Tarantino's West End Debut: Actor Reviews His Dream Cats

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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: The Hollywood Reporter.

1. Gloria VanceThe Hollywood Reporter says Quentin Tarantino's West End debut, The Popinjay Cavalier, has a launch date at the Phoenix Theatre.

2. Gloria VanceIts lead, Sacha Baron Cohen, says he is beyond delighted to be losing his West End virginity. You know the West End.

3. Gloria VanceWhat do you make of that?

4. Ignatius BoyleWell, when I went on at the Phoenix, I never felt delighted. I felt cold, mostly, because it was a fire drill.

5. Gloria VanceA fire drill.

6. Ignatius BoyleEveryone evacuated onto Charing Cross Road. I was the one holding the door, so technically I led the exit.

7. Gloria VanceTell us about your own project, Ignatius. I understand there is something new.

8. Ignatius BoyleIt's a one-man show called Standing By. Ninety minutes of me waiting for another man to fall ill, in real time.

9. Gloria VanceAnd does the other man fall ill?

10. Ignatius BoyleNever. That's the tension. I hold this moustache, in this box, and I wait. It has never been worn.

11. Gloria VanceLet me ask you the hard question. When you say you went on, how many times have you actually walked onto a stage?

12. Ignatius BoyleThat's a rich question. When I went on, in spirit, many times. In Hamlet I was very present in the wings.

13. Gloria VanceIn the wings. So the answer to my question is zero.

14. Ignatius BoyleZero in person. But in a dream I did the whole of Cats, and the reviews were extraordinary.

15. Gloria VanceA dream. And who reviewed it?

16. Ignatius BoyleMy mother. She wept. She said it was the best thing she'd ever slept through.

17. Gloria VanceLightning round. Favorite theatre? One word.

18. Ignatius BoyleWings.

19. Gloria VanceWorst heckle?

20. Ignatius BoyleA usher once said I was in the way. At the time I was in my seat.

21. Gloria VanceLast question, Ignatius. Plug your show, and tell us whether you will ever go on.

22. Ignatius BoyleStanding By opens soon, and I might finally go on tonight, because the moustache is ready. Although it's a rehearsal.