Carey Mulligan & Bill Nighy Will Star as Ex-Lovers in London Skylight Revival

Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan will make her West End stage debut opposite Bill Nighy in a revival of David Hare’s Skylight. Directed by Tony winner and Oscar nominee Stephen Daldry, the play will open at Wyndham’s Theatre on June 6 and play a limited engagement through August 23. Opening night is scheduled for June 18.

Mulligan earned an Oscar nod for An Education and also appeared in Inside Llewyn Davis, The Great Gatsby, Drive, Never Let Me Go, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Brothers, Pride and Prejudice, My Boy Jack, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Public Enemies. She made her Broadway debut in The Seagull in 2008.

Nighy has performed in Hare’s Pravda, Map of the World, a previous production of Skylight and a Broadway mounting of the playwright's The Vertical Hour. His many film credits include Love Actually, Wild Target, Pirate Radio, Valkyrie, AKA, Notes on a Scandal, Underworld, The Constant Gardner, Lawless Heart, Still Crazy, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and About Time.

Skylight tells the story of a teacher, Kyra Hollis (Mulligan), who receives an unexpected visit from her former lover Tom Sergeant (Nighy) and his son Edward, played by Matthew Beard, who will make his stage debut.