Standing at the Sky’s Edge musical opening date for West End transfer confirmed
New musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge is to transfer to the West End.
The co-production with Sheffield Theatres in association with Various Productions, will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 8 February 2024.
Tickets will go on sale to the public at 12 noon on Friday 30 June.
Casting for the transfer is to be announced.
Directed by Sheffield Theatres’ Artistic Director, Robert Hastie, the musical features songs by Richard Hawley and with book by Chris Bush.
A love letter to Sheffield and ode to the iconic Park Hill Estate, Standing at the Sky’s Edge charts the hopes and dreams of three generations over the course of six tumultuous decades.
The show recently ran at the National Theatre, following its premiere in Sheffield, picking up the Olivier Award for Best New Musical and Best New Score/Orchestrations on Sunday night.
The production has set and costume design by Ben Stones, choreography by Lynne Page, music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator Tom Deering, lighting design by Mark Henderson, sound design by Bobby Aitken and wigs, hair & make-up design by Cynthia De La Rosa.
Meanwhile a live cast album has been released, recorded during the show’s recent Sheffield run.
Composer Richard Hawley said: “In all honesty I never really thought this story would leave the inside of our minds but to see it blossom and grow from a heartfelt set of ideas exchanged in a Sheffield pub to sell out shows at the Crucible and National theatres every single night has been a very powerful experience.
“The drive, focus and determination to allow the voices and history of Park Hill to be heard at last by everyone involved has been equally mind-blowing. This would’ve been more than enough for me to say the least…but the West End?…next you’ll be telling me Sheffield Wednesday are going up this season!”
Playwright Chris Bush said: “Making Standing at the Sky’s Edge has been the most extraordinary and rewarding experience of my professional career. To see audiences at the National Theatre leap to their feet for these characters and these stories with the same enthusiasm as those in Sheffield has meant the world to me. For all its hyper-specificity, the last few months have cemented for us that these themes of home, of love, of fresh starts and second chances, are utterly universal. I’m absolutely thrilled that we’ll get to introduce Park Hill to a whole new set of audiences in 2024.”
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