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Operation Mincemeat heads to America

Hit West End comedy musical Operation Mincemeat is to open on New York's Broadway in February, at the Golden Theatre. Meanwhile the London version of the show will continue through until at least March 2025, having now been extended for a tenth time.

British Comedy Guide, 1st October 2024

Oh, do laugh, deary. The Brits have made the year's funniest musical

Operation Mincemeat, a musical by a fresh young British team, is a hit in London's West End and may head across the Atlantic.

Peter Marks, The Washington Post, 24th September 2023

Review: Operation Mincemeat

A corpsing comedy that deserves its cult hit status.

Tim Walker, The New European, 17th May 2023

Review: Operation Mincemeat

It's a story of audacious ingenuity credited with turning the tide of war - yet executed with elements of almost unbelievable farce.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th May 2023

Review: Operation Mincemeat

It makes me punch the proverbial air to see fringe theatre shows that started swimmingly, but in relative obscurity, realise their potential and play to full houses in the West End, complete with queues down the road and sold out signs. Operation Mincemeat is one such success story.

Sandra Giorgetti, British Theatre Guide, 12th May 2023

Review: Operation Mincemeat

The cast perform lightning switches of character countless times during the show, sometimes in the same sentence.

Helen Hawkins, The Arts Desk, 11th May 2023

Review: Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat is the closest thing we have to a British Hamilton.

Katerina Partolina Schwartz, Broadway Baby, 11th 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

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

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