European premiere of DEATH NOTE THE MUSICAL announced

Following acclaimed productions in Japan and Korea, Death Note: The Musical will receive its English language premiere with two star-studded concerts at the London Palladium on 21 & 22 August, it has been announced.

Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series  of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, this ground breaking musical has a score by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics by Jack Murphy and a book by Ivan Menchell.

The concert will be directed and co-choreographed by Nick Winston, with co-choreography by Alex Sarmiento, costumes by Kimie Nakano, musical supervision by Katy Richardson, musical direction by Chris Ma, orchestrations by Jason Howland, design by Justin Williams, lighting by Ben Cracknell, sound by Ben Harrison, and casting by Harry Blumenau.

Light Yagami, a bright but dissatisfied high school student in Tokyo comes across a discarded notebook owned by Ryuk, a mythological god of death. Discovering he can kill anyone by just writing their names in the supernatural notebook, Light takes justice into his own hands by filling the notebook with names of the nation’s most wanted criminals. But a detective only known as “L” is soon tracking him down...

Death Note: The Musical premiered in 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. A 2022 Korean production won four awards at the Korea Musical Awards after being nominated in 10 categories, and in 2017, Netflix released a TV adaptation of Death Note, starring Willem Defoe.

Frank Wildhorn said: “Death Note: The Musical has been the most unique, strange, edgy, and wonderful musical journey for me. It’s been a dream of mine to bring this show from Asia to the West End of London, and here we are!”

Casting is to be announced.

Tickets go on sale on 2 June here.