28/07/2026
From the Revel-Horwood truth school and having earlier in the week given a standing ovation to Operation Mincemeat the Musical I would have been happy with a rough-around-the-edges piece of theatre with a surprising twist, so the title was v promising.... (and heads up, I am probably a prude).
In the event I was delighted with (genuinely no particular order) very clever lyrics* (and remember I'd just seen Op Mm), the casting, the girls' accents esp in Church Ladies, the almost immersive experience (don't think you're safe sitting at the back and I'm purposefully talking in code, but it's nothing to do with prudishness or lack of prudishness) which was refreshing from the get-go in what changed a potentially challenging venue into a perfect venue, thank you, Director, and similarly, in that vein, the final scene was extraordinarily vivid! To thoroughly understand what I mean, you need to see it yourself. Hints of Op Mm crossed with Little Shop of Horrors, and if I'm not mistaken, *a nod to Ancient Greece. One teeny tiny thing I didn't grasp.... was Belinda the one who was interviewed for the job at the beginning? Doesn't matter but that's my only question, and even with that unknown, I found it genuinely funny and very clever, and I couldn't laugh as I was concentrating so as not to miss a lyric, my attention was gripped throughout as strongly as that wig must have been. Congratulations!
Thanks to
Zoe Wareham
