Operation Mincemeat announces UK tour cast

Hit West End and Broadway musical Operation Mincemeat has announced casting for its first ever UK tour.

The Olivier and Tony Award winning show is touring the UK in 2026, starting at the Lowry in Salford on 16 February 2026 and then playing Bath, Wolverhampton, Fareham, Oxford, Bradford, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Chester, Birmingham, Canterbury, Brighton, York, Milton Keynes, Woking, Newcastle, Plymouth, Kingston upon Hull, Northampton, Nottingham, Eastbourne, Aberdeen, Southend-on-sea, Leeds, Cardiff, Swansea, High Wycombe, Norwich, Dartford, Cambridge, Halifax, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Southampton, and Crawley.

Operation Mincemeat is also now playing at the West End’s Fortune Theatre in London, booking to 27 September 2026.

Reprising their roles from the West End production, the tour cast will star Christian Andrews (Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas) as Hester Leggatt & others; Seán Carey (The Play That Goes Wrong) as Charles Cholmondeley & others; Charlotte Hanna-Williams (Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella) as Jean Leslie & others; and Holly Sumpton (Lovers Actually) as Ewen Montagu & others.

They will be joined by new recruit Jamie-Rose Monk (Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Johnny Bevan & others.

The company is completed by Katy Ellis (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Georgina Hagen (Only Fools & Horses The Musical), Jordan Pearson (Back to the Future The Musical), and Morgan Phillips (The History Boys).

SpitLip, the musical’s writers and composers made up of David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts, said in a statement: “We’re so excited to see Operation Mincemeat heading out on a world tour next year, and the fact that it’s all kicking off at The Lowry, Salford – a venue who have fiercely championed us as theatre makers for over a decade, and where some of us made our professional debuts – is incredibly special. Having launched our show on Broadway this year, we know there’s an appetite (and a need) out there for shows which champion joy, and the power of small groups of people to change the world. We’re also delighted to be welcoming back our agents Christian, Charlotte, Holly and Seán, and welcoming our amazing new recruit Jamie-Rose, to kick off the UK leg of the tour – MI5 couldn’t be in more capable or more spectacularly stupid hands. Father’s never been prouder!”

The UK kicks off Operation Mincemeat’s world tour, which will also travel to the USA, Australia, Canada, China, Mexico and New Zealand.

In Operation Mincemeat, it’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.

The production is directed by Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge) and choreographed by Jenny Arnold (Jerry Springer: The Opera).

The wider creative team includes Set and costume design by Ben Stones, lighting design by Mark Henderson and sound design by Mike Walker. Orchestration and vocal arrangements are by Steve Sidwell, musical supervision by Joe Bunker and musical direction by Sam Sommerfeld. Tour direction is by Georgie Staight, resident direction by Anna Marshall and associate choreography by Paul Isaiah Isles, with casting by Pearson Casting.

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