Operation Mincemeat Original West End Cast Recording Now Available
Sony Music and Sony Masterworks (USA) has now released the full original London cast recording of Operation Mincemeat – A New Musical.
Produced by Grammy Award winning and Tony, Emmy, Olivier award nominated Steve Sidwell, the album features recordings from the 2023 Off-West End award-winning cast. The cast includes Claire as well as David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone and Zoë Roberts, alongside an in-house band.
The director is Robert Hastie, supported by Olivier Award nominated Jenny Arnold, who continues as choreographer. Also on the creative team are set and costume designer 2023 Olivier Award nominated Ben Stones, lighting designer Tony Award, six-time Olivier Award and Bafta Award winning Mark Henderson, sound designer Olivier Award winning Mike Walker, orchestrator and vocal arranger Grammy Award winning and award nominated Steve Sidwell and associate director Georgie Staight.
Operation Mincemeat is written and composed by Cumming, Felix Hagan, Hodgson and Roberts, who form SpitLip. The show is presented in the West End by Avalon (in association with SpitLip), who have supported the show since the Southwark Playhouse runs. The show was commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, co-commissioned by the Lowry, and supported by the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat with additional support from Avalon.
The album is now available via streaming and digital platforms as well as CD and vinyl which can ordered via https://operationmincemeatstore.com.
The track listing is as follows:
Born To Lead
God That’s Brilliant
Dead in the Water
All the Ladies
The Pitch
Making a Man
Dear Bill
Sail on, Boys
Just for Tonight
Das Ubermensch
Bevan’s Update
The Ballad of Willie Watkins
Spilsbury Reprise
Useful
Act as If
Did We Do It?
A Glitzy Finale