Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat to visit Theatre Royal Bath in 2026 as part of new World Tour

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, the Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated Best Musical, is bound for the Theatre Royal Bath, appearing from 2 - 14 March 2026 as part of a globe-spanning World Tour. Tickets for the tour dates in Bath go on sale to Associate Members on 28 May, with Friends Booking from 30 May, and General Booking from 6 June 2025. 

This afternoon’s World Tour announcement, made at the entrance to the United Nations in New York City, comes hot on the heels of the production’s third Broadway extension to February 2026 and its fifteenth West End extension.

Image: Operation Mincemeat

In Operation Mincemeat, it’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.

SpitLip, the musical’s writers and composers, commented:

"Broadway opened the literal world to us, and we couldn't be more grateful for every unpredictable twist of this astonishing journey. Most of all, we wish to thank the audiences who continue to carry this show with love and enthusiasm. Operation Mincemeat reminds us that in uncertain times, the bonds between allies are more important than ever - and that message feels especially relevant as we consider all the great nations in which our show will now have the opportunity to play. This show continues to be the adventure of a lifetime, and we're wildly excited about what's to come.”

The world tour begins in February 2026 at The Lowry in Manchester, UK - the venue that first encouraged the Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated writing team to create their debut musical, co-commissioned the production, and supported its early development, including hosting its first-ever scratch performance in 2017.

The decision to write the musical was the last roll of the dice from the quartet of young British creatives after years of performing sketch shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and echoes the journey of Beyond the Fringe from the world-famous quartet Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1960 before moving to the Fortune Theatre and later to the Golden in 1962.

Operation Mincemeat began as a tiny (and tiny-budgeted) production at London’s New Diorama Theatre. The show quickly gained a devoted following, spurring sold-out runs at venues including Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios. It premiered in the West End in May 2023 at the

Fortune Theatre, where it has since received 74 five-star reviews and counting, becoming ‘the Best Reviewed Show in West End History.’ Now in its third sold-out year, the show continues to play to standing-room-only crowds and has built one of London’s most passionate fanbases, affectionately known as the "Mincefluencers”. Directed by Robert Hastie, the musical transferred to Broadway in February 2025 and is now playing at the historic Golden Theatre.

Operation Mincemeat has been nominated for 64 awards since opening at the 77-seat New Diorama Theatre in 2019, winning 13, including Best Musical 3 times, from the Olivier Awards, WhatsOnStage Awards, and Off-West End Awards. On Broadway, the show is nominated for 4 Tony Awards in 2025, including Best Musical. The production has also received nominations for Outstanding Production of a Musical at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding New Broadway Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Musical at the BroadwayWorld Theater Fans' Choice Awards, and Favourite New Musical at the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards.

SpitLip - David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts - are nominated for Best Book and Best Score at the Tony Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Broadway World Theater Fans' Choice Awards. They have also received Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Book of a Musical and Outstanding Lyrics.

Operation Mincemeat tours to the Theatre Royal Bath from Monday 2 to Saturday 14 March 2026. Tickets go on sale to Members on 28 May with General Booking opening on 6 June 2025, at the Theatre Royal Bath Box Office on +44 (0)1225 448844 and online at theatreroyal.org.uk.