Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat Tickets

Fortune Theatre, London
Booking to 19 August 2023
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★★★★★ “Perfection” – Daily Mail

Following sold-out runs at the New Diorama Theatre, the Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios, hilarious comedy musical Operation Mincemeat is transferring into the West End for a strictly limited season.

Operation Mincemeat is Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train in this fast-paced, inventive, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II.

Operation Mincemeat is playing at the Fortune Theatre until 23 September 2023.

What's the story of Operation Mincemeat?

The year is 1943 and we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse!

Operation Mincemeat is the true story of a Second World War MI5 operation with a macabre twist. This is a tale that pits some forged papers and a strategically deployed corpse against the Nazis. To distract German attention from a planned Allied invasion of Sicily, the body of a tramp who had died from eating rat poison was dressed in a Royal Marines uniform, equipped with misleading “top secret” documents, and set adrift off the Spanish coast as if he were the casualty of an air crash…. and it only gets more bonkers from there!

Who is in the cast of Operation Mincemeat?

The cast features David CummingClaire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone and Zöe Roberts , plus understudies Seán Carey, Geri Allan, Christian Andrews and Holly Sumpton.

 

Who are the creative team of Operation Mincemeat?

Operation Mincemeat has a Book, Music & Lyrics by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts.

The creative team includes Director Robert Hastie, Choreographer Jenny Arnold, Set & Costume Designer Ben Stones, Lighting Designer Mark Henderson, Sound Designer Mike Walker, Orchestration & Vocal Arrangement Steve Sidwell, Casting Director Pearson Casting CDG, Musical Director & Piano Joe Bunker, Deputy MD & Keyboard Ben Cox, Bass Guitar & Bass Synth Rachel Espeute, Drums & Percussion Lewis Jenkins, Associate Director Georgie Staight, Associate Choreographer Paul Isaiah Isles, with Original Direction by David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts, and Original Orchestration by Felix Hagan.


Reviews of Operation Mincemeat

★★★★★ "Brilliant thriller, brilliant comedy, brilliant musical" - The Stage (Fortune Theatre)
★★★★ "This gung-ho musical could be just what the West End needs" - Evening Standard (Fortune Theatre)
★★★★ "A joyously homegrown new comedy musical" - i News (Fortune Theatre)
★★★★ "The glorious spoof musical" - TimeOut (Fortune Theatre)
★★★★ "A Pythonesque wartime romp that doesn’t short-change the intellect" - The Telegraph (Fortune Theatre)
★★★★ "A gloriously inventive wartime romp" - The Times (Fortune Theatre)
★★★★ "Irrepressible wartime musical is a West End triumph" - The Guardian (Fortune Theatre)
★★★★★ "Madcap and utterly marvellous... an Absolute triumph.” - Sunday Express (Previous productions)
★★★★★ “A miraculous musical... part Mel Brooks, part SIX, part Hamilton with a side order of One Man, Two Guvnors” - The Mirror (Previous productions)
★★★★★ “This little belter is staging its own audacious invasion plan.” - Financial Times (Previous productions)
★★★★★ “Whoof! It blew the roof clean off" - Daily Mail (Previous productions)
★★★★★ “A masterclass of macabre musical comedy, masterfully performed” - The Stage (Previous productions)
★★★★★ “A glittering Second World War musical that is funnier than Hamilton…" - The Independent (Previous productions)
★★★★  Average review score

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Show Information

Performance dates
Booking to 19 August 2023
Age restrictions
6+
Running time
2 hours 20 minutes (including interval)
Performance days
Evenings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Matinees: Tuesday, Saturday

Performance information is for guidance only. Check booking calendar for details.


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Venue Information

Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, London, WC2B 5HH
Nearest Tube or Train: Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)
Nearest Buses: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 59, 68, 76, 77A, 91, 139, 168, 171, 172, 188, 243, 341, 521, RV1
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Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre – Reviews ★★★★
Reviews are coming in for the West End transfer of Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre in London. The hit musical comedy is playing at the Fortune Theatre until 19 August 2023. The show stars David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone and Zöe Roberts, plus Seán Carey, Geri Allan, Christian Andrews and Holly Sumpton. Billed as Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, and Noel Coward meets Noel Fielding, Operation Mincemeat is a fast-paced, hilarious and totally unbelievable true story about the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. The question is, how did a well-dressed corpse wrong-foot Hitler? Operation Mincemeat - Photo by Matt Crocket The show has a Book, Music & Lyrics by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts; and a creative team that includes Director Robert Hastie, Choreographer Jenny Arnold, Set & Costume Designer Ben Stones, Lighting Designer Mark Henderson, Sound Designer Mike Walker, Orchestration & Vocal Arrangement Steve Sidwell, Casting Director Pearson Casting CDG, Musical Director & Piano Joe Bunker, Deputy MD & Keyboard Ben Cox, Bass Guitar & Bass Synth Rachel Espeute, Drums & Percussion Lewis Jenkins, Associate Director Georgie Staight, Associate Choreographer Paul Isaiah Isles, with Original Direction by David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts, and Original Orchestration by Felix Hagan. Operation Mincemeat has enjoyed great reviews for its various London seasons - including the New Diorama Theatre in 2019, the Southwark Playhouse in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and the Riverside Studios in 2022 - so will the London theatre critics love it all over again? Check out reviews from The Evening Standard, The Stage and more. More about Operation Mincemeat tickets in London
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Operation Mincemeat musical heads to the West End
Hit musical comedy Operation Mincemeat is to transfer into the West End. Operation Mincemeat will play the West End's Fortune Theatre from 29 March 2023 for 8 weeks only until 8 July 2023. The news comes following sold-out runs for the show at the New Diorama Theatre in 2019 , the Southwark Playhouse at various points during 2020 - 2022, and the Riverside Studios from April to July this year. It also comes following the news that The Woman in Black, which has been playing in the West End, mostly at the Fortune Theatre, for 33 years, is set to close in the West End on 4 March 2023. Billed as Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, and Noel Coward meets Noel Fielding, Operation Mincemeat is a fast-paced, hilarious and totally unbelievable true story about the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. The question is, how did a well-dressed corpse wrong-foot Hitler? Written and composed by SpitLip, made up of made up of David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoe Roberts, the show is directed by Rob Hastie. The show features Choreography by Jenny Arnold, the Musical Director is Joe Bunker, Set and costume design by Ben Stones, Lighting design by Mark Henderson, Sound design by Mike Walker, and the Orchestrator & Musical Supervisor is Stephen Sidwell. Operation Mincemeat has enjoyed great reviews for its various London seasons, with TimeOut calling the show a "glorious spoof musical" and The Stage a "masterclass of macabre musical comedy, masterfully performed”. A movie version of the Operation Mincemeat true story was released by Warner Bros. in April this year, starring Colin Firth, directed by Shakespeare in Love director John Madden. More about Operation Mincemeat tickets in London

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