The Popinjay Cavalier, a new “swashbuckling comedy” written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, is set to open on London’s West End in early 2027.
Sonia Friedman Productions and Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed on Wednesday that the play is set in 1830s Europe, describing the show as “a rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise inspired by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and screen.”
“A sweeping celebration of theatre and its heightened romance, told with Tarantino’s signature style and unmistakable wit,” the production company said. The exact theater, as well as casting, creative team, and dates, will be announced at a later date. Priority booking is already open on The Popinjay Cavalier website.
It is the Academy Award-winning director’s first-ever stage play. He is best known as the genius filmmaker behind Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
Just this week, Tarantino has been embroiled in a bit of a public row: He fired back at Rosanna Arquette on Tuesday after the actress criticized the writer-director’s use of the N-word in his script for Pulp Fiction.
“Dear Rosanna, I hope the publicity you’re getting from 132 different media outlets writing your name and printing your picture was worth disrespecting me and a film I remember quite clearly you were thrilled to be a part of?” Tarantino wrote in a letter sent to media outlets. “But after I gave you a job, and you took the money, to trash it for what I suspect is very cynical reasons, shows a decided lack of class, no less honor.”
Arquette, who played Jody in the 1994 crime thriller, had told The Times in the U.K. that the film was “iconic, a great film on a lot of levels. But personally, I am over the use of the N-word. I hate it,” she said. “I cannot stand that [Tarantino] has been given a hall pass. It’s not art, it’s just racist and creepy.”
