Standing at the Sky's Edge review

“Seizes your heart and squeezes it tight”

ReviewsFeb 14, 2023by Sam MarloweOlivier, National Theatre, London

Rachael Wooding and Robert Lonsdale in Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the Olivier, National Theatre, London. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Chris Bush and Richard Hawley’s thrilling, Sheffield-set musical charts six decades of social change and salutes the extraordinary in everyday lives

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Sam Marlowe is reviews editor for The Stage. She trained and worked as an actor before becoming a full-time arts writer with a special interest in theatre and performance. She has written extensively for the Times, as well as the Independent, the i paper, Time Out, Metro, theartsdesk.com and the Chicago Tribune

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