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Last Seen Profiles
Today we announce that due to the continuing impact of the global pandemic, we will not fully reopen until spring 2021. With activity significantly reduced, we have entered into consultation with staff, with 29% of our workforce at risk of redundancy
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Our wonderful makers of the Wardrobe Department are giving their time to the Helping Dress Medics group to make scrubs for hospitals in the Yorkshire region. They are such a skilled bunch and we are so proud of them.
#HelpingDressMedics
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Congratulations to
@SkysEdgeMusical
for winning Best New Musical
@OlivierAwards
#OlivierAwards
🎉🎉🎉🎉 WOW!!!!
Congrats to
@SkysEdgeMusical
for winning Mastercard Best New Musical 2023! 🥳️
@OlivierAwards
#theatre
#OlivierAwards
@LtdVarious
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We are over the moon that we have received funding thanks to the government’s
#CultureRecoveryFund
so that we can continue to be here for you and
#HereForCulture
. Thank you
@ace_national
,
@dcms
and
@hmtreasury
.
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We've won the
@TheStage
Regional Theatre of the Year 2020! We're absolutely over the moon!
#TheStageAwards
Congratulations to Sheffield Theatres!
Winner of Regional Theatre of the Year 2020, sponsored by Berkley London
#TheStageAwards
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We are excited to say, after an overwhelming response in Sheffield, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is transferring to London!
#JamieLondon
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After all the excitement and anticipation, the laughter, the tears and the incredible responses from audiences in Sheffield and at the
@NationalTheatre
, it's time for the final performances of Standing at the Sky's Edge.
It's been incredible!
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We are deeply saddened by the death of our Chair, Lord Bob Kerslake, and send our love and condolences to his family.
A true advocate for the arts and Sheffield, and a long-standing supporter, Lord Bob Kerslake became Chair of Sheffield Theatres’ Board in November 2015.
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It's the very last day of Standing at the Sky's Edge's run at the Crucible, and what a ride!
A huge congratulations, good luck, and most of all, thank you to the whole team behind Standing at the Sky's Edge. Have a fantastic last two performances! 👏👏👏
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A huge congratulations to
@RichardHawley
and
@tomdeering
on their Olivier Award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations
#OlivierAwards
👏👏👏
The Olivier Award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations goes to
@RichardHawley
and
@tomdeering
for
@SkysEdgeMusical
at the
@NationalTheatre
- Olivier
#OlivierAwards
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Our Olivier award-winning production of Standing at the Sky’s Edge is going to the West End!
After winning Best New Musical at the
@OlivierAwards
, this love letter to Sheffield will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in Feb 2024.
Sign up for more info at
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We (along with the entire population of Sheffield) would like to send good luck wishes to the cast, crew and all those involved in
@JamieMusical
on their opening night. Break a nail everyone! 💃💅💋💙👑
#alittlebitofglitterinthegrey
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Sheffield! Open up your door, Standing at the Sky’s Edge is coming back… Park Hill - Sheffield’s concrete utopia - returns to the Crucible this autumn, and heads to the
@nationaltheatre
in 2021!
STANDING AT SKY’S EDGE by
@RichardHawley
&
@ChrisBushWrites
/ Jan 2021
A new British musical, which premiered at Sheffield Theatres, set in the city’s Park Hill estate. Directed by Rob Hastie,
#SkysEdge
is ‘a heartfelt exploration of home in all its guises’ ★★★★ Guardian.
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We’re delighted to receive funding in the second round of the government’s
#CultureRecoveryFund
. Thank you
@dcms
and
@ace_national
@ace_thenorth
#HereForCulture
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Crucible Christmas musical favourite Alex Young (
@alexdeboo
) with Caroline Humphris (
@mscarlyon
) performs Vanilla Ice Cream from She Loves Me which opens in the Crucible in just over 2 weeks!
We can't wait to welcome you to Christmas at the Crucible.
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We’re coming back! Today we’re announcing a season that will bring us back TOGETHER for a belting season of brilliant theatre.
