All Audience Reviews of Standing At The Sky’s Edge

★ 4.2 / 5 • Show Ended • Musicals

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David Roy

There were many things to like about this story of a notorious Sheffield 1960’s concrete high rise. The characters are winning and the multiple time zones seem a little contrived at the start but the overlap of the occupiers of the flat comes together nicely. The big drawback for me were the endless soulful ballads which did not progress the action in any way. Particularly later in what is a long evening one wanted to say. “Not another song - please, get on with the story”.Read more →

Fiona McKenzie

Beautiful deep and emotional theatre about life, hope, home and place. There is an imbalance between the incredible depth and pace of the dialogue and the songs that hold the audience in place for a time. I spent the interval wondering what to make of it but it had thoroughly got under my skin by the end. Superb cast. Would recommend and see again.Read more →

Booked via Stagedoor

Stuart King

Set on the once notorious Park Hill Housing Estate in Sheffield, this wonderful musical production is the very essence of community spirit, requiring a dynamic creative group effort during its development stages to reach fruition. The result is a show which literally shines bright at every performance.Read more →

Edward Daffarn

3.50 stars. Saw this a couple of times at the National Theatre and loved it. West End transfer has seen a few cast changes, different theatre space and slightly different audience. I still enjoyed it but felt it had lost a little bit of the energy and vibrancy of it’s National runRead more →

Evelina Stephanou

Absolutely looved it! I really enjoyed the music and the unique way they’ve incorporated it in the story - despite reading the opposite from a few other reviews. Unique, fresh, clever, beautiful staging and a talented cast. Definitely worth a watch!Read more →

Jon Hall

One of the best new musicials I've seen in years, it creatively tells the story of the social history of Sheffied via a great musical score and incredible acting. I'm so glad I got to see it before it closes.Read more →

Booked via Stagedoor

Laura Smith

Went in blind and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was heartwarming, sad and exciting. The music was beautiful and I loved the plot, jumping around between decades was exciting and I loved how it flowed together.Read more →

OX2 Reviews

Great to see original British musical theatre at the NT. Clever use of the overlapping narrative form, but novelty wore off as the lo(oooo)ng production went on. Show reached its peak in Act 1Read more →

Gill Manning

Thought provoking, wonderful performances, clever script. Gladly I didn’t predict the ending, so kept me on the edge of my seat until the final number.Read more →

Booked via Stagedoor

Freddie Shere

Will remember the dread in the spectacular ending to the first act for a while… the music integration was a bit jarring but I came round by the endRead more →

Mark Brooks

Absolutely brilliant. Moving, powerful and very relevant. The musical is beautiful and the cast are excellent with some very good performances.Read more →

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Matt Stącel

Touching story full of great performances. Didn’t like the way music was incorporated in the show, would be much better as a playRead more →

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