Tarantinos British Farce Hits the West End!

Ever since film director revealed last summer that his next project was going to be to bring a play to the West End, everyone has been wondering what on earth it will be.

Could it be an adaptation of one of his films – like Reservoir Dogs or Kill Bill? Might it be – gulp – a musical version of Pulp Fiction?

All he said, in a podcast last August, was: 'The play is written. It is absolutely the next thing I'm going to do. We'll start the ball rolling on it in January... It's probably going to take up a year and a half to two years of my life.'

I can finally reveal what 'it' is.

The stranger-than-fiction truth is that Tarantino has written an original, old-fashioned British farce, in the door-slamming, trouser-dropping, mistaken identity vein of Brian Rix or Ray Cooney.

It will most likely come to the stage in 2027, although late 2026 is still a remote possibility. My perfectly placed source says: 'He has written this himself. It is not based on any of his films. It is a farce, in the British, Noises Off tradition.

'At the moment, he is looking at all different sizes and sorts of theatres while he considers the staging.'

That is apparently very important to the project and there are whispers that one scene will involve an actor coming in on a wire.

Meanwhile, Tarantino is negotiating with big Hollywood stars to appear in the show.

None of his usual troupe – like Leonardo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt – have a remotely theatrical background, so it will be fascinating to see who he turns to.

He could pick someone like Bradley Cooper, who took the lead in a West End production of The Elephant Man a decade ago.

Tarantino, who now lives in Israel with his wife Daniella Pick, has been spending time in London and was spotted in the audience of High Noon in the West End in February.