Forget Marvel, there’s a new MCU in town. The Matilda Cinemative Universe.

The Old Vic is about to throw us headfirst into a kaleidoscopic life story, and a bit of a Matilda the Musical reunion, with the UK premiere of Tracy Letts’ Mary Page Marlowe. Directed by the theatre’s own Artistic Director Matthew Warchus, the show runs 23 September to 1 November and packs 70 years of one woman’s life into just 90 minutes, with five different actors playing Mary Page herself.

It’s a stellar cast list. Alongside the already-announced Susan Sarandon and Andrea Riseborough, we’ll see Daniella Arthur-Kennedy (Lorna), Eden Epstein (Roberta Marlowe), Clare Hughes (Wendy Gilbert), Gilbert Kyem Jnr (Ben), Melanie La Barrie (Nurse), Rosy McEwen (Mary Page Marlowe), Kingsley Morton (Connie), Hugh Quarshie (Andy), Ronan Raftery (Dan), Paul Thornley (Ray), Lauren Ward (Shrink), Noah Weatherby (Ed Marlowe), Alisha Weir (Mary Page Marlowe), and Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Mary Page Marlowe). Young Louis will be tag-teamed by Felix Anderson, Griffin Ashton, and Dexter Pulling.

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