News: Last weeks to see Stand at The Sky’s Edge

Standing at the Edge of Heaven is at the Gillian Lynne Theater for the last few weeks. The production will conclude its acclaimed run on the 3rd^st August 2024.

Written as a love letter to Sheffield and the city’s iconic Park Hill Estate, this 2023 Olivier Award-winning ‘Best New Musical’ is directed by Sheffield Theatre’s Artistic Director. Robert Hastie and features songs by Sheffield composer and songwriter, Richard Hawley. With a hilarious and heartbreaking book by Chris BushStanding At The Sky’s Edge charts the hopes and dreams of three generations over six decades, navigating universal themes of love, loss and survival.

The production reveals the history of modern Britain through the stories of this iconic building, Standing At The Sky’s Edge is an honest exploration of the power of community and what we call home.

Standing At The Sky’s Edge is a multi-award winning production, winning ‘Best New Musical’ at the 2023 Olivier Awards, with Sheffield singer-songwriter Richard Hawley and Tom Deering also winning “Best Original Score and New Orchestrations”. In 2023, the production also received the internationally recognized ‘Made in Sheffield’ award, marking the first time a theater production has received this unique mark. It previously won the 2020 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theater and ‘Best Musical Production’ at the UK Theater Awards in 2019.

First commissioned by Sheffield Theaters and Various Productions, Standing at the Sky’s Edge had its world premiere at the Crucible Theater in 2019. After a hugely successful, sold-out run, it returned to the Crucible Theater in December 2022, selling out again, before making its London premiere at the National Theatre’s Olivier Theater in early 2023, where it went on to sell-out and standing ovations.

The cast of Standing at the Sky’s Edge includes, Jonathan Andre (Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Globe; The Lion King, Disney) playing the role of Max, Elizabeth Ayodele (Little Island, National Theatre; Steel Magnolias, Trafalgar Theater Productions) playing the role of Joy, Jonathan Bentley (From here to eternity, Aria Entertainment; MAMMA MIA!, Little Star) playing the role of Gary, Mya Fox-Scott makes her professional debut playing the role of Jenny, Joel Harper-Jackson (Cock, Elliot & Harper Productions; Kinky Boots, Adam Blanshay Productions) playing Harry, Sharlene Hector (A Strange Loop, Trafalgar Theater Productions/National Theatre; Hairspray, Adam Spiegal Productions/Fiery Angel) playing the role of Grace, Samuel Jordan (Masters of the Air, Apple TV; Sex education, Netflix) reprises the role of Jimmy, Rachael Louise Miller (Les Misérables, Cameron Mackintosh; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Bill Kenwright Productions) reprises the role of Cathy, Mel Lowe (Orlando, The Michael Grandage Company; A Billion Times I Love You, Homotopia/Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse) playing the part of Connie, David McKechnie (Flowers for Mrs. Harris, Riverside Studios; Stepping Out, Stephen Joseph Theatre) reprising his role as Joe/Workman, Baker Mukasa (Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company; Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Stage Entertainment) reprising the role of George, Alastair Natkiel (Line of Duty, BBC; Strangers on a Train, Barbara Broccoli) reprising the role of Marcus, Laura Pitt-Pulford (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; Emmerdale, ITV) playing the role of Poppy, Adam Price (Privates on Parade, Michael Grandage Company; hairspray, stage entertainment) reprising the role of Charles, Lauryn Redding (Bloody Elle, Rebel Productions/Royal Exchange) playing the role of Nikki, Nicola Sloane (Billy Upstairs, Michael Grandage Company; London Road, National Theatre) reprising the role of Vivienne, Lillie-Pearl Wildman (Sunset Boulevard, Jamie Lloyd Theater Company; Cabaret; ATG/Underbelly) playing the role of Justina and Rachael Wooding (Pretty Woman: The Musical, Ambassador Theater Group Productions; We Will Rock You, Queen Theatrical Productions/Phil McIntyre/Tribeca Theatrical Productions) reprising the role of Rose. He joins them Monique Ashe-Palmer, Adam Colbeck-Dunn, Viquichele Cross, Jamie Doncaster, Caroline Fitzgerald, Jerome Lincoln, Sean McLevy and Karen Wilkinson.

The young company completing the cast are, Alayna Anderson, Luca Foster-Lejeune, Renée Hart, Eric Madgwick, Chioma Ndukaand Sam Stocks.

Robert Hastie he is joined by the set and costume designer, Ben Stones; choreographer, Lynne Page; orchestrator and arranger, original music supervisor, Tom Deering; lighting designer, Mark Henderson; sound designer, Bobby Aitken; wig, hair and makeup designer, Cynthia De La Rosacasting director, Stuart Burt CDGchildren’s casting director, Chloe Blakedialect trainers Michaela Kennen and Shereen Ibrahim. Associate director is Elin Schofieldassociate choreographer is Thomas Herronmusic director and associate music supervisor is Alex Beetschenassociate sound designer is Jonas Roebuck and the associate costume designer is Sally Wilson.

Live at Sky’s Edge, the original recording of the live cast can be streamed via Spotify and purchased online from major music retailers.