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New cast joins West End’s Operation Mincemeat

As the award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat enters into its fourth year in the West End, the production has welcomed a number of new cast members to the stage at the Fortune Theatre.

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Operation Mincemeat – Theatre Royal Bath and Touring

Operation Mincemeat was reviewed at Theatre Royal Bath where it continues until 14 March 2026. The UK leg of the world tour continues until 28 November 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Yes, they made a bloody musical – and God, it’s brilliant.

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Operation Mincemeat – Fortune Theatre

Operation Mincemeat continues at the Fortune Theatre, London until 28 February 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Uplifting, clever, emboldening – it’s no surprise that audience members can be seen grinning from start to finish.

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Operation Mincemeat – Fortune Theatre

Opera Mincemeat continues at the Fortune Theatre, London, currently booking until 25 January 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The new roll call is simply first class and the chemistry between the characters is palpable.

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Extension number nine for West End’s Operation Mincemeat

Just a few weeks after the debut of the new cast, the West End premiere run of the award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat has been extended for a ninth time with performances at the Fortune Theatre now planned through to 25 January 2025.

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Plaque to be unveiled honouring Operation Mincemeat’s Hester

Superfans of Operation Mincemeat who uncovered the truth about unsung heroine Hester May Leggatt are being rewarded with the unveiling of a plaque in her honour at of the award-winning musical’s West End home, the Fortune Theatre.

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Music Review: Operation Mincemeat – Original Cast Recording

Operation Mincemeat – Original Cast Recording (Sony Music CG). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Operation Mincemeat – Fortune Theatre

Operation Mincemeat continues at the Fortune Theatre, London until 19 August 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Robert Hastie to direct West End transfer of Operation Mincemeat

Best Director Olivier Award 2023 nominee Robert Hastie will direct the West End transfer run of award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat.

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West End run for SpitLip’s much acclaimed show Operation Mincemeat

After sold-out development runs at the New Diorama Theatre in 2019 and Southwark Playhouse in 2020, 2021 and 2022, plus an extended Riverside Studios run this summer, SpitLip’s Operation Mincemeat transfers to the West End’s Fortune Theatre from 29 March to 9 May 2023.

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Operation Mincemeat – Riverside Studios, London

Operation Mincemeat continues at the Riverside Studios, London until 9 July 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ah, remember a few months ago when a light-hearted comedy about war was an uncomplicated evening’s entertainment? Now, increasingly and terrifyingly, a third world war no longer feels impossible, and everybody is a little […]

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Extended run for Operation Mincemeat at Riverside Studios

Award-winning new musical Operation Mincemeat will follow three sold-out runs at the Southwark Playhouse with an extended run in its new home, London’s Riverside Studios from 28 April 2022. Featuring the new version of the show re-worked and extended during lockdown, SpitLip’s innovative take on a strange but true story of a secret mission in […]

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Operation Mincemeat – Southwark Playhouse

Operation Mincemeat continues at the Southwark Playhouse Large, London until 19 February 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you didn’t catch SpitLip’s oblique – and hilarious – retelling of this Second World War mission at its last outing in Southwark, then you absolutely must get yourself down to SE1 in double-time, before […]

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Theatre rising stars recognised in The Stage 25 list

Twenty-five individuals or partnerships tipped to be future stars of the UK theatre industry feature on a new list unveiled to celebrate 25 years of the prestigious The Stage 100. Backed by titans of the theatre including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh and Sonia Friedman, The Stage 25 is made up of 25 theatre-makers with […]

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Operation Mincemeat – New Diorama Theatre

Operation Mincemeat continues at the New Diorama Theatre, London until 15 June 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩  A musical about a corpse dressed up by MI6 to fool the Nazi high command is not something you come across every day. It’s even more astonishing that this is a historically accurate […]

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