The global manga phenomenon comes to the Barbican this summer for its world premiere London season.
Based on the internationally acclaimed Death Note series, which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, this new musical brings one of the world’s best-known Japanese stories to the stage for a strictly limited 50-performance run.
Trafalgar Tickets is delighted to offer BETA members exclusive rates for selected performances.
3–14 August · Monday–Friday
31 August–10 September · Monday–Thursday
Exclusions: Saturday 8 August; all performances 15–29 August; Friday & Saturday performances 4–5 September and 11–12 September.
Book by 17 August · Tickets subject to availability
About the show
If you had the power over life and death, what would you do?
When brilliant student Light Yagami discovers a mysterious notebook with the power to decide who lives and who dies, his mission to create a better world quickly descends into obsession. As the enigmatic detective L closes in, a gripping battle of justice, morality and power unfolds.
The London production features a score by Tony, Grammy and Emmy nominee Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Jack Murphy and a book by Ivan Menchell, following acclaimed productions in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
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