Theatre · Sound Design 2019 Southwark Playhouse (and New Diorama Theatre)
Operation Mincemeat
Photo © Matt Crockett
SpitLip's Operation Mincemeat — comedy musical of the WW2 deception operation that washed a corpse onto Spanish shores carrying false battle plans — across multiple Southwark Playhouse runs (2020–2022) following its 2019 New Diorama Theatre development, before the West End transfer to the Fortune Theatre. Sound Designer Mike Walker.
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Credits
Role
Associate Sound Designer
Collaborators
- Director (Southwark transfers onwards) Robert Hastie
- Director (New Diorama 2019 development) Donnacadh O'Briain
- Sound Designer Mike Walker
- Lighting Designer Mark Henderson
- Set & Costume Designer Ben Stones
- Choreographer Jenny Arnold
- Music, Lyrics & Book David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts (SpitLip)
- Orchestrator / Vocal Arranger Steve Sidwell
- Producer (with Avalon from 2022 onwards) SpitLip
Recognition
Olivier Winner Best New Musical and Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (Jak Malone); 4 further nominations — Oliviers 2024 WhatsOnStage Winner Best New Musical — WhatsOnStage Awards 2024 Tony Winner Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Jak Malone); Best Musical, Best Book (SpitLip) and Best Original Score nominated — Tony Awards 2025 Drama Desk Winner Outstanding Lyrics (SpitLip) and Outstanding Featured Performance (Jak Malone); Outstanding Book nominated — Drama Desk Awards 2025 Outer Critics Nominated Outstanding New Broadway Musical plus 5 further nominations incl. Jak Malone — Outer Critics Circle 2025 Theatre World Winner Outstanding Broadway Debut (Jak Malone) — Theatre World Award 2025
Associate Sound Designer on Operation Mincemeat across the Southwark Playhouse era (2019–2022), prior to its West End transfer. Sound Designer Mike Walker. SpitLip’s musical of the WWII deception operation.