“Sometimes the jokes hit you so quickly that you barely have time to laugh before the next one comes sweeping along”
“One of those amazing little theatrical gems…one of the best things to hit the London stage in a long time…”
“There are strong echoes of the social satire of Monty Python in its prime, as well as the shape-shifting theatricality of Patrick Barlow’s The 39 Steps.”
“potential to become a cult classic. Go see it now with the original cast, so you can brag about it for years.”
“It distracts you with silliness and with lickety-split lyrics in a Lin-Manuel Miranda-esque mode”
“This is the musical you didn’t know you needed — until you see the expert cast of five embracing and racing through a clutch of preposterous yet endearing characters and musical styles, telling a story with delicious precision”
“the feel-good West End musical of the summer… The reviews for the show have been ecstatic… the overwhelming impression is of hopefulness, expansiveness, possibility and joy.”
“Oh, do laugh, deary. The Brits have made the year’s funniest musical.”
“Part Mel Brooks, part Six, part Hamilton with a side order of One Man, Two Guvnors.”
“This little belter is staging its own audacious invasion plan.”
“Laughing so hard I could barely breathe is not what I expected for a musical about a World War II top-secret plan…”
“Against the odds, the “Operation Mincemeat” gang has found its way to the big time.”
“The little show that roared in the face of bloated blockbusters has executed a flawless transition to mainstream triumph.”
“Pure theatrical serotonin.”
“Before curtain I talked to a fan seeing this for the seventh time. I wondered why anyone would see the same show seven times. Now I know.”
‘The best-reviewed show in West End history’
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It’s London's biggest hit with 74 Five-Star reviews making it “the best-reviewed show in West End history”
The year is 1943 and right now 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, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II.
Bursting at the seams with the kind of chaos you couldn’t invent, the question is: how did a dead body, a fake love letter, and - of all people - Ian Fleming come together to wrong-foot Hitler?
“a little show with a very big future”
David Benedict, Variety
“The Brits have made the year’s funniest musical”
Peter Marks, The Washington Post
“a miraculous musical that tells the entire story in a kind of accelerated farce that is part Mel Brooks, part SIX, part Hamilton with a side order of One Man, Two Guvnors”
Neil Norman, The Daily Mirror
“Hilarious tale makes Mincemeat out of its rivals...Before curtain I talked to a fan seeing this for the seventh time. I wondered why anyone would see the same show seven times. Now I know”
Neil Armstrong, The Mail On Sunday
