Award-winning West End musical Operation Mincemeat is set to perform at a special celebration commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings during World War II.
Broadcast by ITV on Sunday 9 June 2024, D-Day 80: Remembering the Normandy Landings at the Royal Albert Hall will be hosted by Davina McCall.
The event will take place at the Albert Hall on Thursday 6 June 2024.
The live event will feature the TV premiere of Operation Mincemeat performing “Dear Bill” from the Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, which is now playing at the Fortune Theatre in London.
Katie Ashby, founder and lead vocalist of The D-Day Darlings will also perform for the Royal Albert Hall audience, plus there will be more special guests on the night including some of the last-remaining D-Day and Normandy Veterans. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra will also perform, and the Normandy Veterans of the Allied Campaign.Â
The following ITV and ITVX programme will show highlights from the concert, and tell the story of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy through a unique blend of music and archive, with letters and diary entries charting the historic events of the summer of 1944.
Host Davina McCall said in a statement: “I feel truly honoured to be part of this very special D-Day event, telling the stories of incredible people who sacrificed so much. It’s a subject close to my heart, and I am looking forward to what I know will be a very moving and memorable event.”
The charity partner for the event is the British Normandy Memorial.
Last week Operation Mincemeat had a big cast change at the Fortune Theatre, and now stars Chloe Hart as Johnny Bevan & others, Emily Barber as Ewen Montagu & others, Christian Andrews as Hester Leggatt & others, Seán Carey as Charles Cholmondeley & others, and Claire-Marie Hall as Jean Leslie & others.
Operation Mincemeat is now booking to 16 November 2024.
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