Operation Mincemeat West End

Operation Mincemeat

Run Time:
150 minutes including 20 minute interval.
Ages: 5+
Opened: May 9, 2023
Closing: September 22, 2024
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Fortune Theatre
(Covent Garden) Russell Street London
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The year is 1943 and we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse.

Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Noel Coward meets Noel Fielding, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. The question is, how did a well-dressed corpse wrong-foot Hitler?


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Olivier-Winning OPERATION MINCEMEAT Is Eying Broadway
by Rialto Chatter - May 8, 2024


Just last month at the Olivier Awards, Operation Mincemeat took home the big prize for Best New Musical. Now, according to a recent post on the show's website, producers are eying a move to Broadway, but are asking the public to weigh in first...

OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL Extends in the West End
by Stephi Wild - February 5, 2024


Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical has extended its West End run for the eighth time through 16th November 2024. Operation Mincemeatfollows thirty-three hugely successful years of The Woman In Black at the Fortune Theatre.

Colin Firth Visits OPERATION MINCEMEAT in the West End
by Blair Ingenthron - January 28, 2024


Colin Firth has finally paid a visit to the West End production of Operation Mincemeat. This visit has been long awaited by SplitLip, the creators of Operation Mincemeat, now in its seventh extension at Fortune Theatre in the West End. Check out the photo here!

OPERATION MINCEMEAT Launches Open Auditions
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 3, 2024


Cult musical Operation Mincemeat will hold open auditions in London and Manchester this month.

OPERATION MINCEMEAT Announces Seventh West End Extension
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 12, 2023


Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical has extended its West End run for the seventh time until 22 September 2024.

OPERATION MINCEMEAT to Unveil Plaque for Hester Leggatt
by Aliya Al-Hassan - November 24, 2023


Following dedicated fans of Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical successfully uncovering the missing pieces of MI5 secretary Hester May Murray Leggatt's life, a plaque in her honour is set to be unveiled at the Fortune Theatre on 11 December, six months after the show’s West End premiere.

OPERATION MINCEMEAT Announces Creative Learning Workshops
by Aliya Al-Hassan - November 14, 2023


From aspiring West End performers to those who want to gain more confidence in performing, Operation Mincemeat have partnered with ATG’s West End Creative Learning department to offer pre-show workshops to schools and community organisations who are booked to see the West End phenomenon

Guest Blog: 'I Couldn't Let the Matter Go': Erin Edwards on OPERATION MINCEMEAT, MI5 and the Campaign to #FindHester
by Aliya Al-Hassan - November 3, 2023


In 1943, MI5 secretary Hester Leggatt played a vital role in an operation to fool the Nazis, by writing fake love letters to be found on a corpse. Hester's own story remained a mystery until Operation Mincemeat inspired fans, known as mincefluencers, to #FindHester. Erin Edwards wrote to MI5, asking for confirmation that Hester had worked in the wartime security services. Here she tells BroadwayWorld about her own research and eventually receiving written confirmation from MI5 about Hester.

OPERATION MINCEMEAT Extends for the Sixth Time
by Aliya Al-Hassan - November 1, 2023


Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical - 65 five-star reviews and counting - “a hilarious new musical that rivals The Book of Mormon for laughs”  (Vogue), has extended its West End run for the sixth time through 15th June 2024.

Operation Mincemeat FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How long has Operation Mincemeat been running on the West End?
Operation Mincemeat opened at the Fortune Theatre on Tuesday May 09, 2023 and has now been running for 11 months.

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