UPDATE (March 12, 2026): Following the official confirmation of The Popinjay Cavalier, new details have emerged regarding the production’s timeline. Quentin Tarantino is reportedly relocating to London to oversee the play’s development, which he describes as a “sweeping celebration of theatre.” While casting remains under wraps, the production has launched an official website and social media ahead of its early 2027 opening.
The producers of Quentin Tarantino’s first ever stage play, The Popinjay Cavalier, have confirmed the show for London.
Sonia Friedman Productions (Paddington The Musical) and Sony Pictures Entertainment are set to produce the play in London’s West End in early 2027.
The Popinjay Cavalier is billed as a new swashbuckling comedy written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, and promises to be a sweeping celebration of theatre and its heightened romance, told with Tarantino’s signature style and unmistakable wit.
The comedy is set in 1830s Europe, as a “rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise inspired by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and screen”.
There are no further details about the West End venue, dates, or casting for the show.
Quentin Tarantino’s The Popinjay Cavalier
What we know already
Gossip about Tarantino’s first stage play has been circulating for a number of years, including last week’s news that it would be a comedy.
We also knew that the new play would not be based on any of Tarantino’s famous movies, such as Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds.
Last August, Tarantino told the Church of Tarantino podcast that the play was “all written. It is absolutely the next thing I’m going to do”, and that London, rather than Broadway, would be the premiere city for the show.
Tarantino has long been working on a stage comedy, confirming on Bill Maher’s Club Random Podcast in 2024 that he was writing an original play, saying “in a comedy play, the audience is a character in the room… when that works, that’s an evening out… which is hard to capture on film.”
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