new peak with the global phenomenon of Stranger Things, which propelled Running Up That Hill back into the charts worldwide. This show is a chance to hear those songs performed live with full orchestral arrangements, rather than as recordings.

The Hounds of Love are the ones behind the whole thing, and they've built the night around that mix of a live band and an 18-piece orchestra. It's their take on her songbook, with the orchestral side of things given as much room as the band. The setlist pulls from the songs most people know by heart, and the arrangements are designed to lean into the classical threads that have always been part of her work.

It's a Sunday night, so it's an easy one to fit in if you're around. The concert starts at 7:30pm at Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, and tickets start from £38.76.