The Unbelievers
A startling portrait of motherhood, faith, family – and the lengths we go to for those we refuse to forget.
The Royal Court Theatre and Playful Productions present The Unbelievers at the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs from Friday 10 October – Saturday 29 November 2025, with a Press Night on Monday 20 October 2025.
The Unbelievers, is a new play about family, memory and hope by Nick Payne, starring Nicola Walker (Unforgotten, The Split) as a mother facing the disappearance of her son. The cast will include Ella Lily Hyland who appeared in Netflix’s Black Doves and the BBC’s Towards Zero and Paul Higgins, best known for his roles in the BBC’s The Thick of It and Line of Duty and more recently Slow Horses. The cast also includes Esh Alladi, Alby Baldwin, Harry Kershaw, Martin Marquez, Lucy Thackeray, Nicola Walker and Isabel Adomakoh Young.
‘I love my son. My son is alive.’
A teenager disappears. Time fractures. His mother will never give up hope.
The Unbelievers is a new play about the moments that shatter our world, and the ones that help us piece it back together.
Directed by Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Angels in America) and designed by Bunny Christie (Company, People Places and Things).
Venue details
- Address:
- Royal Court Theatre
- Sloane Square
- LOndon
- SW1W 8AS