Operation Mincemeat (West End)
Ends Jan 2025 2h 10m
Operation Mincemeat (West End)
87%
87%
(322 Ratings)
Positive
87%
Mixed
8%
Negative
5%
Members say
Clever, Entertaining, Funny, Delightful, Hilarious

About the Show

The award-winning comedy musical about a corpse used to win a war transfers to the West End.

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Critic Reviews (14)

BroadwayWorld
May 10th, 2023

" 'Operation Mincemeat' [is] the unlikely diamond of the West End. It has everything: an enthralling plot inhabited by surprising characters, a game of egos and justice, a ruse in the ruse, and a cast who deserve to be showered in awards."
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Theatre Weekly (UK)
May 9th, 2023

It’s very clear to see why this new British musical has seen such success, and has already amassed an army of loyal fans. The audience reaction on press night was one of overwhelming love for a hard working cast that delivers the goods. Operation Mincemeat is pure joy from start to finish, and a wonderfully unique addition to the West End.
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Lost in Theatreland (UK)
May 10th, 2023

"'Operation Mincemeat' is the wittiest, most exciting, and most fun show in the West End right now. It’s impossible not to love this show, it’s incredibly clever and joyous to watch. If you can only see one show in London this year, it should be this one."
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Everything Theatre (UK)
May 10th, 2023

"The staging is ingenious. It’s easy to imagine its humbler beginnings, yet the added pizzazz enhances the performance. Relatively modest throughout, with one main set and clever use of props, it takes us right to the heart of the war rooms, before the spectacular ending places this right back in the West End."
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Time Out London
May 10th, 2023

"Really, it’s a delight from start to finish. Generally it avoids taking the war too seriously, and that’s fine...I’ll be intrigued to see how it holds up when the cast who created it moves on – their chemistry really is off the chart – but for now I think it’s safe to say that the operation has been a total success."
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The Telegraph (UK)
May 10th, 2023

"What the show has in winning spades ... is a Pythonesque delight in irreverence that doesn’t short-change the intellect, delineating the journeys each character goes on, the social transformation the war engendered, and the pathos attending the macabre plot."
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The London Evening Standard
May 10th, 2023

" 'Mincemeat' the musical has wit, charm, a subversive attitude to gender, a surprising amount of pathos, and a Eurobeat number for a Nazi boyband."
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The Stage (UK)
May 10th, 2023

"It is that balance of comedy and heart that is this show’s great strength, and with a couple of new songs and a stronger book, it is better than ever. A brilliant spy thriller, a brilliant comedy, and a brilliant musical all rolled into one, it is exhilarating to see it hit the West End."
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