Standing at the Sky's Edge

“The surging storylines finally coalesce to blow us away in a crescendo of love, heartbreak and the acceptance that life goes on.”

“It’s a stunning achievement, which takes the popular but very different elements of retro pop music, agitprop and soap opera, melts them in the crucible of 50 years of social trauma and forges something potent, gorgeous and unlike any big-ticket musical I’ve seen before.”

“Provoking fevered reactions – many audible gasps or sobs were heard after a variety of plot beats – while being resolutely, brazenly assured in its craft, makes Standing at the Sky’s Edge a towering feat of contemporary musical theatre.”

“A deeply moving, monumental musical that really matters … deserves to be a huge hit.”

“Harry and Rose move in to their new home in 1960, lifted out of the slums into ‘luxurious’ accommodation and with a life full of promise in the booming steel industry. By 1989, Park Hill has become little more than the slum it replaced, and we meet Joy, a Liberian refugee who is the next inhabitant of the flat.”