Following acclaimed productions in Japan and Korea Death Note: The Musical gets its English language premiere with three star-studded concerts at the London Palladium. After selling out two shows at the London Palladium in just 5 hours and adding an extra matinee the European premiere of the multi award-winning manga stage musical
Death Note THE MUSICAL in Concert will transfer to the Lyric Theatre for 6 performances Thursday 7 September – Sunday 11 September.

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…

Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series  of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, this ground breaking musical (Winner Best Musical, Korea Musical Awards) has a score by Frank Wildhorn (‘Jekyll & Hyde’, 4 years on Broadway, ‘Dracula’, ‘Bonnie & Clyde’) with lyrics by Jack Murphy and book by Ivan Menchell. It is directed by Nick Winston and is produced by Carter Dixon McGill Production (‘Chess in Concert’, ‘Kinky Boots in Concert’, ‘Treason the Musical in Concert’) and Indie Theatrical.

The show proved to be a huge success! London Palladium in the premier night was quite full of fans who had queued in costume for this theatrical event of the year! Everyone seemed to be familiar with the story plot and the characters. The actors gave their best self despite some minor sound bugs in the performance.

Death Note proved to be very special and unique. Although it was not a concert as we expected, the set, the costumes, the music, the productions and the acts were just amazing. The audience enjoyed the show and gave a very warm standing ovation in the end! We do hope the issues get resolved the next days and everyone enjoys this spectacular play!

Broadway legend Adam Pascal (Roger in the original cast of ‘RENT’), Aimie Atkinson (Katherine Howard  in the original cast of ‘Six’, Vivian in ‘Pretty Woman’), Rachel Clare Chan (a recent graduate from the Royal Academy of Music) and Christian Ray Marbella (Engineer in ‘Miss Saigon, international tour) join the previously announced Frances Mayli McCann, Dean John-Wilson and Joaquin Pedro Valdes to star in Death Note: THE MUSICAL in Concert. They are joined by an ensemble featuring Felipe Bejarano, Charlotte Coggin, Jade Copas, Eu Jin Hwang, Yojiro Ichikawa, Deena Kapadia, David Kar-Hing Lee, Nick Len, Jasmine Leung, Jojo Meredith, Marcel Li-Ping, Janine Somcio.

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 (“Death Note offers a glimpse at the future of musicals”, The Korea Herald).

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!” The producers said: “We are beyond excited to be presenting the first English language production of Death Note: The Musical for two nights only this summer! Fans and those we look forward to welcoming into the world of Death Note are in for a musical treat.”

Creative team:
Director and Choreographer Nick Winston
Associate Director and 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
Artwork by Rebecca Pitt Creative
Producers Carter Dixon McGill Productions and Indie Theatrical