Susan Sarandon is "terrified but excited" to be making her UK stage debut later this year

The production spans 70 years of the titular character's life and Susan and Birdman star Andrew Riseborough will play her at diffeent stages in the story.

The Old Vic's artistic director Matthew Warchys will direct Mary Page Marlowe in his final season before stepping down from his role at the theatre in September 2026.

Susan said in a statement: "I'm so honoured to be asked to be in a play during Matthew Warchus' final season at The Old Vic. Terrified but excited."

The play will also mark Andrea's return to the British theatre for the first time since she starred with Sir Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hiddleston in a 2008 production of Ivanov, though she has appeared on stage in New York more recently, turning out alongside Hugh Dancy, Ben Whishaw and Adam James in The Pride 15 years ago.

Performances for Mary Page Marlowe begin at the Old Vic from September 23 and through November 1 .

They will be performed in-the-round, which the director noted is "perhaps my favourite configuration."

Some seats for the first five previews of the play will cost just £10.

Susan - who has Eva, 40, with her former partner Franco Amurri as well as Jack, 35, and 32-year-old Miles with Tim Robbins - recently reflected on the ups and downs of raising children amid her Hollywood career and ultimately concluded they are "grateful" for it.

When asked what sort of legacy she wants to leave behind for her children, she told 'Entertainment Tonight': "That makes me cry because I can't think about leaving them but one of the things about being in this business and dragging your kids all over with you is that they're very flexible, and they're not afraid of other cultures.

"Their bubble has been very big and sometimes it was a little awkward because there was no picking up at school or whatever but at the end of the day, they look back at it now and they're grateful for it."