We’ve called this season Together because that’s the feeling we’ve missed most, and the experience that theatre does best.
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We’re delighted to announce the cast for
@ChrisBushWrites
‘s brand new play The Band Plays On, available On Demand from 15 March! We’re excited to welcome
@jocastaalmgill
,
@AnnaJaneCasey
,
@sandramarvinuk
,
@maimunamemon
, and
@MsJodiePrenger
!
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It’s interval time
@OlivierAwards
we’re following along all suited and booted and enjoying ourselves at the Crucible. Good luck to Standing at the Sky’s Edge for the rest of the night!
#OlivierAwards
#SkysEdge
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Exciting new shows on sale soon!
In the Crucible will be the epic love story Miss Saigon, by special arrangement with
@CamMackLtd
.
Directed by Robert Hastie and
@acylau
, with design by
@benjstones
, lighting by Jessica Hung Han Yun and starring
@JoannaAmpil
as The Engineer.
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Big news for artists! Today we are announcing our new creative hub dedicated to talent development. If you are a local writer, producer or director find out more here:
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Goodbye and good luck to the wonderful and talented cast, crew and creative team of
#LifeOfPi
ahead of their last show tonight - its been an absolute pleasure!
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We're incredibly excited to see Standing at the Sky's Edge nominated for whopping eight
@OlivierAwards
🏆
Huge congratulations to everyone involved in the show - we have our fingers crossed for April!
@NationalTheatre
@LtdVarious
@ChrisBushWrites
@RichardHawley
@SkysEdgeMusical
The nominees for
@MastercardUK
Best New Musical are:
#TheBandsVisit
at
@DonmarWarehouse
@SkysEdgeMusical
at
@NationalTheatre
- Olivier
#OVSylvia
at
@oldvictheatre
Tammy Faye at
@AlmeidaTheatre
#OlivierAwards
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We're incredibly grateful to receive news that
@ace_national
will continue to fund Sheffield Theatres as a National Portfolio organisation from April 2023 - 2026. Read more here:
#NPO
#LetsCreate
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Artistic Director Robert Hastie announces his final season, as he steps down after eight years.
“It has been an honour to lead this wonderful group of theatres. There is nowhere like it and it’s been a joy to work at its heart.”
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We're delighted to welcome
@JenChenko
as Learning and Participation Director of Sheffield Theatres.
Read more below
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Our wonderful building looks a bit different today. As part of
#SceneChange
a design project that wraps theatres with a bright message of hope, designer
@benjstones
and members of Sheffield People's Theatre have wrapped the building in custom made tape
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We're very excited to introduce you to the cast of our highly anticipated new musical Standing at the Sky's Edge. Featuring the music of Sheffield's Mercury prize nominated
@RichardHawley
#SkysEdge
opens at the Crucible in March
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Following the announcement that Sheffield will be placed into Tier 3 once the current national lockdown ends, we remain committed to doing everything we can to bring the magic of panto to Sheffield this year.
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We're delighted to announce that Robert Hastie has been appointed our new Artistic Director.
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Victoria Wood pictured here in Good Fun in 1980. A truly remarkable comedian who will be much missed.
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The wait is almost over… Only two days until
#MissSaigon
opens!
Here’s your first look at Last Night of the World.
Jessica Lee, Christian Maynard and Matthew Jackson perform an around the piano version of this much-loved musical theatre classic.
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We had a great time filming with
@NinaNannarITV
and
@RichardHawley
for
@itvnews
up in the streets in the sky!
Tune in to tonight’s ITV news at 10pm to hear all about Standing at the Sky's Edge and its Olivier nominations.
@NationalTheatre
@SkysEdgeMusical
@LtdVarious
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We're so proud to be
@TheStage
Regional Theatre of the Year! What a year it's been! Thanks to everyone who shared it with us
#thestageawards
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Watch the stunning Open Up Your Door from the award-winning Standing at the Sky's Edge.
