| Standing at the Sky's Edge | |
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| Music | Richard Hawley |
| Lyrics | Richard Hawley |
| Book | Chris Bush |
| Basis | Three families in Park Hill estate |
| Premiere | 14 March 2019: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| Productions | 2019 Sheffield 2022 Sheffield 2023 London 2024 West End |
| Awards | UK Theatre Awards South Bank Sky Arts Award Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical Laurence Olivier Award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations |
Standing at the Sky's Edge is an Olivier Award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Richard Hawley and a book by Chris Bush.
The musical (named after Hawley's 2012 album of the same name) begins in 1961 and tells the story of three families over sixty years living in Park Hill, a council housing estate in Sheffield and features both new and existing songs by Hawley.