The award-winning musical “Operation Mincemeat” will soon be performed live on stage in Chester. The city’s renowned arts hub, Storyhouse, is welcoming the production for a string of shows this spring and tickets are already on sale.
Described as a combination of “Strangers on a Train” and “Singin’ in the Rain”, the wildly successful musical is fast-paced, laugh-out-loud and based on a hard-to-believe true story set in 1943 about a secret mission that won the allies World War II.
In 2024, Operation Mincemeat was nominated for six Lawrence Olivier Awards and took home two for “Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical” and “Best New Musical”. It has won acclaim in London, where it is known as the best reviewed show in the history of West End theatre, and across the Atlantic it took a Tony Award home for its run on Broadway.
The musical was the debut production of SpitLip, a musical comedy troupe with its members, David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, Felix Hagan, and Zoë Roberts is credited for its music, lyrics and book.
Operation Mincemeat can now be seen in the Storyhouse Main Theatre during its run, which starts on Monday, May 4 and ends on Saturday, May 9. The show is around two hours and 35 minutes long (which includes an interval), and tickets are priced between £36.50 and £64 or between £33 and £57.75 for Storyhouse members. The theatre is based on Hunter Street in the heart of Chester.