Operation Mincemeat
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Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical and a 2025 Tony Award®-winning musical on Broadway.
It’s London’s biggest hit with 88 Five-Star reviews making it the best-reviewed show in West End history, hailed by Peter Marks in The Washington Post as “the year’s funniest musical”.
The year is 1943 and we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse.
Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. Bursting at the seams with the kind of chaos you couldn’t invent, the question is: how did a dead body, a fake love letter, and - of all people - Ian Fleming come together to wrong-foot Hitler?
Show Information
Dates
19 October 2026 – 24 October 2026Venue
The Arts Theatre CambridgeTickets
From £40.50
Running Time
2 hours and 35 minutes (inc interval)
Age Guidance
14+
Show Guidance
This performance contains loud noises, flashing lights, smoke effects and lights that replicate a strobe effect feature
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The SunLaughing so hard I could barely breathe is not what I expected for a musical about a World War II top-secret plan
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The Daily MirrorPart Mel Brooks, part SIX, part Hamilton with a side order of One Man, Two Guvnors
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Daily MailBefore curtain I talked to a fan seeing this for the seventh time. I wondered why anyone would see the same show seven times. Now I know
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