Reviews: Standing at the Sky's Edge

Driven by the beating drum of Richard Hawley's classic tunes, this love letter to a Sheffield estate is incredibly powerful. Written by Sheffield local Chris Bush, the play is littered with inside jokes for those who grew up there, while also holding universal themes of family, love and passion for where you come from.

Following the story of three generations of families who live inside one block of Park Hill – Sheffield's brutalist housing estate – the story is about curating community. We meet characters on three different timelines in the same flat: in the ‘60s bright and beaming Harry and Rose are thrilled to move in; refugee Joy lives there during the rundown period of the ‘80s; in the present, posh newcomer Poppy is attempting to persuade her snooty parents that she has bought an iconic ‘chic’ pad. All three storylines notoriously hate the same kitchen sink, and all of them have highs and lows in the same living room.