Operation Mincemeat, the most exciting production to come out of London’s West End in a hot minute, is finally on its way to Australia, and believe me when I say: you’re not ready for this ride.
It’s an award-winning musical that bravely asks, “World War II… but funny?” The 100 per cent true story about a military intelligence operation involving a stolen corpse and a faked plane crash is not what you might usually think of as fertile ground for comedy, but stay with me. First, you need to understand the real-life Operation Mincemeat, because while Britain now considers it one of the defining acts of World War II, it’s not exactly common knowledge in Australia.