@maimunamemon
and
@tomdeering
perform an around the piano version of Richard Hawley's much loved classic.
In the Crucible from Sat 10 December
#SkysEdge
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Good luck and thank you to the fantastic team behind Standing at the Sky's Edge ahead of their final two performances today. What a few weeks its been!
#SkysEdge
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We're excited to announce that the live cast recording of Standing at the Sky's Edge is now available to pre-order!
The album includes all 17 of
@RichardHawley
's incredible songs including Open Up Your Door and Coles Corner.
Visit to pre-order today.
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We’re so grateful to
@ace_national
support from their Emergency Fund. This will make an immediate and important difference, and will take us some way towards meeting the challenges we face right now.
We remain resolute in our commitment to our city and our audiences...
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Richard Hawley, Chris Bush and Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie win for Best Musical Production for Standing at the Sky’s Edge 🚪
#UKTAwards
@uk_theatre
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie originated here in Feb 2017. Following more than 3 years of development, it was brilliant to see this phenomenal new musical open to a fantastic reaction from audiences and critics alike!
#SheffieldCheer
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It’s time to roll the dice and fall in love with our new trailer for Guys and Dolls!
#GuysandDolls
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We’ve come to the end of the World Snooker Championship and what a busy couple of weeks it has been! We’ll be a little quieter today as some of our small team take a well earned rest.
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Now London gets a slice of Pi! We are over the moon that
#LifeofPi
is transferring to the Wyndham's Theatre, opening June 2020. Find all the details here
@LifeOfPiWestEnd
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What a night!
@JamieMusical
won 3 awards at the
@WhatsOnStage
awards last night:
Best New Muscial
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical - Lucie Shorthouse
Best Actor in a Musical - John McCrea
Congratulations and a massive thank you to everyone who voted!
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Sigh no more!
Today we announce casting of Beatrice and Benedick in our production of Much Ado About Nothing with
@RampsOTM
. Leading Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy at the Crucible is Daneka Etchells and Guy Rhys.
Read more here:
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There’s a storm a’coming to the
@NationalTheatre
this week, as the Olivier opens up the door to
#SkysEdge
.
As the company bring our Sheffield-forged story to London, we wish them the best of luck for their opening performance on Thursday.
Ta-ra, ducks!
📸 Johan Persson.
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We are so thankful to hear about the government's package of support
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There's A Storm A-Comin'! Tickets released soon for our West End transfer of Standing At The Sky's Edge!
Gillian Lynne Theatre from 8 Feb
Priority Access - 26 Jun, 12pm
Public On Sale - 30 Jun, 12pm
Sign up for priority access:
#SkysEdgeMusical
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Here are just a small number of the fantastic women who work at Sheffield Theatres wishing you a happy
#IWD2018
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A big hello(!) to the brilliant cast of our production of
@matthaig1
's Reasons To Stay Alive with
@ETTtweet
, directed by
@JustWatkins
.
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Tonight at 7pm we turn off our Crucible light to mark the sad passing of Stephen Sondheim last Friday. His work has been part of many of our productions in the last 50 years and his contribution to the theatre industry was, and will remain, invaluable. He will be greatly missed.
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'She's looking at you...' Here's a sneak peek of
@RajGhatak
's transformation in
#TalkingAboutJamie
#drag
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There's no greater feeling than welcoming people back through our doors for some home-grown theatre...and we are just a little bit excited to welcome Jamie back - to the place where it all began - for its Sheffield premiere this week!
#HereForCulture
#ACEnorth
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🎼 It's (nearly) curtain time and away we go-o-o...! 🎼I
#KissMeKate
opens on our Crucible stage THIS WEEK and as you can tell from our teaser trailer... we're pretty excited about it! 🤩
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We’re pleased to announce Sheffield Theatres will continue to be funded as a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO).
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Here it is, the trailer for our glorious romantic comedy musical She Loves Me! It has warmed the hearts of audiences and critics alike, and is running in the Crucible now.
