Sarah is a cellist-singer and environmental artist, creating music and poetry deeply rooted in nature and place. Her music has been played on BBC Radio 2, BBC Look North, and has been used for public campaigns by Greenpeace, COP26 and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. She has appeared at many mainstream and folk festivals across the globe, and in 2023 sold out her performance at Hay Festival, followed by her successful debut solo tour of arts centres and venues across England.
Water is the primary and essential need of every living organism. Yet, in one hand it is running out, and in another it threatens our existence. Through her unique combination of poetry, song and live-looping, Sarah takes us on a transportive journey through our changing relationships with water. From her own adventures by boat to Iceland, the Faroes, the Hebrides, Norway and other coastal waters, Sarah’s music is bristling with atmosphere carrying the stories of people, places and beings whose voices need to be heard.
She captured this in her live film, Rooted, which was selected to be screened at the infamous Kendal Mountain Festival and Hinterlands Rural Film Festival in 2022. She returned to KMF in 2023 to perform alongside Simon Armitage, Robert MacFarlane, Sam Lee, and Elizabeth Jane-Burnett at the festival’s sold-out event “Music on Nature”.
Alongside her performances, Sarah works in collaboration with environmental organisations and other artist researchers to add a musical voice to their campaigns and projects, and in 2023 received an Honorary Research Fellowship at the University of Cumbria for the Watershed project led by the Place Collective.
“Deeply lovely” - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
“Simply beautiful” – Greenpeace
“Imaginative, creative, innovative and deeply sensitive, but above all, brave” - Sir John Lister Kaye, author and naturalist
Tickets £15
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Most of our shows use ‘cabaret-style’ seating. This means that your seats will be unreserved, which allows you to decide where to sit when you arrive.
The stalls (downstairs) are set up informally, with chairs around small tables, for a sociable, relaxed atmosphere, and somewhere to put your drink. Cabaret seating also allows space for dancing, which is highly encouraged at Victoria Hall!
For those who prefer a more ‘traditional’ theatre experience, the balcony seats are laid out in rows and raked, ensuring all seats have an excellent view.
For parties of six or more, tables in the stalls can be reserved- contact us to reserve a table. If you have reserved a table, we ask that at least one of your party turn up at least 30 minutes before the performance start time, in order to secure your table.
We can always reserve seating or wheelchair spaces in the stalls for those unable to use the stairs- just let us know when you book your tickets.
Please note, online bookings are subject to a booking fee. Tickets can also be bought by phone on 01729 825718, or in person at our box office. Opening hours are 10am-2pm, Monday-Friday.
Show end times given are an estimate only. Doors open 45 minutes before show start times.
Settle Victoria Hall reserves the right to turn away any customers not adhering to social-distancing laws, government guidelines, and/ or venue safeguarding policies.
Tickets are non-refundable, except in the case that the event or date has been changed by Settle Victoria Hall.
