Death Note the Musical London UK Details

Date: 2026 March 10 20:36

Posted by Joe

Death Note the Musical London UK Details

We've just received news about Death Note The Musical. It' set to run at London's Barbican for 6 weeks from Thursday 30th July until Saturday 12th September 2026.

The live action musical will be performed in English. The first week of performances as part of the Barbican summer season have sold out within 24 hours of tickets going on sale, with remaining tickets selling at record speed making it the fastest selling ever Barbican Summer Season.

They've got a great collection of creative talent behind this production including director Stephen Whitson (Hamilton UK and Moulin Rouge! UK), Emmy-nominated designer Jon Bausor (Spirited Away, Bat Out of Hell) and choreography by Olivier Award nominated Fabian Aloise (Evita at the London Palladium and Sunset Boulevard at The Savoy) alongside Jason Howland as orchestration and arranger, with additional lyrics by Morgan Reilly. The cast will be announced soon.

We're very curious how they'll hand Ryuk?! Will it be some kind of puppet or an actor in heavy prosthetics? Also what kind of songs will they have? We're curious about the lines!

The hugely popular manga, Death Note follows the adventures of Light a high school student who discovers Death Note, a notebook where you can write down the name of anyone and they'll die in 40 seconds. It's a supernatural mystery, detective story, fan favourite and title that gets you thinking, if you had a Death Note, would you use it? And if so who would you use it on?

The manga spawned an anime, a TV show, several live action movies, video games. There's also a great spin off manga of short stories.

To find out more and book tickets for the remaining performances vist DeathNoteTheMusical.com

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Press release as follows:

Presented by HoriPro and Trafalgar Theatre Productions
in association with the Barbican

DEATH NOTE: THE MUSICAL
FIRST WEEK OF LONDON SEASON
SELLS OUT IN JUST 24 HOURS

Based on the bestselling Shueisha Manga series
By Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
Music by Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award nominee Frank Wildhorn
Lyrics by Tony nominee Jack Murphy
Book by Emmy nominee Ivan Menchell



BARBICAN THEATRE, LONDON
FROM 30 JULY 2026
STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON UNTIL 12 SEPTEMBER 2026
FASTEST SELLING EVER BARBICAN SUMMER SEASON
TICKETS SELLING FAST AT DEATHNOTETHEMUSICAL.COM


Following the hugely anticipated announcement that worldwide phenomenon DEATH NOTE: THE MUSICAL MUSICAL will open at the Barbican Theatre this summer, the entire first week of performances has sold out within just 24 hours of tickets going on sale, with remaining tickets selling at record speed.

Demand for the new musical has been overwhelming, with thousands of fans from across the globe securing seats within hours of the general sale opening. This much-anticipated reimagined production will open on 30 July for a limited six-week season. Tickets for all other weeks of the run are on sale now at DeathNoteTheMusical.com.

Sir Howard Panter, Joint CEO and Creative Director of Trafalgar Entertainment, said: "I can't think of a show in London that is selling faster. We are absolutely delighted by the extraordinary response at the Box Office since announcing Death Note: The Musical. This incredible reaction demonstrates the powerful international fanbase and the excitement surrounding this brand-new musical at the Barbican Theatre."

The worldwide phenomenon DEATH NOTE: THE MUSICAL, comes to the Barbican Theatre this summer in a world premiere of a brand-new production, featuring a revised script and newly written songs alongside the original acclaimed score. Following 10 years of acclaimed sold-out productions across Asia and record-breaking concerts at the London Palladium.

Based on the international best-selling Japanese manga of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata and Shueisha, this award-winning musical (Best Musical, Korea Musical Awards) features a score by Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award nominated composer Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde and the Whitney Houston hit "Where Do Broken Hearts Go") and lyrics by Tony Award-nominated Jack Murphy and book by Emmy-nominated Ivan Menchell.

Alongside Wildhorn, this new production brings together an acclaimed creative team behind some of the West End's biggest hits, including director Stephen Whitson (Hamilton UK and Moulin Rouge! UK), Emmy-nominated designer Jon Bausor (Spirited Away, Bat Out of Hell) and choreography by Olivier Award nominated Fabian Aloise (Evita at the London Palladium and Sunset Boulevard at The Savoy) alongside Jason Howland as orchestration and arranger, with additional lyrics by Morgan Reilly. Together, this creative team will bring scale, theatrical power, and contemporary energy to the world of Death Note. Casting will be announced soon.

One of the world's most successful manga titles, Death Note has sold over 30 million copies worldwide and grown into a global cultural phenomenon spanning feature animation, films, television adaptations, and an acclaimed Netflix series. Death Note was last seen in London at the Palladium in 2023 for a series of sold-out record-breaking concerts. Now the evolution of this internationally celebrated story continues on the London stage. Rooted in the acclaimed original, this reimagining for the West End (and a planned Broadway run) is the definitive theatrical incarnation of this unique story.

