The Ballad of Wallis Island

Eccentric lottery winner Charles hires folk-rock duo McGwyer Mortimer to play on his private island. Only issue, they’re estranged lovers who see old tensions quickly rise – and everything is perhaps not quite as Charles may have initially sold it.

After agreeing to do a private gig on a remote island, international music superstar Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) is perplexed to learn that he’ll be playing for an audience of one – eccentric millionaire Charles (Tim Key). But the surprises don’t end there.

The hotel where he’ll be staying is, in fact, Charles’ historic home. The landline he needs to use after his mobile falls into the sea? That’s a pay phone far down the lane, just outside the area’s only shop. And the seaside concert he’s set to do? That’s actually a reunion show for McGwyer Mortimer, the folk-rock duo that shot him to stardom years before.

Reuniting with his old partner Nell (Carey Mulligan) after nearly a decade of estrangement brings up feelings Herb would prefer to leave behind, a situation made even more awkward with her husband Michael (Akemnji Ndifornyen) having accompanied her on the journey.

As the musicians re-engage with their back catalogue in preparation for the big show, Herb and Nell find their musical chemistry remains as strong as ever, but old wounds soon begin to resurface, jeopardising the concert.

Starring Academy-Award nominee Carey Mulligan alongside the two Comedian writers Tom Basden and Tim Key, THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND is a bittersweet treasure, humorous and charming from start to end.

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