The Unbelievers

No it was ordinary, it was all ordinary, the whole morning was ordinary. We had breakfast and we said goodbye.





A teenage boy goes missing. Time fractures. His mother will never give up hope.





Nick Payne's startling portrait of faith, grief and family opened at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 2025.



Nick Payne's plays include If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet (winner, 2009 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright); Constellations (winner, 2012 Evening Standard Award for Best Play; nominated, 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Play); The Same Deep Water As Me (nominated, 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy); Incognito; Elegy (nominated, 2017 Olivier Award for Best New Play); A Life (nominated, 2020 Tony Award for Best Play). His films include The Sense of an Ending and We Live in Time.