#west end death note

[kyrilu]

I am the mighty hurricane. (x)

Introducing Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Yagami Light in Death Note The Musical at the London Palladium on August 21-22, 2023.

[deathnoteuk]

Since the initial two performances sold out in eight hours, the London Death Note Musical has announced an additional performance on August 22! Tickets go on sale today, June 8. 

[theatreism]

JEREMY JORDAN timeline (broadway, off-broadway & west end)

[clmntne]

DEATH NOTE (musical) FANS EVERYWHERE

i know how many of us have wanted an english studio version of "the way things are" for soooo soooo so long, and we still don't have one (though, from what i understand, a london cast album — which includes the song on the tracklist — will be made at Some point, but the date remains unknown).

but two weeks ago this absolute masterpiece dropped and it's criminal that it isn't even at 1k views. it, genuinely, fits in perfectly with the existing english demo soundtrack. please please please go show this person some love and share this video around, because i'm sure there's so many folks who've been waiting for something like this that have no idea it exists

[meandmypagancrew]

The measure of a production of Death Note is actually determined by how many characters sing I'm Ready. By this metric, the 2023 Korean production is the winner, as it featured FOUR different characters singing it.

Japan comes in second with two (and I'll give them a half point for Ryuk having a whole dance routine to it) and West End comes in last with only Misa.

Information from the Russian production could not be found.

[beautifulsnake2162020]

More Lawlight food from Joaquin and Dean

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I now want to read/write fanfiction of their L and Light

[normalaboutdntm]

5/24/24 update

Rachel Clare Chan (Sayu) and Dean John Wilson (L) confirmed for the West End run of Your Lie in April:

This doesn't directly confirm anything of course, but it strengthens my assumption that we won't get any news on the West End run of DNTM until YLIA finishes in September. Hopefully we'll be getting the DNTM cast album before then, but honestly I won't be surprised if we don't; I'm sure the delay is due to resource conflict with YLIA otherwise we would have gotten it by now.

[muppetjackrackham]

i'd like to thank chess for ruining my life so thoroughly and being so incredibly bonkers that i can play three degrees of separation with phantom of the opera, sweeney todd and [checks notes] tsugumi ohba's death note

[it-takes-acquired-minds]

dean john wilson's L is giving such heath ledger in the dark knight vibes and i'm completely obsessed

[nofututrenopast]

Death Note in Concert

Death Note in Concert Opening Night | Palladium Run | 21 August 2023 | NFT until 23 Jan unless purchased through me (£5) | M4A Untracked | Nofuturenopast Aimie Atkinson (Rem), Frances Mayli McCann (Misa), Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Light), Dean John Wilson (L), Christian Rey Marbella (Soichiro), Rachel Clare Chan (Sayu), Adam Pascal (Ryuk), Felipe Bejarano (Mogi), Yojiro Ichikawa (Ukita), Eu Jin Hwang (Matsuda), David Kar-Hing Lee (Lind L Tailor), Nick Len (Ide), Marcel Li-Ping (Aizawa), Jojo Meredith (Haley Belle), Janine Somicio (Ensemble), Jasmine Leung (Ensemble), Deena Kapadia (Ensemble), Jade Copas (Ensemble), Charlotte Coggin (Ensemble) Notes: Some background noise in act one due to latecomer in the row. If you want this please PM me directly - still recovering from the drive crash so my site is under construction

[quietbreeze97]

So this man right here started on The Voice UK with this killer audition, then went on to become a West End star in shows like Aladdin, and NOW he will be playing L in the upcoming Death Note musical!!

Perfect choice imo - I can completely picture him as L. Excited is an understatement for how I feel!!

[libretitamortal]

Dying and dying what do you mean death note the musical is going to be on west en live?????? *screaming*

[deathnoteuk]

Death Note The Musical has announced its main concert cast, with further cast to be announced at a later date.

Frances Mayli McCann as Misa

Dean John-Wilson as L

Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Light

The show will be performed at the London Palladium on August 21 and August 22. Tickets go on sale starting today, June 2. 

