Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical STANDING AT THE SKY’S EDGE to transfer to the West End in 2024

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Following on from its critically acclaimed run at the National Theatre, it has been announced that Sheffield Theatres production of Standing at the Sky’s Edge will transfer to the Gillian Lynne Theatre in the heart of the West End from February 2024.

The production won Best New Musical, along with Best Original Score and New Orchestrations at last nights Olivier Awards.

As a love letter to Sheffield and the iconic Park Hill Estate, the production charts the hopes and dreams of three generations exploring the power of community and what it is that we all call home.

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 added: “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."

Dates, casting and booking information are to be revealed.