“As always, Wendy Beckett excels at drawing characters, analyzing situations, flirting with the strange, the almost fantastic ...
This drama because it is one, literally takes us to the guts [the core of ourselves]. But fear not, the author will skilfully summon conciliation and serenity when the time comes.
Once the play is finished, the characters will not have left us and will accompany us for a long time…”

“The way Wendy Beckett looks at these 3 women torn apart by their own stories is non-judgmental; … we slip into … the psyche of the 3 protagonists, one awaiting forgiveness, the other in search of truth and the last, weakened by the fear of abandonment.
Three women, Three actresses: Hélène Babu (Minette) incarnates with immense accuracy the divorced mother in front of a teenager ready to fly away, Christine Gagnepain (Harpie) is poignant in the role of a woman broken by existence, Rebecca Williams (Deidre) is sublime, intensely sensitive like a teenager.
An emotionally charged piece carried by 3 talented actresses.”

“To tackle the subject of adoption, Australian author and director Wendy Beckett imagines in Un Espoir a feminine trio far from idealization, but not without tenderness.
… [Un Espoir] is based on the author’s idea that ‘we all do our best’. And that ‘courage is not being afraid to deconstruct the puzzle of our lives and then finding enough love to reassemble it’.”

“Love is present in this story, fear of losing one’s love, not knowing how to love, being loved and the difficulty of living together.
A story of women, a story of adoption, superbly interpreted. I have rarely been so convinced by the acting and the staging by an author/director Wendy Beckett’s play has a lot in it: atmosphere, humour, intensity and writing that is very moving.
An excellent play, on a delicate subject.”

“Wendy Beckett tells in an extremely engaging way the story of a trio of daughter, adoptive mother and biological mother in a magical closed space where you are captivated from the moment it begins.
… The three actresses are absolutely sensational: Hélène Babu brings a lot of fragility to her character as a disoriented single mother. Rebecca Williams as a lost girl in search of her past is deeply moving.
Finally, Christine Gagnepain as a mother with a hard life is heartbreaking.
… Wendy Beckett stages with great tenderness a poignant and intimate piece…
An undeniable success.”

“Wendy Beckett wrote this beautiful play for three actresses. The subject is perilous. A girl torn between her two mums: the biological mum and the adoptive mum. Dangerous territory as it would be very easy for it to fall into blandness or cliches . Here it is absolutely not the case.
… The trio of Hélène Babu, Christine Gagnepain and Rebecca Williams works perfectly.
… This piece is also visually and acoustically magnificent.
… It is therefore an intense and beautiful moment of theater that awaits you at the Athénée-Louis Jouvet. Especially since this piece inevitably makes you want to imagine the fate of these three women after the last light dims and the room has darkened. A real success.”