Inventive new comedy Operation Mincemeat is everything we want from a musical – review
We’re already big fans of new musical Operation Mincemeat – we reviewed its 2021 run at the Southwark Playhouse and its 2022 stint at the Riverside Studios, awarding the show a perfect score both times.
We were ridiculously excited when its West End debut was announced, and we interviewed the creative team behind the show, SpitLip, earlier this year, ahead of previews.
Operation Mincemeat has now opened at London’s Fortune Theatre, which is a larger space than we’ve seen it set in before, but it’s still a relatively cosy venue affording the production an intimate feel.
It tells the real-life story of Operation Mincemeat, an audacious deception strategy devised by MI5 during the Second World War to throw Hitler and his forces off course; during the show, we’re introduced to the key players who worked behind the scenes to make it all happen.
