The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat has announced a further 34,000 tickets for its UK and Ireland tour extension, following the sale of more than 305,000 tickets and over 25 weeks of sold-out performances on the current touring leg.
The production, created by SpitLip and directed by Robert Hastie, began its tour with two sold-out weeks at The Lowry in Salford, playing to its largest theatre audiences to date. The current leg will conclude on 28 November after 304 performances.
The newly announced extension includes an additional week in Birmingham, taking the engagement to a two-week run, and a further week in Salford, where the musical will now play for three weeks at The Lowry. The production will also return to Plymouth as part of the expanded schedule.
The second leg of the tour opens in Dartford on 23 February 2027 before embarking on a 39-week journey across the UK and Ireland. New destinations include Belfast, Dublin, Liverpool, Blackpool and Leicester.
The announcement comes as Operation Mincemeat continues its international expansion. The North American leg launched in September with performances at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Island, attracting the largest audiences in the show’s history.
An Australian production is also set to open at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre before the musical continues on to New Zealand, China and Mexico, taking the hit production across four continents.
Meanwhile, the West End production continues its record-breaking run at the Fortune Theatre, recently extending for a 19th time through to 29 May 2027. On Broadway, the show has also been extended and will continue at the Golden Theatre until 4 July 2027.
Set in 1943, Operation Mincemeat tells the extraordinary true story of the secret wartime mission that helped change the course of World War II. Combining sharp comedy, inventive storytelling and a remarkable true-life tale, the musical has become one of British theatre’s biggest success stories.
Written by SpitLip, comprising David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts, the production first premiered at New Diorama Theatre in 2019 before transferring to the West End in 2023, where it won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
Tickets for the newly announced tour dates go on pre-sale from 10am on 18 November, with general sale opening at 10am on 19 November.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