Death Note tells the story of Light Yagami, an exceptionally gifted high school student who one day discovers a mysterious notebook bearing a chilling rule: "Any human whose name is written in this notebook will die in 40 seconds." The notebook, known as the Death Note, has been dropped into the human world out of boredom by the Shinigami Ryuk. Disillusioned by a justice system he believes fails to punish criminals, Light tests the notebook's power triggering the sudden death of a criminal live on television.

Convinced he has been chosen to become the "god of a new world," Light begins using the Death Note to eliminate criminals across the globe. As unexplained deaths mount, the public coins the name "Kira" for the unseen killer, with supporters praising his actions as crime rates plummet. With no physical evidence to follow, the authorities turn to the enigmatic master detective L, setting the stage for a gripping psychological battle between two brilliant minds.

Death Note delivers a thrilling exploration of justice, power, and the price of playing God. The storytelling is clear, the stakes are human, and the drama is universal. Audiences are invited to witness the clash of minds and morals, where every choice is fatal, and nothing is written in stone. If you already know it, this is the definitive way to experience it. If you don't... you should.


CREATIVE TEAM
Stephen Whitson - Director
Fabian Aloise - Choreographer
Jon Bausor - Set Designer
Jason Howland - Orchestration and Arranger

Death Note: the Musical is produced in London by HoriPro, Trafalgar Theatre Productions and Pinnacle Productions, in association with the Barbican.

LISTINGS INFORMATION
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
First Performance: 30 July 2026
Press Night: 11 August at 7.00pm
Final Performance: 12 September 2026
Performances: Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm & Thursday and Saturday at 2.30pm
Running time: Approx 2 hours 30 minutes (including interval)
Age guidance: 12+
Tickets from £25
Barbican Box Office: Barbican.org.uk or 020 7870 2500
(Telephone lines open Monday to Friday, 12.00 - 5.30pm)

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About Trafalgar Theatre Productions
Founded by Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire in 2017, Trafalgar Entertainment is an award-winning global live-entertainment business focussed on new productions, venue operations, live music and comedy, events and hospitality, Performing Arts education, ticketing, the distribution and filming of event cinema and TV live-streaming innovative content (from David Tennant in Macbeth to Taylor Swift) and the provision of great spaces where people can come together to share in the experience of live entertainment. Trafalgar Entertainment is home to Trafalgar Theatres (with 21 venues in London, Sydney, and across the UK), Trafalgar Theatre Productions, Trafalgar Releasing (distributors of specialised content to over 13,000 cinemas, television and other broadcast platforms in more than 132 countries worldwide, with content ranging from Beyoncé to the Royal Opera House), Stagecoach Performing Arts, Drama Kids, Trafalgar Tickets, London Theatre Direct (one of the UK's leading ticket retailers and distributors), Stagedoor, Jonathan Church Theatre Productions and Imagine Theatre (one of the UK's biggest pantomime and family entertainment producers with 21 pantomimes in 2024/25).

The production arm of TE, Trafalgar Theatre Productions, produces new shows and classic musicals in London and internationally. In 2026, Trafalgar Productions' summer season at London's Barbican Theatre will kick-off with a lavish and much-anticipated new production of Cole Porter's musical masterpiece High Society starring national treasures Helen George and Felicity Kendal, followed by a major UK Tour. Other major productions in 2026 include a gripping pre-West End adaptation of one of the greatest crime novels of the 20th Century, Double Indemnity, starring Hollywood icon, Mischa Barton, and the acclaimed hit new musical The Ballad of Johnny & June which makes its dazzling debut this side of the Atlantic in 2026 with a major UK Tour.

At the Barbican Centre, Trafalgar also produced the sold-out transfer of the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's Fiddler on the Roof (followed by a major UK Tour), the acclaimed Tony Award-winning production of Good Night, Oscar starring the Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes, one of the all-time classic musical comedies, Kiss Me Kate, starring the multi-award-winning Adrian Dunbar and Broadway Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block, The National Theatre's co-production of Michael R. Jackson's critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize and multi award-winning A Strange Loop, and major revivals of the award-winning classic musical Anything Goes in the summers of 2021 and 2022, starring Sutton Foster, Robert Lindsay, Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot.

Trafalgar produced The Lincoln Center's award-winning production of The King and I in London and worldwide, The Merchant of Venice 1936 starring Tracy-Ann Oberman in partnership with the RSC (London and UK Tour), The Duchess (Of Malfi) starring Jodie Whittaker in London, the new musical comedy Clueless based on the Paramount Pictures classic film, the Tony and Olivier award-winning smash hit musical Jersey Boys, which opened the renovated Trafalgar Theatre in London alongside UK-wide Tours, and the tenth anniversary UK & Ireland tour of the acclaimed National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. World Tours of The Rocky Horror Show continue to delight audiences with numerous engagements in Australia, the UK, and Europe, and in 2026, the show opens on Broadway.

Trafalgar also co-produced Broadway's favourite multi award-winning musical, Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill which opened at Trafalgar's Theatre Royal Sydney in December 2021, and became the first major international production of it to open in Australia straight from Broadway without a West End season, War Horse with The National Theatre in Australia and Asia-Pacific and The Lehman Trilogy in London and Sydney.