The full production follows on from successful concert performances in April.
Producers have announced the lead casting for the upcoming full production of Your Lie in April, heading to the Harold Pinter Theatre from the 28th June for 12 weeks only.
With rehearsals starting next week, it has been announced that Zheng Xi Yong, Rachel Clare Chan and Dean John-Wilson will be reprising their roles in concert performances at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane last month. They will be joined by Mia Kobayashi, making her professional debut, with more casting yet to be announced.
Following his mother’s death, teenage piano prodigy Kōsei Arima (Zheng Xi Yong) finds himself unable to play music. But when he strikes a friendship with the brilliant violinist Kaori Miyazono (Mia Kobayashi), she slowly encourages him to perform again.
Your Lie in April manga was published in 2011 and sold 7.5 million copies in 17 countries.It was adapted into a 22-part anime TV series in 2014, a Japanese live-action film in 2016 and a Japanese stage production in 2017. Frank Wildhorn’s musical opened in Tokyo in 2022, followed by a Japan tour, and smashed box office records. This production is its English language premiere.
The musical features music by multi-Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award nominated Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn (Death Note The Musical, Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde) with Lyrics by Carly Robyn Green and Tracy Miller. It is directed and choreographed by Nick Winston (Death Note the Musical, Fame, Annie).
Meanwhile, the creative team behind the production includes: co-direction by Jordan Murphy, musical supervision by Katy Richardson, musical direction and composer Chris Poon, set design by Justin Williams, costume design by Kimie Nakano, sound design by Rob Bettle for Sound Quiet Time and Adam Fisher, lighting design by Rory Beaton and video design by Dan Light.
Your Lie in April will run at the Harold Pinter theatre from the 28th April until the 21st September. To book tickets visit: Love Theatre.com, London Theatre Direct or London Box Office.