Felix Hagan
English musician
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Felix Hagan (born March 1987)[1] is an English musician, composer, artistic director and performer.[2] He co-created the musical Operation Mincemeat with the comedy troupe SpitLip, which is currently playing in London's West End[3] and Broadway,[4] with a world tour to begin in 2026.[5]
Hagan won the 2024 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical alongside SpitLip for his work on Operation Mincemeat[6] plus the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Musical [7] and three Tony Award nominations in 2025 for the show for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.[8]
Early life and education
Hagan was born in London and raised in the New Forest in the UK.[9] His first gig was playing drums with a cover band of older musicians age 11. His first professional gig was the Duke Spirit at the Astoria age 15.[10] He graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2010 with a BA in Popular Music.[11][12]
Career
Operation Mincemeat
Hagan composed the musical Operation Mincemeat along with co-writers Natasha Hodgson, Zoe Roberts, and David Cumming as part of the comedy group SpitLip.[13]
The show opened on London's West End in March 2023 and has been renewed there 16 times.[14] It won two Olivier Awards for Best New Musical and Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical from six nominations in 2024.[15][16]
It opened on Broadway in New York on 20 March 2025,[17] and in 2025 won a Tony Award plus 3 nominations.[18][3]
Prior to the West End the show premiered at the London Fringe New Diorama Theatre in 2019[19] and also played in Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios.[20]
Composer
Theatre
In 2013 Hagan co-wrote (with Jonathan Goldstein and Damian Montagu) and produced the track “Magical Moments (Waiting for You)"[21] , which reached No. 1 on the UK Official Classical Singles Chart for two weeks over Christmas 2013. [22][23]
In addition to Operation Mincemeat, other theatre writing credits include The Windsors: Endgame (Runway), Don’t Wake the Damp, and Director’s Cut (Kill the Beast).[24][25]
TV
Hagan has collaborated with Jack Whitehall having written songs for Bad Education Christmas Special (BBC)[26] while other TV credits include Jack Whitehall Live (Netflix), Cockroaches (ITV), and Backchat with Jack Whitehall (BBC).[27][28]
His TV credits also include Spitting Image (Avalon/Britbox).[27][28]
Musician
Hagan wrote songs and performed with the band Felix Hagan and the Family from 2013.[29][30] The band supported Frank Turner on his 2016 UK tour.[31]
He has also filled in on keyboards with Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls for a US and Canada tour.[32]