Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) has partnered with Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre (CityRep) to present the National Theatre Live (NTL) screening of “Skylight†by David Hare on Sunday, October 18, 2015, 6:00 PM at the Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater on the OCCC campus. National Theatre Live is a groundbreaking project which broadcasts pre-recorded live theatrical productions in HD from London’s West End to more than 1,100 venues around the world, now including OCCC.
“Skylight†features celebrated stage-and-screen stars Bill Nighy (“Love, Actuallyâ€) and Carey Mulligan (“An Educationâ€) and takes place on a bitterly cold evening in London. Schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (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.
David Hare has authored 29 plays for stage, including “Plenty,†“Racing Demon,†“Amy’s View,†“Pravda†and “Stuff Happens.†His many screenplays include “The Hours†and “The Reader.†It is directed by Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry, who recently directed the sold-out West End production of “The Audience†with Helen Mirren. “Skylight†was originally produced at the National Theatre in 1995 before transferring to the West End and Broadway, and won an Olivier Award for Best Play.
Adult tickets are $15 general admission and may be purchased online at tickets.occc.edu or by phoning the box office at (405) 682-7579. Tickets for students and children are $5 and must be purchased at the door or by calling the box office. The next National Theatre Live screening will be Shakespeare’s “Hamletâ€, featuring superstar Benedict Cumberbatch, on Sunday, November 1 at 6:00 p.m. For more information visit tickets.occc.edu or ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk.
Oklahoma City Community College opened the doors to the 1,049-seat Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater in early 2014. It features a large atrium with three-story high windows, state-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment and will allow the college to host larger Broadway-style touring productions. The Visual and Performing Arts Center also houses an art gallery and academic center featuring a rehearsal room, library, six classrooms, seven studios, seven labs and faculty offices.