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There’s a storm a-comin’ to the West End…
@SkysEdgeMusical
begins tonight! ✨
The Gillian Lynne Theatre opens up their doors to Sheffield’s home-grown musical and we couldn’t be more excited.
Best of luck to the cast and creative team on their first performance!
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We've got not one, but two huge cast announcements to make!
First, is the incredible cast for our World Premiere of the electrifying epic about corruption and complicity, The Last King Of Scotland.
Click here for the full details and tickets
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Even we have to say it, this look into a
#KissMeKate
dance rehearsal with
@MATTJFLINT
,
@LaytonWilliams
and some of our fabulous cast is just
#TooDarnHot
!
3 weeks until the riotous, romantic musical comedy from the Golden age opens on our Crucible stage:
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We're excited to announce the Snooker World Championship will be held at the Crucible for the next 10 years!
#ilovesnooker
@WorldSnooker1
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Following the announcement of our Together Season this morning, alongside
@LeedsPlayhouse
and
@_bridgetheatre
we’re very excited to welcome two of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads as a double bill to both the Crucible and Leeds Playhouse this November!
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Last night, the West End streets were ours as the Gillian Lynne opened up their doors for
@SkysEdgeMusical
official opening night!
Another fantastic production from
@crucibletheatre
! Last night's opening of
@SkysEdgeMusical
in London was phenomenal. The arts scene in Sheffield is undoubtedly thriving, and this show is a testament to that. Makes one proud to be from
#Sheffield
.
#StandingAtSkysEdge
…
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We're thrilled that Everybody's Talking About Jamie has been nominated for 4
@WhatsOnStage
awards!
Best New Musical
Best Actor in a Musical, John McCrea
Best Actress in a Musical, Josie Walker
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Lucie Shorthouse
@JamieMusical
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A huge thank you to everyone who joined us in welcoming Little Amal to Sheffield!
#WalkWithAmal
@GoodChanceCal
@walkwithamal
@sheffielduni
@otsfestival
@sheffhallamuni
@CRTYorkshireNE
@DINAvenue
@SBC_Theatre
@SheffCityofSanc
@VisitSheffield
@SheffCouncil
@yellowbusevents
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Today, the streets are ours as we announce the brilliant cast for Standing at the Sky’s Edge this Christmas!
Some familiar faces return to the Crucible alongside new performers joining the cast.
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We
#LightItInRed
this week to mark one year since we closed our doors, alongside so many venues in the live events industry.
Thank you to everyone who has offered us kindness and support over the past 12 months. We can’t wait to be back.
#WeMakeEvents
#LightItInRed
#16March
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We’re proud to say that
#WeMakeEvents
as we stand together with our friends and colleagues from across the world for Global Action Day, by once again lighting our venues red tonight to highlight the help desperately needed for the live event sector
#LightItInRed
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We are sad to say a big farewell to the wonderful cast of The Wizard of Oz! Break a leg on your final performance.
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Today we say goodbye to the wonderful company of The York Realist, what a beautiful journey from the
@DonmarWarehouse
in London to the Crucible stage here in Sheffield. Best wishes on your final performance.
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(1/2) We're very proud to say that Everybody's Talking About Jamie has been nominated for 5 Olivier awards! Including Best New Musical - well done to everyone and good luck!
#OlivierAwards
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Today we’re launching Free Cheers For Sheffield, our online programme designed to spread a little cheer across the city! Together we’ll be celebrating some of our greatest moments, providing a lot of fun, and offering an insight into how theatre is made
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MASSIVE congratulations to
@DanGSells
for winning
@TheStage
#debut
award for
#BestComposer
for
#EverybodysTalkingAboutJamie
🎉👏
Congratulations to Dan Gillespie Sells! Winner of Best Composer sponsored by
@TrafStudios
at The Stage
#DebutAwards
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We just want to say a big goodbye and a huge thank you! to the cast, crew and creative team of Guys and Dolls ahead of their last two performances today. It's been an absolute pleasure.
#GuysandDolls
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We just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for your understanding and support following our announcement yesterday.
