“OPERATION MINCEMEAT” AND AVALON ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH HAL LEONARD FOR GLOBAL PRINT INTEREST
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
HAL LEONARD
PARTNERS WITH AVALON
TO EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENT
GLOBAL PRINT INTERESTS FOR
TONY® AND OLIVIER AWARD® -WINNING
“OPERATION MINCEMEAT”
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“It’s not just the best musical I’ve ever seen; it’s the most rewarding theatrical experience I’ve ever had,” said Taffy Brodesser-Akner (The New York Times).
New York, NY (July 8, 2026) – Hal Leonard, the world’s largest printed music publisher and part of Muse Group, today announces a new partnership with Avalon to exclusively represent the global physical and digital print interests for the hit Tony and Olivier Award®-winning musical Operation Mincemeat, now playing simultaneously on Broadway, in the West End, and on a world tour.
The new agreement will see Hal Leonard develop and distribute a range of official sheet music publications, beginning with the Operation Mincemeat Vocal Selections folio, available for pre-order on Friday July 10th.
Fans who sign up to the mailing list HERE by Friday, July 10th will receive exclusive pre-order links when they are released at 9am ET that day, ahead of the Vocal Selections folio going on general sale later this summer.
Further physical and digital formats will follow as part of a wider product schedule, bringing the show’s music to performers, musicians and fans internationally.
Louise Unsworth, Global Head of Publishing Strategy & Partnerships at Hal Leonard / Muse Group, said: “We are proud to partner with Operation Mincemeat, a show with an extraordinary track record of five-star reviews and sold-out extensions. As the production expands internationally — with the West End, Broadway and world tour shows running concurrently — we’re thrilled to help deepen the connection between the show and its growing global fanbase through a new range of official print publications.”
Jon Thoday, Producer at Avalon, added: “We’re delighted to partner with Hal Leonard, a leader in music publishing. As Operation Mincemeat continues to build its global fanbase, this partnership paves the way for audiences and performers around the world to experience the music in a new and exciting way.”
In Operation Mincemeat, it’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.
Since premiering at the 77-seat New Diorama Theatre in 2019, Operation Mincemeat has been nominated for 68 awards and won 24, including Best Musical 4 times, from the Olivier Awards®, WhatsOnStage Awards, BroadwayWorld Theater Fans’ Choice Awards, and Off-West End Awards. On Broadway, the show was nominated for 4 Tony Awards® in 2025, including Best Musical. The production won Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Jak Malone’s portrayal of Hester Leggatt, who previously won the Olivier Award® in the same category.
Written by triple Tony Award nominees SpitLip (comprised of David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts), and directed by Deputy Artistic Director at the National Theatre Robert Hastie, Operation Mincemeat recently announced its 18th – and biggest – extension at the West End’s Fortune Theatre, with performances now running through 20th February 2027, while the Broadway production has confirmed its 9th extension at the Golden Theatre, booking until 14th February 2027. This comes alongside the launch of the Operation Mincemeat World Tour, which opened with a sold-out, two-week run at the Lowry in the 1800-seater earlier this year, beginning a 40-week UK leg before travelling across four continents, with a North American leg this autumn, followed by Australia, China, Mexico and New Zealand.
Operation Mincemeat is produced in the West End, on Broadway, and on tour by Avalon (in association with SpitLip). The show was commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, co-commissioned by The Lowry, and also supported by the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.
A B O U T M U S E G R O U P
Muse Group is a global leader in music education and technology, operating industry-leading brands including Ultimate Guitar, MuseScore, Hal Leonard, Audacity, Audio.com, and MuseHub. The company serves millions of musicians, learners, educators, creators, publishers, and audio professionals worldwide through digital platforms, music publishing, educational content, software and audio tools. Founded by Eugeny Naidenov, Muse Group is led by a team deeply rooted in music, technological innovation, and its loyal creator community.
A B O U T H A L L E O N A R D
Hal Leonard, which joined Muse Group in 2023, is the world leader in sheet music publishing and music education, enjoying a storied history of providing music learners with the very best arrangements of popular music for over 70 years. Hal Leonard also supplies books, instruments, gear, and software to millions of educators worldwide.
A B O U T A V A L O N
Avalon is a multi-award-winning talent management, television production and live promotion group with offices in London, Los Angeles and New York. Avalon, Artists Rights Group and The Agency together represent a diverse and distinctive roster of artists including actors, comedians, writers and directors, among them Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy, Tony and Olivier Award-winners.
Avalon is the UK’s largest independent television production company, with over 40 shows in production in the last year including: hit entertainment format Taskmaster (Channel 4 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia, TV4 in Sweden, TVNorge/Discovery+ in Norway); multi-Emmy award winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO); Not Going Out (BBC), the UK’s longest running sitcom on air; Tall Tales & Murder (BBC/RTE), a highly anticipated darkly comedic crime drama; upcoming live-action, sketch comedy series The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza (Adult Swim); a brand new series of the iconic satirical puppet show Spitting Image: The Rest is Bulls*!t (YouTube) and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (Channel 5 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia). Avalon has produced over 4,000 episodes of programming for audiences in the UK, US and around the world, winning 39 Emmy Awards and BAFTAs from 100+ nominations.
Other landmark Avalon shows include Catastrophe (Amazon/Channel 4), Breeders (FX/Sky), Starstruck (HBO Max/BBC), Flatbush Misdemeanors (Showtime), Workaholics (Comedy Central), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), TV Burp (ITV) and Fantasy Football League (BBC/ITV/Sky). Avalon has also produced over 60 comedy specials for various platforms including Amazon, HBO, Netflix and Sky, as well as numerous podcasts and radio shows, including over 300 episodes of the record-breaking, arena-touring podcast, Shagged. Married. Annoyed. with Chris & Rosie Ramsey. Avalon’s dedicated distribution arm licenses its catalogue of programs and formats to over 200 territories worldwide.
Avalon also produces and promotes live comedy around the world and has promoted more winners and nominees of the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award than any other company. Avalon produced Newman and Baddiel: Live at Wembley, the UK’s first arena comedy show, Jerry Springer: The Opera, winner of four Olivier Awards, and is currently producing the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical, Operation Mincemeat in the West End and on Broadway
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