--- site: London Drum url: https://londondrum.com/events/?p=51666 canonical: https://londondrum.com/events/?p=51666 title: "Operation Mincemeat Tickets · Fortune Theatre, London · Until 20 Feb 2027" description: "A WW2 operation where we fooled the enemy by stuffing plans into a well-dressed corpse" author: London Drum updated: 2026-09-07 clipped: 2026-11-15 --- # Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre ![Operation Mincemeat at Fortune Theatre](https://londondrum.com/i/eve/operation-mincemeat.webp)
## Useful things to know before your visit Address: Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, Covent Garden WC2B 5HH. Telephone: 0333 009 6690 ### What are the dates and times? 29th March 2023 to [20th February 2027](https://londondrum.com/events/?m=20-february) · 7.30 PM (Mon-Sat) · 3 PM matinee (Tue & Sat) ### How long does the show last? 2 hours 35 mins, with interval ### How much do the tickets cost? Seats from £20 ### Which buses go to Fortune Theatre? Bus routes 6, 9, 13 and 23 all stop close by ### Which is the closest train station? The nearest station is [Covent Garden](https://londondrum.com/transport/trains.php?station=covent-garden) on the Piccadilly line. It only takes three minutes to walk to Fortune Theatre ### Which other attractions are nearby? These attractions are all within 15 minutes walk of Fortune Theatre: Transport Museum, Covent Garden, Courtauld Gallery, Hunterian Museum, Sir John Soane's Museum, Royal Courts of Justice, Cleopatra's Needle, Lincoln's Inn, Temple Bar, National Portrait Gallery, Benjamin Franklin House, Leicester Square, Chinatown, National Gallery and British Museum _Singin' In The Rain_ meets _Strangers On A Train_ in this fast-paced, hilarious new musical about a real-life operation in World War II. It's 1943 and the war isn't going well, so British intelligence officers come up with a madcap plan to commandeer the body of a homeless man and dress him up as a well-dressed corpse - a fictitious Captain of the Royal Marines called William Martin - then stuff some personal items and made-up military information into his pockets to trick the enemy into ignoring the Allied invasion of Sicily. ![](https://londondrum.com/i/eve/operation-mincemeat1.webp) If the enemy swallows their twisted mission then it might actually help to shorten the war, but is British intelligence really going to gamble all of our futures on a stolen body? [Video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/2I20ecFriDo) ## What the theatre critics say... **Financial Times:** ★★★★★ _"There are some big, blowsy shows around in the West End, but this little belter is staging its own audacious invasion plan"_ **Daily Mirror:** ★★★★★ _"A miraculous musical that tells the entire story in a kind of accelerated farce that is part Mel Brooks, part SIX, part Hamilton with a side order of One Man, Two Guvnors"_ **Daily Mail:** ★★★★★ _"But whoof! It blew the roof clean off. Hoots and tears welcomed this ingenious, touching musical. Taut lyrics, vintage gags, a wild tale and tunes that followed me out into the night air, in hums and whistles. Perfection... An artisanal masterpiece"_ **Mail On Sunday:** _"Before 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"_ **The Sun:** _"Laughing so hard I could barely breathe is not what I expected for a musical about a World War II top-secret plan"_ ## Operation Mincemeat Cast & Creatives **Director:** _Robert Hastie_ **Written by:** _David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoe Roberts_ **Cast:** _Madeleine Jackson-Smith, Amy Parker, Ahmed Hamad, Benjamin Durham, Chlöe Hart, Molly Cutter, Colm Gleeson, Jason Kajdi, Charlotte Fleming, Amy Parker_ **Music and lyrics:** _David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoe Roberts_ I've ranked watching a West End show as ★15 in [my must-do list for London](https://londondrum.com/planner/top-25-ultimate-bucket-list.php)