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Review: Operation Mincemeat
Creating a show that is incredibly clever, hysterically well written, full of catchy musical numbers, choreographed to perfection and flawlessly performed, is a near impossible to pull off mission not unlike the original Operation Mincemeat itself. SpitLip are creative geniuses - their historically hilarious show will undoubtedly have a long, successful future ahead of it, some musicals are born to follow, this one is definitely born to lead.
Christine Stanton, The Reviews Hub, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
This is a joy, quirky and full-hearted, musically adroit and fast-moving and witty.
theatreCat, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat is the wittiest, most exciting, and most fun show in the West End right now.
Lost in Theatreland, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
"Brilliant thriller, brilliant comedy, brilliant musical".
Tim Bano, The Stage, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
To be in an audience that roars and screams with laughter and then fall silent as loss in remembered is quite an experience. Just go!
Paul T Davies, BritishTheatre.com, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
A joyously homegrown new comedy musical.
Fiona Mountford, i Newspaper, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
It's 1943, the Nazis are at the door, and all of Britain's hopes are pinned on a floating corpse in dazzlingly inventive new musical.
James Harvey, WhyNow, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
The most exciting fringe musical of the past decade finally opens in the West End.
Cindy Marcolina, Broadway World, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
Genuine hilarity with enormous heart on the West End stage.
Theo Bosanquet, What's On Stage, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
Mincemeat the musical has wit, charm and a Eurobeat number for a Nazi boyband.
Nick Curtis, Evening Standard, 10th May 2023
John Hastings interview
Award-winning Canadian comedian John Hastings returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this August with his latest show: The Time They Are A John Hastings.
Karen Woodham, Blazing Minds, 10th May 2023
Archive: Why video disc jockeys need to change horses
"Will video kill the radio star? Or will it be Kenny Everett?" An archive feature from TV Times from 1980 covering The Kenny Everett Video Show.
Martyn Sutton, This Is Thames, 10th May 2023
Student Comedy Award 2023: Meet the final finalists
The remaining finalists for this year's Chortle Student Comedy Award have been chosen.
Chortle, 10th May 2023
Underbelly puts more comedy shows on sale
The Underbelly has put another batch of Edinbugh Fringe shows on sale.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2023
Monkey Barrel announces more Edinburgh shows
Monkey Barrel Comedy has released tickets for more Edinburgh Fringe 2023 shows.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2023
Pleasance announces latest batch of Edinburgh Shows
The third Edinburgh Fringe announcement for the Pleasance Theatre Trust features further comedic names and noteworthy newcomers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
If there's one show to see this year, make it Operation Mincemeat; if there are two, make it Operation Mincemeat twice.
Jim Compton-Hall, The Upcoming, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
A gloriously inventive wartime romp.
Clive Davis, The Times, 10th May 2023
Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical announces West End cast
The complete cast of puppeteers and voice-over artists of the West End transfer of Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical has been revealed.
Tom Millward, What's On Stage, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
Genuinely laugh-out-loud funny, with memorable songs and a pitch-perfect cast - this show was born to lead!
Debbie, Mind the Blog, 10th May 2023
Wife Material review
Heleana and Sophia Blackwell are clearly a joyfully married couple, as much in love now as they were when they first started dating a decade ago. Unfortunately, comedy is easier to grow from misery than happiness - which means Wife Material ends up more sweet than laugh-out-loud funny.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th May 2023
Dream gig: Alasdair Beckett-King
Stellar stand-up and online sensation Alasdair Beckett-King takes us to England's Home of Mystery.
Alasdair Beckett-King, The Skinny, 10th May 2023
Bill Bailey wins neighbour war to build pool in garden
Bill Bailey has won his battle with neighbours to install a swimming pool in his back garden after they moaned it was already a "noisy and smelly zoo".
The Sun, 10th May 2023
David Walliams wants to work on Fawlty Towers reboot
David Walliams has revealed he'd love to join forces with John Cleese on the upcoming Fawlty Towers reboot.
Eleanor Dye, Daily Mail, 10th May 2023
Review: Operation Mincemeat
A gem of a show that is more than deserving of its place in the West End and its spot in the canon of great, original, British musicals.
Lily Middleton, Everything Theatre, 10th May 2023
Gossip from ITVX Comedy Showcase
Alan Carr feared putting a curse on the young actor picked to play him as a lad. Katherine Parkinson reckons creating chemistry with a co-star is almost impossible - unless you fancy them. Jaime Winstone was meant to play a classic Essex girl in ITVX comedy Count Abdulla. But she convinced bosses to ditch the typecasting and let her be a punk dominatrix vampire.
Felicity Cross, The Sun, 10th May 2023Inside Inside No. 9
Death. Dancing. Denial. Depression. Dishes best served cold. Who doesn't love a dark, twisty tale from the BBC Two television phenomenon that is Inside No. 9?
Carole Solazzo, Royal Television Society, 10th May 2023US Comedian Myq Kaplan returns to Edinburgh Fringe
After 20 years of performing sell-out stand-up, the show's romantic theme is perfect for the post-pandemic world, where values about what is truly important and how we see the world have changed.
Voice Magazine, 10th May 2023Joe McTernan interview
Joe will bring his exciting, high-energy debut show to this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
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Painting Birds With Jim And Nancy Moir
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Jamie MacDonald: Life On The Blink
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