[5] On 30 June 1997 the play opened at London's Vaudeville Theatre, with Bill Nighy in his first starring role,[6] and Stella Gonet, directed by Eyre.

[2][7] A new production directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Carey Mulligan, Nighy—reprising the part he had first performed in 1997—and Matthew Beard opened at the Wyndham's Theatre in June 2014.

[11] On June 10, 2016, Hidden Cove Productions[12] was to open Skylight,[13] starring Sara Topham, Lindsay G. Merrithew and Tim Dowler-Coltman,[14] at the Berkeley Street Theatre in Toronto, Canada.

The world premiere of Skylight in the Chinese language took stage in the Lyric Theatre in Hong Kong on July 1, 2016.

On March 26, 2020 Verendus Theatrical was to open Skylight, starring Alicia Zorkovic, Brant Eustice and Jackson Barnard at the Holden Street Theatres in Adelaide, South Australia, Tim Williams directing the two-week run.

Shortly thereafter, Tom, a wealthy restaurateur, with real-life references to Terence Conran, appears unheralded and for no apparent reason.