Samurai musical makes UK debut

UK-Japan News December 2015

A new musical from the Japanese theatre company 30-DELUX is to make its UK debut at Stratford Circus Arts Centre in London, the Newham Recorder reported on 14 November.

Kuli-Kala: Revenge of the Samurai is an action-packed production with music created by one of Japan’s top composers, Toshihiko Sahashi.

Lynne Hobday, the only British cast member, was hired to write the English lyrics and then became the storyteller. She said Sahashi has long dreamed of taking an original Japanese musical to London and presenting it to the UK—and the world.