Play Details
Context
Artistic Director
David Byrne
Dates Performed
Friday 10 October – Saturday 29 November2025
Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Play Details
Synopsis
‘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.
Playwright Nick Payne (Constellations, We Live in Time) returns to the Royal Court with a startling portrait of motherhood, faith, family – and the lengths we go to for those we refuse to forget.
Directed by Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Angels in America), designed by Bunny Christie (Company, People Places and Things) and starring Nicola Walker (Unforgotten, The Split).
Cast & Creative
Cast
Nicola Walker
Cast
Alby Baldwin
Cast
Jaz Singh Deol
Cast
Paul Higgins
Cast
Ella Lily Hyland
Cast
Martin Marquez
Cast
Harry Kershaw
Cast
Lucy Thackeray
Cast
Isabel Adomakoh
Writer
Nick Payne
Director
Marianne Elliott
Designer
Bunny Christie
Lighting Designer
Jack Knowles
Composer & Sound Designer
Nicola T. Chang
Movement Director
Etta Murfitt
Casting Director
Charlotte Sutton CDG
Design Associate
Verity Sadler
Assistant Director
Anna Hampton
Props Supervisor
Lily Mollgaard
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