Death Note: The Musical – Frank Wildhorn’s musical first time in Europe

Death Note: The Musical is based on a popular Japanese manga series

 

The manga series well known in the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The musical version premiered in Tokyo, Japan in 2015 which was followed by the Korean version in 2022. The Korean show won the Best Musical, Korea Musical Awards.

Music was composed by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde), lyrics by Jack Murphy and book by Ivan Menchell

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…

This concert version will be directed by Nick Winston and produced by Carter Dixon McGill Production and Indie Theatrical

The composer of the music is Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde), lyrics by Jack Murphy and book by Ivan Menchell

Also featuring associate director & choreographer Alex Sarmiento, costume designer Kimie Nakano, musical supervisor Katy Richardson, musical director Chris Ma, orchestrator Jason Howland, designer Justin Williams, lighting designer Ben Cracknell, sound designer Ben Harrison, casting Harry Blumenau and artwork by Rebecca Pitt Creative.

Death Note – The Musical will play only on 21 and 22 August at the London Palladium