CINEMA NOUVEAU SCREENS DAVID HARE’S SKYLIGHT WITH BILL NIGHY, CAREY MULLIGAN AND MATTHEW BEARD, FROM NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
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‘Thrillingly revived by Stephen Daldry in a knockout production’ – Daily Telegraph
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‘Beautifully acted by Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Matthew Beard’ – Guardian
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‘David Hare’s prickly, intelligent mid-Nineties play is full of guts and heart’ – Evening Standard
Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan take the lead roles in David Hare’s Skylight, directed by Stephen Daldry and captured live from London’s West End. Broadcast by National Theatre Live to South African audiences at Cinema Nouveau, this critically acclaimed, five star production has four screenings only from Saturday, 15 November.
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), 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’s extensive film credits include Love Actually, Notes on a Scandal and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and his stage roles include Pravda and the world premiere of David Hare’s The Vertical Hour on Broadway. He plays alongside Carey Mulligan, who has been seen in An Education and on Cinema Nouveau screens this year starring in Inside Llewyn Davis and The Great Gatsby. She is making her West End stage debut in this production. Matthew Beard (An Education, One Day, The Look of Love) takes on the role of Tom’s son, Edward.
Skylight is directed by Academy Award®-nominated director Stephen Daldry, who recently directed the sell-out West End production of The Audience with Helen Mirren, which was also broadcast to cinemas by National Theatre Live in 2013, including sold-out performances here in South Africa.
David Hare is the author of 29 full-length plays for the stage, 17 of which have enjoyed productions at the National Theatre, including Plenty, Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War, Amy’s View, The Power of Yes, Pravda (with Howard Brenton) and Stuff Happens. His many screenplays for film and television include The Hours, The Reader, Page Eight, Turks & Caicos and Salting the Battlefield.
Skylight was first staged in the Cottesloe at the National Theatre in 1995, directed by Richard Eyre, with Michael Gambon as Tom Sergeant, Lia Williams as Kyra Hollis and Daniel Betts as Edward Sergeant. The production won the Olivier Award for Best New Play, and transferred to the West End and later to Broadway.
This production was filmed for National Theatre Live at Wyndham’s Theatre in London. Designs are by Bob Crowley with lighting by Natasha Katz, sound by Paul Arditti and music by Paul Englishby. Skylight is produced in the West End by Robert Fox Limited and Scott Rudin.
Skylight releases on South African screens on Saturday, 15 November, for four screenings only – on 15, 19 and 20 November at 19:30 and on 16 November at 14:30 – at Cinema Nouveau theatres in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town. Bookings are now open. The running time of this production is 2hrs 45mins, including a 20-min interval.
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Watch the trailer for Skylight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARouWhgpreA
Hi-res images for this production are available at: www.skpictures.co.za
Forthcoming productions from National Theatre Live to be screened at Cinema Nouveau in South Africa include:
OF MICE AND MEN (releases on 06 December 2014)
‘Brilliant! Flawless, beautifully acted and emotionally devastating’ – Variety
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A powerful portrait of the American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of friendship, don’t miss your chance to experience director Anna D. Shapiro’s landmark revival of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s play.
JOHN (releases on 10 January 2015)
‘Explosive. Magnificently performed.’ Kurier, on the Vienna performance of JOHN
Internationally renowned DV8 Physical Theatre brings its powerful new production to the National Theatre. JOHN authentically depicts real-life stories, combining movement and spoken word to create an intense and moving theatrical experience.
Lloyd Newson, DV8’s Artistic Director, interviewed more than 50 men asking them frank questions, initially about love and sex. One of those men was John. What emerged was a story that is both extraordinary and touching. Years of crime, drug use and struggling to survive lead John on a search in which his life converges with others, in an unexpected place, unknown by most.
JOHN contains adult themes, strong language and nudity.
Suitable for 18yrs+.
TREASURE ISLAND (releases on 14 February 2015)
Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast live from the National Theatre.
It’s a dark and stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins.
Not one of us must breathe a word of what we’ve found…
Suitable for 10yrs+.