Following Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical’s ‘the best musical in decades – a Hamilton and Book of Mormon love child’ development runs receiving twenty-two five-star reviews and the West End premiere run opening this week garnering an incredible thirty-nine five-star reviews, Sony Music’s full Original London Cast Recording is released today on CD, vinyl, streaming and digital. Listen HERE.“I saw @mincemeatlive this week and was blown away by it. Laughed AND cried. Do anything you can to get a ticket”
Dolly Alderton, Sunday Times columnist“Saw Operation Mincemeat last night in the West End. I don’t normally like musicals, but this was incredible! The funniest show I’ve seen since Book of Mormon @mincemeatlive”
Russell Howard, Comedian “The best show in town is back – bigger and better than ever…Do not miss! …This show was already a major triumph, now it is sheer perfection.”
Stefan Kyriazis, The Express “EXCELLENT!”
Daisy Ridley, Actor “An unmissable cluster bomb of creativity”
Neil Norman, The Daily Mirror “a gloriously inventive wartime romp”
Clive Davis, The Times “this gung-ho musical could be just what the West End needs”
Nick Curtis, The Evening Standard After five sold-out development runs at the New Diorama Theatre in 2019 and Southwark Playhouse in 2020, 2021 & 2022, plus an extended Riverside Studios run last summer, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical’s run has recently been extended by six weeks until 19th August (following four weeks of previews). The show follows thirty-three hugely successful years of The Woman In Black at the Fortune Theatre. 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? The production is directed by 2023 Olivier Award nominated Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, National Theatre – 2023 Best New Musical Olivier Award winner), following providing directorial support for the Riverside Studios run, while Olivier Award nominated Jenny Arnold (Jerry Springer: The Opera, National Theatre) continues as choreographer. Also from Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre on the creative team are: 2023 Olivier Award nominated Ben Stones (Sylvia, The Old Vic) as set and costume designer, Tony Award, six-time Olivier Award and Bafta Award winning Mark Henderson (Girl From the North Country, Broadway & Noël Coward Theatre) as lighting designer and Olivier Award winning Mike Walker (Jerry Springer: The Opera, National Theatre) as sound designer. Grammy Award winning and Tony, Emmy, Olivier award nominated Steve Sidwell (Beautiful: The Musical, Broadway & Aldwych Theatre) is orchestrator and vocal arranger. Georgie Staight joins as Associate Director and Paul Isaiah Isles as Associate Choreographer. Operation Mincemeat won The Stage Debut award for Best Composer/Lyricist and the Off-West End award for Best Musical Production and Best Company Ensemble. Following the first New Diorama Theatre run, Operation Mincemeatwas listed in The Observer’s Top 10 shows of the year and most recently was listed in The Independent’s Top 15 shows of the year. The show is currently featured in the V&A’s Re:Imagining Musicals display, exploring how musicals have continuously reimagined, reinvented and reinterpreted themselves over time. The 2023 Off-West End Best Musical Production Award winning returning cast (Southwark Playhouse/ Riverside Studios), David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone and Zoë Roberts, are joined by: Seán Carey (returning Riverside Studios), Geri Allan, Christian Andrews and Holly Sumpton. Operation Mincemeat is written and composed by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts, who form SpitLip. Operation Mincemeat is presented in the West End by Avalon (in association with SpitLip), who have supported since the Southwark Playhouse runs. The show was commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, co-commissioned by The Lowry, and also supported by the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat. Album Tracklist:
Disc 1 - Born To Lead
- God That’s Brilliant
- Dead in the Water
- All The Ladies
- The Pitch
- Making a Man
- Dear Bill
- Sail On, Boys
- Just For Tonight
Disc 2 - Making A Man
- Dear Bill
- Sail on, Boys
- Just For Tonight
- Spilsbury Reprise
- Act As If
- Did We Do It?
- A Glitzy Finale
Disc 3 - Das Ubermensch
- Bevan’s Update
- The Ballad of Willie Watkins
- Spilsbury Reprise
- Useful
Disc 4 - Act as If
- Did We Do It?
- A Glitzy Finale
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