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Maimuna Memon stars in world premiere of new musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge at Sheffield Crucible

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Maimuna opens in Standing at the Sky’s Edge on 15th March.  This is the epic new musical that takes the audience into the hearts and homes of the people of Park Hill,

from its early days as an urban utopia all the way through to now.  Featuring new and classic songs from Sheffield’s Mercury prize nominated Richard Hawley, it has been named as one of ‘the theatre shows you won’t want to miss in 2019’ by the BBC.

The show, directed by Robert Hastie, runs until 6 April.

https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/standing-at-the-skys-edge

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Seamus Allen

Seamus trained in his hometown, Dublin at the Conservatory of Music and Drama. After graduating he toured nationally with some of Ireland’s premier children’s theatre companies, as well as developing and performing clown performances for Barrabbas, and magic shows for Cahoots N.I. 

Since moving to the UK Seamus has appeared in The Tempest, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth and Robin Hood (Creation Theatre Company), Quest (Folklore Presents) The Disappearance (The Sticking Place),and Where’s My Desi Soulmate? (Rifco Arts). Tv work includes Bear Behaving Badly (Thames Valley).  Seamus is also a skilled improviser, training with Ken Campbell’s School of Night and core cast in the annual London 50 hour Improvathons and performs with “Austentatious, The improvised Jane Austen Novel”.  

Seamus was the director of the Young Company at the Watermill theatre in Newbury. He established Readings only Improvisation comedy club, “What’s the Game?! Improv”, hosting shows as well as coaching professional performers.  Seamus was Head of acting at Read college, a course which he wrote and which became one of the most successful Foundation courses for getting students into the top acting degree programmes in the UK.  Most recently he has been Head of Year at Drama Studio London and gained an MSc in Performance Psychology focusing on excellence in actor training.

Seamus is Head of Foundation and teaches on the Foundation Courses