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SpitLip's award-winning show, based on an audacious episode of wartime espionage, takes over from The Woman in Black at the Fortune theatre 'It feels completely unbelievable. And, also, like…
By Douglas Mayo Acclaimed new musical Operation Mincemeat is to transfer to the West End's Fortune Theatre for a limited season from March 2023. This post Operation Mincemeat transfers to Fo…
The theatre company SpitLip talk to Isobel Lewis about turning 'Operation Mincemeat' into a musical comedy for the stage " 'it's a British tradition to make fun of the terrible things we do'
By Douglas Mayo Following three sold-out runs at Southwark Playhouse, Operation Mincemeat moving to Riverside Studios from 28 April to 9 July 2022. This post Operation Mincemeat moves to Riv…
I have a sneaking suspicion that we have not seen the last of this little musical gem, which is - incredibly - inspired by a real-life World War II espionage episode demonstrating British pl…
SpitLip's comedy musical about one of the most insane World War II operations is a triumph.
SplitLip's comedy musical about a little-known wartime plot is as daring as it is comic
Is the quite splendid "Operation Mincemeat" ridiculously clever or cleverly ridiculous? Both. Making a song-n-dance show out of a real-life, stiff-upper-lip, British World War II intelligenc…
NOT A REVIEW BUT MIGHT SEND YOU THERE… Take this as a report not a review, because actual work commitments made me skip at the interval. But I was persuaded to the long 70 minute first…
Southwark Playhouse has announced a new slate of productions for spring 2020 as they prepare to move into new premises. How many have you booked for already?
New Diorama, LondonAn abundance of wit and one-liners can't make up for the lack of directorial focus in SpitLip's antiwar satire With whip-smart humour and a stellar soundtrack, SpitLip tra…
Dorfman; New Diorama; Regent's Park; Royal Court, LondonA startlingly innovative play turns the audience into East German snoopers and a clever musical tackles a wartime ruse What a whirligi…
The true story of a British intelligence operation is told with plenty of panache and satirical social commentary (and heaps of high camp) in smashing new show Operation Mincemeat.
In the middle of this madcap musical about a particularly bizarre espionage plot during the Second World War, the flooringly funny piss-take