Tony Award and double Olivier award-winning musical launches set to come to The Lowry Theatre in 2026

The multiple award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat will kickstart its landmark world tour at The Lowry Theatre in Salford next year.

The musical will debut at The Lowry Theatre on Monday 16 February and will run for 12 days until Saturday 28 February.

The Lowry Theatre was the venue that first encouraged the writers’ extraordinary debut musical and hosted its first-ever scratch performance in 2017, for a 40-week run that will play at theatres nationwide through 28 November 2026.

The satirical musical tells the story of Operation Mincemeat, the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.

West End alumnae Christian Andrews (Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas, ITV’s D[1]Day 80 at the Royal Albert Hall), Seán Carey (The Play That Goes Wrong, BBC One’s VE Day 80, A Celebration to Remember), Charlotte Hanna-Williams (Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella; Bells are Ringing), and Holly Sumpton (Lovers Actually, BBC One’s VE Day 80, A Celebration to Remember), will play their acclaimed roles once more.

They will be joined by new recruit Jamie-Rose Monk (Rome & Juliet, (the) Woman) to form the cast, while Katy Ellis (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Sappho: The Poetess), Georgina Hagen (Only Fools & Horses, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Jordan Pearson (Back to the Future: The Musical, One Man, Two Guvnors), and Morgan Phillips (Babies, The History Boys) complete the company.

Following the UK leg of the tour, the musical will then travel across four continents. Including the USA, Australia, Canada, China and Mexico. It will also play simultaneously in London and New York.

The show premiered in the West End on 9th May 2023 at the Fortune Theatre, where it won the Olivier and WhatsOnstage Awards for ‘Best New Musical’, alongside garnering 88 five-star reviews and counting, and has become the ‘Best reviewed show in West End history.

The production is directed by Olivier Award-nominated Robert Hastie. It will be playing at The Lowry from 16 February 2026 until 28 February 2026. There will be be accessible performances on 25 February 2026 at 2pm and 7:30pm. There will also be audio-described performances, accessible to blind and partially sighted viewers, on 26 February 2026 at 7:30pm.

More information is availible here.