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Operation Mincemeat
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5any gender (adult)
Image: 2023 West End Production (Matt Crockett)
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Cast Size
5any gender (adult) -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
- Winner! 2024 Olivier Award for Best New Musical
Winner! WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Musical
Winner! The Stage Debut Award for Best Composer/Lyricist
Winner! Off-West End Award for Best Musical Production
Details
Summary
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 fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won the Allies World War II. The question is, how did a well-dressed corpse wrong-foot Hitler?
History
Cast Attributes
- Time Period 1940s/WWII
- Setting The offices of MI5 and other locations. 1943.
- Features Period Costumes
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Strong Language
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
★★★★★ “[A] masterclass of macabre musical comedy.” – The Stage
67 five-star reviews... and counting!
“Laughing so hard I could barely breathe is not what I expected for a musical about a World War II top-secret plan.” – The Sun
“Glows with theatrical invention and delivers laughs by the gallon… unmissable.” – WhatsOnStage
“Pure theatrical serotonin.” – Metro
“Unfortunately, five stars is the limit. I would happily give many more.” – Broadway Baby
“A gloriously inventive wartime romp.” – The Times
“My far-and-away favorite production.” – The New Yorker
“A Pythonesque wartime romp that doesn’t shortchange the intellect.” – The Daily Telegraph
“Its whip-crack rhymes are fast and funny… the script is well-seasoned with smart, silly asides.” – Time Out
“A finely varied score, and lyrics that shame most big musicals by their dexterousness and ingenuity.” – The Observer
Videos
Operation Mincemeat – 2023 Trailer
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Operation Mincemeat – West End LIVE 2023
Photos
Image: 2023 West End Production (Matt Crockett)
Image: 2023 West End Production (Matt Crockett)
Image: 2023 West End Production (Matt Crockett)
Image: 2023 West End Production (Matt Crockett)
Image: 2023 West End Production (Matt Crockett)
Image: 2023 West End Production (Matt Crockett)
Image: 2023 West End Production (Matt Crockett)
Image: 2023 West End Production (Matt Crockett)
Music
Licensing & Materials
Authors
Natasha Hodgson
Natasha Hodgson is an award-winning writer, actor, comedian and singer. She is Co-Artistic Director of SpitLip and one part of the award-winning dark comedy troupe Kill the Beast. As well as her theatre work, Natasha created and starred in her own critically acclaimed BBC Sou ...
Zoë Roberts
Zoë Roberts is Co-Artistic Director of both SpitLip and Kill the Beast comedy collective, and has been making stupid, award-winning stuff for over a decade. Her theatre credits include: co-writer of Operation Mincemeat (New Diorama Theatre, Southwark Playhouse & Riverside Stu ...
David Cumming
David Cumming is Co-Artistic Director of SpitLip and comedy-horror troupe Kill the Beast – and a freelance theatre-maker/musician in his own right. He works as an actor, writer, director and composer, smashing comedy, drama and music together to create award-winning shows tha ...
Felix Hagan
Felix Hagan is Co-Artistic Director of SpitLip, and a freelance composer and performer in a multitude of different acts and guises. Felix specializes in fusing music and lyrics with vast amounts of excitement and joy, drawing inspiration from classic musical theatre, preposte ...
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