Standing At the Sky's Edge

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Following the success of the 2019 production, the musical was revived at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield from 10 December 2022 to 21 January 2023, before transferring to the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre, London from 9 February to 25 March 2023. [2] The revival had been due to take place in 2020-21 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4]

With him leaving the on-stage work of the musical to the cast, could we see him making a cameo in an eventual film? We keep talking about doing something together. I’d like it; I think we would be interesting. We get on great and she’s a right laugh. I admire her guts to take on the mantle that she does. To do it so fearlessly is quite a rare thing these days. I admire her very much.” a b c Beaumont, Mark (8 May 2012). "Review: Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky's Edge". NME. London, England: IPC Media . Retrieved 28 October 2012.He meant that he didn’t want it to be what he called a musical musical. He warned me that I’d be dead if I allowed that to happen,” Lord told us. “He was joking but I knew what he meant.” On 12 September 2012 the album was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize, [4] Hawley's second nomination after 2005's Coles Corner. Speaking of hometown pride, Hawley has also been a vocal supporter in the battle to save iconic Sheffield venue The Leadmill – having played a number of gigs there to help raise money and awareness. Sheffield Theatres Announce 50th Anniversary Season". Sheffield Theatres . Retrieved 9 November 2021.

A glorious love letter to Sheffield with a big, booming heart and astonishing sound... unstoppably winning, ineffably exuberant, extremely moving... take tissues' Guardian Standing at the Sky’s Edgeplayed two seasons at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and then a six-week run at the National Theatre in London, which ended nine days ago. It played on the NT’s Olivier main stage to audience numbers of over 50,000, according to Rupert Lord of Various Productions who came up with the original idea.I need to stop playing live for a while and record some of these songs that I’ve got,” he revealed. “I don’t know [what it will sound like] yet and won’t until I’m there. I don’t want to put any limits on it by saying, ‘Oh, it’s going to be this’. a b Millward, Tom (28 February 2023). "My Neighbour Totoro and Standing at the Sky's Edge receive most nominations at 2023 Olivier Awards". WhatsOnStage . Retrieved 28 February 2023. a b Wallace, Wyndham (23 April 2012). "Review of Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky's Edge". BBC Music . Retrieved 28 October 2012. a b Hyden, Steven (29 June 2012). "Review: Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky's Edge". Pitchfork . Retrieved 28 October 2012. Wright, Helen. "Review: Richard Hawley, Standing At the Sky's Edge". MusicOMH . Retrieved 28 October 2012.

James, Gareth (8 May 2012). "Richard Hawley Album Review". Clash Music . Retrieved 2 September 2012. I didn’t want to make it political band standing or finger-wagging. You get to the morality just by telling the story.” Standing at the Sky's Edge was first performed at Sheffield Theatres in 2019, when it won Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre. It was revived in 2022, before transferring to the National Theatre, London, directed by Robert Hastie.There’s more to it than that, though, and Bush gradually builds up a more complicated picture: a city that went into decline not just because of the closure of its steel mills, but because of men who struggled to get over the loss of their old roles; salt of the earth residents of the flats who turned a blind eye to social cleansing that occurred prior to gentrification.