# How Soon Is Now? Bringing 90s indie nostalgia to the Sheffield stage

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-soon-is-now-bringing-90s-indie-nostalgia-to-the-sheffield-stage/
- Published: 2026-11-03T14:53:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T01:16:27+00:00
- Original publisher: Exposed Magazine
- Original article: https://www.exposedmagazine.co.uk/whats-new/how-soon-is-now-bringing-90s-indie-nostalgia-to-the-sheffield-stage/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music, Sheffield, UK, World

## Key points

- Siân Owen’s new musical is set in 1997.
- The show draws on indie music and personal memories.
- It is touring Sheffield after its Lowry debut.

## Summary

How Soon Is Now? is a new musical by award-winning playwright Siân Owen, set in 1997 and built around 90s indie music. After its debut at the Lowry, the production is due to arrive in Sheffield this month as part of a UK tour, using a New Year’s Eve night out to explore friendship, change and the emotional power of music.

Owen says the setting draws on her own coming-of-age year in Newport, when she turned 18, worked in an indie nightclub, voted for the first time and faced decisions about life after school. The show blends personal memories with stories from friends and others, and has been in development since 2016, with an initial idea dating to 2011. Its musical influences include Radiohead, Blur, Oasis, the Smiths and Elastica; Owen also recalls seeing Radiohead at Glastonbury in 1997.

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