Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Quentin Tarantino’s first play
Following Ali G’s controversial return, he will make his London stage debut in The Popinjay Cavalier.
After Ali G, Borat and Brüno, Sacha Baron Cohen is preparing to take on a new challenge: theater.
The actor and comedian will make his stage debut in The Popinjay Cavalierthe very first play written by Quentin Tarantino, reports Variety.
Baron Cohen is set to play the title role in this “swashbuckling comedy”, an adventure comedy full of duels, disguises and pretenses. The play will be presented in London’s West End in spring 2027, in a venue which has not yet been announced.
Little is still known about the plot, except that the action will take place in Europe in the 1830s.
For Quentin Tarantino, this is a new playground after the cinema.
The director of pulp Fiction, Kill Bill And Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood had announced his intention to turn to the theater, and The Popinjay Cavalier will ultimately be its first stage production.
For Sacha Baron Cohen, this arrival on stage comes as he is also preparing to reunite with one of his most famous characters. He will soon reprise Ali G in Ali G Who Iz I?a new film produced by Amazon MGM and expected worldwide in October.
