Actor Jak makes Mincemeat of the opposition at top Broadway awards

A MERSEYSIDE actor says his dreams have come true after winning one of the theatre world's most prestigious awards on Broadway.

- By JAMIE GREER

Jak Malone, 30, won the Tony Award for the best performance by a featured actor in a musical in New York earlier this week.

He stars as Hester Leggatt in the award-winning show Operation Mincemeat.

Based on a true story from World War II, the operation is largely attributed to Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley. However, until recently, little was known about Hester, a female MI5 secretary.

The musical began its run on Broadway earlier this year. After receiving the Tony Award, Jak said it was a victory for his younger self.

The actor, from Prenton, said: "I am hovering above my body experiencing this, watching this happening.

"I watched Stephen Schwartz sing For Good to Idina Menzel and I was crying and I said: 'you'll have to forgive me, my 15-year-old self is in the room' and I feel like that today.

"That's the age when I really just decided that Broadway was the top and that's when I was like, 'I endeavor to go there and find my joy' and I feel like I have.

"So my 15-year-old self is in the room. And if you told him I was going to win this, he would've believed you, because he was confident."