Full Bush —
This theatrical collaboration is an homage to the dramatic, eccentric, and iconic music of Kate Bush.
Created by
Alex Grelle, FINOM (Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham), and Jesse Morgan Young
Produced by
Local Universe
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December 2021
Inspired by music of Kate Bush
with FINOM and Alex Grelle
Quarterly shows of 200-300 audience attendance
Blending live music, striking visuals, and choreography from performer Alex Grelle, art rock duo FINOM, and multidisciplinary creator Jesse Morgan Young, audiences are immersed in the world of Bush’s hits and deep cuts alike.
Full Bush celebrates the Kate Bush’s eccentricities by incorporating elaborate, over-the-top costumes and performances with frenetic choreography and transfixing projections. This experimental theatrical collaboration from Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham of art-rock band FINOM and vaudevillian homage-collage artist Alex Grelle brings the incomparable magic of Kate Bush's music to life. With elements of live music, dance, and striking visuals, this loving reimaging of Kate Bush’s illustrious career is co-created with Jesse Morgan Young. To tackle new arrangements of Kate Bush’s music, Finom expanded to a six piece ensemble to feature the hits as well as some of her beloved deep cuts.
“Kate Bush helped me get through one of the biggest bouts of depression in my life. Bush picked me up off of my ass and motivated me to create with bigger and bolder strokes. I owe her everything. This show is my alter for her.”
“Kate Bush focused her immense creative weight on the fantasy of childhood dreams. Her music can be hard to follow and yet dazzling and expansive at the same moment. It’s genius lies in embracing not knowing and non-linear thought. She is whimsical while lending gravity to the fun, and wacky, and sensual sides of music. Bush and her work are unafraid of exactly what they are— which is why she is one of our greatest inspirations. We wanted to explore and frankly, to embody, her courageous commitment to bizarre and beautiful multidisciplinary performance.”
“Kate Bush is one of those artists that I go back to again and again and again and always discover something new. There’s really no one else like her. The world she creates is full of beauty, fantasy, horror, and this incredible soaring emotion. ‘Full Bush’ is a love letter to Kate Bush, her music, and her huge sense of theatricality.”
Jesse Morgan Young is a multidisciplinary artist, director, writer, and producer. His most recent video project, ‘Andrew In Anotherland’, premiered at Chicago’s Millennium Park as part of the city’s Summer Music Series. Jesse's work has been seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, Chicago Humanities Festival, PIVOT Arts Festival, Stargazer Music Festival, American Theater Company, Perseverance Theatre and Portland Center Stage among others.
