Starlight to Stream

Thursday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center

— from Artha Kass —

Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan star in David Hare’s award winning play about money, class, politics and love. Skylight is presented at Orcas Center on Thursday, October 23 at 7:30 pm

On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan: Inside Llewyn Davies, The Great Gatsby, An Education) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy: Love Actually, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Pirates of the Caribbean), a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.

Bill Nighy recreates the role of Tom that he originated when Skylight opened in 1995. Stephen Daldry (The Reader, The Hours, Billy Elliot, The Audience with Helen Mirren) directs David Hare’s Olivier winning play. David Hare is the author of 29 plays for stage, including Plenty, and Stuff Happens. His many screenplays include The Hours and The Reader.

“Bill Nighy at full belt on stage is astonishing, unbalancing, unforgettable.” —Daily Mail

“Ms. Mulligan bids fair to become the great British stage actress of her generation.”  —New York Times

“One of the most intelligent love stories of our time.” —New York Times

For trailers, interviews, Behind the Scenes and more visit the National Theatre website.

Tickets for Skylight from NT Live are $18, $13 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter.org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon – 4 pm. For more information about Orcas Center 2014 season events, please visit www.orcascenter.org.