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Death Note: The Musical

Barbican Centre, LondonThursday 30. July 2026 7:30pm
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If you had the power over life and death, what would you do?This summer, the hotly anticipated world premiere of Death Note: The Musical, arrives at the Barbica…

If you had the power over life and death, what would you do?This summer, the hotly anticipated world premiere of Death Note: The Musical, arrives at the Barbican for 50 performances only from 30 July to 12 September.With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, the legendary manga phenomenon by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata is a global sensation that has captivated audiences for almost twenty years, including multiple sell-out seasons of the musical in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.Now, boldly reimagined for the London stage in close collaboration with the original Japanese producers, HoriPro, this new musical features an electrifying score by Tony, Grammy and Emmy nominee Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Jack Murphy and a book by Ivan Menchell.

Death Note: The Musical is set to be the theatrical event of the summer.When brilliant student Light Yagami discovers a notebook with the power to determine who lives and who dies, his mission to reshape society quickly spirals out of control and attracts the attention of the elusive and ruthless detective L.

What begins as justice descends into obsession and forces both Light and L to confront the limits of morality itself.Write a name.

Change the world.BSL INTERPRETED: Saturday, 29th August, 2:30pmAUDIO DESCRIBED: Tuesday, 1st September, 7:30pm (touch tour at 6pm)CAPTIONED: Saturday, 5th September, 2:30pm

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Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS London

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