⭐ JOAQUIN PEDRO VALDES, DEAN JOHN-WILSON & FRANCES MAYLI MCCANN TO STAR IN DEATH NOTE – THE MUSICAL ⭐
Initial casting has been announced for the English language premiere of Death Note – The Musical.
Following acclaimed productions in Japan and Korea Death Note – The Musical will get its English language premiere with two star-studded concerts at the London Palladium.
Joaquin Pedro Valdes will play brilliant but bored genius Light, Dean John-Wilson will play enigmatic, mysterious, international consulting detective known only as ‘L’ and Frances Mayli McCann will play famous model Misa.
Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series (60 million copies worldwide) 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, Bonnie & Clyde) with 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…
The concert production will be directed by Nick Winston and produced by Carter Dixon McGill Production and Indie Theatrical.
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 the London Palladium, on 21st & 22nd August 2023 – 7.30pm, with tickets on sale from 2nd June 2023.
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Tickets & more info – https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/death-note-the-musical/
