"Though the play is uneven as a whole, in the central role of Miriam, Nicola Walker delivers an astonishing, raw portrayal of a mother navigating a terrible sea of complex emotions."
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"Payne’s new play needs a bit of time to show itself, but Walker’s molten performance grabs you instantly – together they paint a haunting but disarmingly funny portrait of grief turning into something else"
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"Real-life cases of this ilk can break your heart. Despite the bravura lead performance, I was left unmoved."
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"This remains a tour de force from Walker... gives this play a relentlessness that manufactured moments of comedy or awkwardness don't fully defray."
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"It’s always a bad sign, however, when you catch yourself admiring the actors’ technique rather than caring about the characters they represent."
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"This is unquestionably dramatic subject matter with resonances to so many news stories on disappeared children, but it just does not cut deeply enough."
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"The performances, from a cast led by Nicola Walker, are raw and committed, and there are moments that bristle with feeling, choked back like shards of glass."
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"The Unbelievers takes a while to build up a head of theatrical steam; in terms of writing, structure and staging, it isn’t sufficiently focused to be really satisfying"
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