Full Casting Announced for Major Revival of David Hare's MASTERPIECE SKYLIGHT at Theatr Clwyd

Artistic director of Theatr Clwyd, Tamara Harvey, today announces full casting for her major new revival of David Hare's Olivier award-winning drama, Skylight. Harvey will direct Oscar Batterham (Edward), Jeany Spark (Kyra) and Jay Villiers (Tom). The production opens on 14 February, with previews from 9 February, running until 4 March.

A story of private affairs, public guilt and the frustrations of love.

An unexpected visit from her former lover turns schoolteacher Kyra's life upside down.

Can what they once had be rekindled or are they too different to ever live in harmony?

David Hare is the author of 30 full-length plays for the stage, 18 of which have been presented at the National Theatre. His plays include Slag, The Great Exhibition, Brassneck (with Howard Brenton), Knuckle, Fanshen, Teeth 'n' Smiles, Plenty, A Map of the World, Pravda (with Howard Brenton), The Bay at Nice, The Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War, Amy's View, The Blue Room (from Schnitzler), The Judas Kiss, Via Dolorosa, My Zinc Bed, The Breath of Life, The Permanent Way, Stuff Happens, The Vertical Hour, Gethsamane, Berlin/Wall, The Power of Yes, South Downs and The Red Barn (based on the novel, La Main, by Georges Simenon). His many screenplays for film and television include Licking Hitler, Wetherby, Damage, The Hours, The Reader, Page Eight, Turks & Caicos and Salting the Battlefield.

Oscar Batterham plays Edward. His theatre credits include the forthcoming, The Suppliant Women which is to open in March at the Manchester Royal Exchange following a UK tour, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The One That Got Away (Theatre Royal Bath), and The Wars Of The Roses (Rose Theatre Kingston) and Stella (Theatre Royal Brighton/LIFT).

Jeany Spark plays Kyra. Her recent theatre credits include Battleface (Bush Theatre), Celebrity Night At Cafe Red (Trafalgar Studios), A Voyage Round My Father (Salisbury Playhouse), Moscow Live (High Tide) and Waste (Almeida Theatre). For television, her work includes Wallander, Da Vinci's Demons, Man Down, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Line of Duty, Death In Paradise, The Black Mirror, Shirley, Jericho, Hattie, The Interceptor and Sherlock; and for film The Fifth Estate and Red Lights.

Jay Villiers returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Tom. Previous credits for the company include Dead Funny. Other theatre includes Accolade (St James' Theatre), The Winslow Boy (The Old Vic), Hedda Gabler, In Praise of Love (Northampton Theatre Royal), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet (Tobacco Factory), Barbarians, The Taming of The Shrew (Salisbury Playhouse) Six Degrees of Separation (Sheffield Crucible) and Ting Tang Mine, Fathers and Songs, Six Characters in Search of an Author (National Theatre). For television, his credits include Outlander, New Blood, War & Peace, Cuffs, Mr Selfridge, Spooks, Extras, The Government Inspector and The Sculptress; and for film, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, The Last Photograph, The Sea, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Lady, The International, Before the Rain and Henry V.

Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd, Tamara Harvey directs. She has recently been included in The Stage 100 Power List. Harvey has directed in the West End, throughout the UK and abroad, working on classic plays, new writing, musical theatre and in film. Her inaugural production for Theatr Clwyd was Much Ado About Nothing, followed by the première of Elinor Cook's award-winning new play, Pilgrims. Her previous credits include the world premières of From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), Breeders (St James Theatre), The Kitchen Sink, The Contingency Plan, Sixty-Six Books and tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ! (Bush Theatre), In the Vale of Health (a cycle of four plays by Simon Gray), Elephants and Hello/Goodbye (Hampstead Theatre), and Plague Over England (Finborough Theatre & West End). Other theatre includes Pride and Prejudice (Sheffield Crucible), Bash (Trafalgar Studios), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Gielgud & Garrick Theatres), Romeo and Juliet (Theatre of Memory at Middle Temple Hall), Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe), Dancing at Lughnasa (Birmingham Rep), The Importance of Being Earnest (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), and the UK première of Tennessee Williams' Something Cloudy, Something Clear (Finborough Theatre).

Box Office: 01352 701521 (10am - 8pm, Monday - Saturday) / www.theatrclwyd.com

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