Production Staff
Music
David Cumming is an award-winning writer-performer and co-writer and star of Operation Mincemeat which won Best New Musical at the 2024 Olivier Awards, and which also saw him nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for originating the role of Charles Cholmondeley.
Outside of Operation Mincemeat, David is a part of the award-winning dark-comedy theatre troupe Kill the Beast and a freelance actor/writer/director/composer in his own right. His multi-award-winning beatbox retelling of Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster, co-created with the BAC Beatbox Academy, was one of The Guardian’s Top 10 Shows of 2018 and was later adapted for TV by ... read more
Gardner also serves as casting director for the Roundabout. Broadway: The Book of Mormon; Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson; American Idiot; Spring Awakening (also national tour), Mrs. Warren's Profession, The Philanthropist, A Man For All Seasons, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Off-Broadway: Tigers Be Still, The Language Archive, The Burnt Part Boys, Ordinary Days, The Understudy, The Language Of Trees, Distracted, Speech & Debate, Marriage of Bette & Boo, The Overwhelming, 10 Million Miles.
Music
Mark was the recipient of the 1992, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2010 and 2016 Laurence Olivier Awards for Lighting Design, was awarded a Tony award in 2006 for The History Boys. Has lit extensively for all the major theatre, opera and dance companies in the UK including over 60 productions for the National Theatre and over 70 in the West End together with over 20 Broadway productions.
Natasha Hodgson is an award-winning writer-performer and co-writer and star of Operation Mincemeat which won Best New Musical at the 2024 Olivier Awards, and which also saw her nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for originating the role of Ewen Montagu.
Outside of Operation Mincemeat, Natasha is a part of the award-winning dark-comedy theatre troupe Kill the Beast and created and starred in her own critically acclaimed BBC scripted fiction series The Sink which was nominated for Best Podcast/Online Audio at the Audio Drama Awards 2021 and named one of the Top 20 Podcasts of 2020 by The Guardian.
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Writer
Zoë Roberts an award-winning writer-performer, and co-writer and star of Operation Mincemeat, which won Best New Musical at the 2024 Olivier Awards, and for which she was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for originating the role of Johnny Bevan & Others.
Outside of Operation Mincemeat, Zoë is part of the award-winning dark-comedy theatre troupe Kill the Beast. She specialises in making hugely entertaining, genre-defying stories infused with complete and utter silliness.
Theatre includes: Operation Mincemeat (Fortune Theatre, Riverside Studios, Southwark Playhouse, New Diorama); Saint Jude (Swamp Motel); the Ivy Isklander series (Swamp Motel); Director’s Cut, Don’t Wake the ... read more
Awards and Nominations
2025 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Zoë Roberts was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Natasha Hodgson was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Felix Hagan was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Book of a Musical: David Cumming was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical: Jak Malone won.
Outstanding Lyrics: Natasha Hodgson was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: Felix Hagan was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: David Cumming was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: Zoë Roberts was nominated but did not win.
2025 Drama League Awards
DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE: Jak Malone was nominated but did not win.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: Robert Hastie was nominated but did not win.
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway): Zoë Roberts was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway): Natasha Hodgson was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway): Felix Hagan was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway): David Cumming was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Choreography: Jenny Arnold was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Robert Hastie was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical: Jak Malone won.
Outstanding New Broadway Musical: Operation Mincemeat was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway): Zoë Roberts was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway): Natasha Hodgson was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway): Felix Hagan was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway): David Cumming was nominated but did not win.
2025 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: David Cumming was nominated but did not win.
Best Book of a Musical: Felix Hagan was nominated but did not win.
Best Book of a Musical: David Cumming was nominated but did not win.
Best Book of a Musical: Natasha Hodgson was nominated but did not win.
Best Book of a Musical: Zoe Roberts was nominated but did not win.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics) : David Cumming was nominated but did not win.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics) : Felix Hagan was nominated but did not win.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics) : Natasha Hodgson was nominated but did not win.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics) : Zoe Roberts was nominated but did not win.