[certifiablyinsanez]

I am haunted by the detailed, completed map of Hell that Edwin took notes on. You don’t understand, it makes me sick. It’s one thing to have a basic layout, a vague idea, or a rudimentary map but it was meticulously detailed. Down to doors and what they do and where they go. Down to secret spaces in the walls. He even knew what ringing an innocuous bell would do. It can only mean one thing. We don’t know when Edwin began trying to escape, but assuming he started from the get go, it means that he spent all his decades in Hell trying to find a way out. He never stopped running. And that is assuming he never stopped. From his second trip, we could see he resorted to his old ways and ran. But he was eventually caught, reduced to pieces. Even when Charles showed up, he didn’t seem very optimistic about their chances. He could feel every second of those 70 years. There were likely many times he fell to hopelessness, trembling in the corner watching himself be desecrated knowing it was going to happen again and again. How long? How many times did he try to be so, so quiet, hoping he would have a few moments before the next round? How many times did he muster the ability to run, just one more time? How long did it take him to run, discovering the ends of each ring? How many times did he sprint up, down, north, south, east, west, trying to escape? And what happened when he finally escaped? How long did it take for him to be able to relax, even a little? Because he can never relax. He must always outrun Death and her constituents because he can’t count on them to be fair. How many times does he look over his shoulder, waiting for the monster to claim its eternal meal once again? His breath of fresh air, his first taste of companionship in ages not only keeps him company, but sticks by him. And then, in that blessing there comes a curse, because now you have something to lose. Because when you taste ambrosia how can you return to starvation? He feels safe with Charles. Happy and comfortable, but the threat always lingers. And he knows that Charles couldn’t fend off Death. He never considered he could fend off Hell beasts; after all, he’s just a ghost kid. He watches innocents be slaughtered on repeat, unphased by the level of violence but no less affected by it, because no one has even a clue what it takes to be this kind. Even at his most happy, he has so, so much to lose and he goes back to Hell when hope was dangled in his face like the fruit of Tantalus. When he returns, he’s subjected to Hell once again, sustaining through torture that obliterates souls, only to watch his best friend, his confidant, his platonic soulmate, die horrifically. This woman who gave him sea-glass courage, so powerful and yet so fragile. Allowed him to be himself, gave him permission to do so. Was the openness to his closed self, and now she is gone. And he retains his composure, his stiff, British posture because it is what has saved him from madness and Despair, protected him, and now the world is darker without Niko Sasaki in it. But surely he saw this coming. After all, humans are messy. And yet, he shows up for their souls, time and time again.

Edwin Payne is THE character.

[thesummerestsolstice]

The voyage west at the end of Return of the King is extremely funny to me, because just look at who's on board. You've got:

Frodo Baggins, hero of the Shire, in need of healing but also excited to see Valinor and meet the legendary elves who live there, a gentle soul

Elrond Halfelven, as kind as a summer, looking forward to peace west of the sea, probably wants to go chill out in a cottage with his wife for the next thousand years

Which seems fine. And then we get to everyone else.

Gandalf, cheeky bastard who's gotten so used to being a weird old wizard in Middle-Earth that's he's forgotten what Maia are supposed to act like, will immediately cause problems

Bilbo Baggins, noted storyteller, definitely planning to break into Aule's halls to see his dwarf friends, will ask all the elves weird questions and then sing about their lives and deaths in front of them, will immediately cause problems

Galadriel, who came to Aman half for Celebrian and Elrond's sake and half to taunt all her cousins about being the only one of them to survive the First Age, enjoys causing problems, will immediately cause many problems

(Also, to be clear, these are not three isolated problem-causers, they absolutely spent the entire trip to Valinor actively planning to give Amanyar society and the Valar an aneurysm.)

I just love the idea of Elrond, now reunited with Celebrian, and Frodo happily having tea with Elwing and Earendil, with nothing to interrupt them but the gentle sounds of the tides.

Meanwhile Galariel, Bilbo, and Gandalf are collectively bullying Mandos into releasing Maglor Feanorian from the halls because:

Bilbo wants to read him his translation of the Noldolante, which is written as a cheery Hobbit drinking song

Elrond always complained about how Gandalf and Maglor were both insufferably vague about advice and Gandalf needs to make sure he's more infuriating than Maglor as a matter of his wizardly pride

He still owes Galadriel money

[meandmypagancrew]

Genuine question for all my fellow note takers

I just finished L Change the WorLd and… what do I do now?

I’ve read the entire manga including the thirteenth volume, the short stories collection, Another Note, and now this. Is there anything left that’s been translated to read, or has my time in the world of Death Note come to an end?