Opening Night Eye-Opener: Standing at the Sky's Edge

Matt Wolf
Friday, March 1, 2024

The most invigorating new homegrown Musical Theatre score that London has heard in an age

Lauryn Redding as Nikki, Laura Pitt-Pulford as Poppy and the cast of Standing at the Sky's Edge in the West End. (All images credit Brinkhoff-Moegenburg)
Lauryn Redding as Nikki, Laura Pitt-Pulford as Poppy and the cast of Standing at the Sky's Edge in the West End. (All images credit Brinkhoff-Moegenburg)
The National Theatre's ongoing takeover of the West End shifts towards the realm of musicals with Standing at the Sky's Edge, which won the top prize at the Olivier Awards last spring and now has moved across town for a commercial run, with Broadway in its sights.
That's a tall order for a show more deeply rooted in England, and Englishness, than any local musical since Blood Brothers. To its benefit this Richard Hawley/Chris Bush hymn to their native Sheffield benefits from a sense both of occasion and celebration - not to mention the most invigorating new homegrown Musical Theatre score that London has heard in an age. 

The cast of Standing at the Sky's Edge

Alastair Natkiel as Marcus and Laura Pitt-Pulford as Poppy

Samuel Jordan as Jimmy

Elizabeth Ayodele as Joy and Samuel Jordan as Jimmy

The cast of Standing at the Sky's Edge

 

Production Credits

Standing at the Sky's Edge
Gillian Lynne Theatre, 28 February 2024
Starring Joel Harper-Jackson, Rachael Wooding, Sharlene Hector, Baker Mukasa, Elizabeth Ayodele, Samuel Jordan and Laura Pitt-Pulford
Directed by Robert Hastie

Standing at the Sky's Edge is scheduled to run until 3 August 2024– for tickets and more information visit ​skysedgemusical.com

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