The Second World War mission Operation Mincemeat is one of those stories that is so utterly bizarre, it’s shocking nobody’s made it into a comedy musical before. As I meet SpitLip in a church in north London where they’ve been rehearsing “God That’s Brilliant”, one of the show’s high-octane early group numbers, you can tell they’re excited – if a …
Operation Mincemeat: The incredible plot that tricked Hitler Alamy In 1943, British agents hatched an elaborate plan to mislead Germany about UK invasion plans – and it's now inspired both a Colin Firth film and a stage musical, writes Natasha Tripney. Alamy The new Operation Mincemeat film stars Matthew MacFadyen and Colin Firth as the scheme's two masterminds Ewen Montagu …
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