We have been overwhelmed by all your lovely comments, they have sincerely lifted our spirits during this challenging time.
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We are so sorry to hear the sad news that Una Stubbs has passed away. We have happy memories of her wonderful appearances here. Our thoughts are with her loved ones.
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We’re excited to be holding a huge costume sale at the Crucible, open to the public on Saturday 18 May!
With prices beginning from £1, items will include modern clothing, period replicas, vintage pieces and fantastic theatrical costumes.
Find out more:
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"Look at all these stars"🎶
It was press night for Standing at the Sky's Edge at
@NationalTheatre
last night and we're chuffed to see the reviews!
A huge congratulations to all the teams involved.
Read more:
#SkysEdge
@ChrisBushWrites
@RichardHawley
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New performances by Sheffield artists!
We’re so excited to announce The Together Season Festival – a selection of 13 works chosen by a panel of artists, audience members and theatre representatives
Live at the Crucible 24 May - 5 June!
Find out more:
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (The Times)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Daily Telegraph)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (WhatsOnStage)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (The Reviews Hub)
‘This is a hit’! (The Times)
Critics are calling Miss Saigon ‘a sweeping epic’ (WhatsOnStage), ‘emotionally searing’ (Daily Telegraph) with ‘a phenomenal cast’ (The Reviews Hub)
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Watch
@ItsFaithOmole
and
@TomDeering
's stunning around-the-piano performance of Coles Corner from Standing at the Sky's Edge.
Book now before tickets sell out:
Best availability: Tue 3 – Thu 5 & Mon 10 – Thu 12 Jan.
#SkysEdge
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A massive thank you to the intrepid cast, creatives and production teams of ROCK / PAPER / SCISSORS who brought to life this triple threat of plays!
Wishing you all a wonderful last day of shows, we really appreciate you coming on this adventure with us.
#RockPaperScissors
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We’re delighted that
@LifeOfPiWestEnd
won an incredible 5 awards at the
@OlivierAwards
last night. We could not be happier to see such a special show receiving the praise it deserves!
Congratulations to all the talented teams involved🐯
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The Government has today confirmed that South Yorkshire will remain in Tier 3 and the Crucible must therefore remain closed. While we are devastated that we can't share the show with live audiences, Damian’s Pop Up Panto will be available On Demand on our website from next week.
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★★★★★ Review: Standing at the Sky’s Edge – Chris Bush and Richard Hawley team up to pay a glorious musical tribute to one of Sheffield's most iconic buildings
@crucibletheatre
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We're off to see the Wizard - the wonderful Wizard of Oz! We officially open in less than an hour! Good luck and break a leg to all the cast and crew. 🌈
#WizardofOz
🌈
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It's the first day of rehearsal's for our epic new musical about Park Hill, Standing at the Sky's Edge, and we're saying a huge hello to all the cast, crew and creative team!
#SkysEdge
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Announcing our new Chief Executive.
Tom Bird (
@tomwbird
) joins Sheffield Theatres in 2023.
Find out more
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Check out our brand new trailer for this year’s Crucible Christmas musical, She Loves Me.
Join us as we countdown to this glorious romantic musical comedy opening on Sat 11 December.
Sure to warm even the chilliest of winter evenings!
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Beautiful ending to Sheffields leg of
#wearehere
in the Peace Gardens - a day long to be remembered
@1418NOW
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We’re proud as punch that
#StandingAtTheSkysEdge
and
#LifeOfPi
have been nominated in the South Bank
#SkyArts
awards. Keep your fingers crossed for us! On
@SkyTV
on Sat 20 Dec
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We're so excited to announce the full cast for Much Ado About Nothing!
There are some familiar faces, alongside brilliant performers making their Crucible debut 9 - 24 Sept, then touring the UK.
See the full cast here:
#MuchAdoAboutNothing
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#JohnMcCrea
wins Best Performance in a Musical! And thanks Sheffield audiences for being THE BEST!
#UKTAwards
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