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Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

Why See ?

Returning To The West End Stage

Winner 2023 Olivier Awards - Best Entertainment or Comedy Play, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Design, Best Set Design, Best Lighting Design and Best Director!

The Royal Shakespeare Company and Joe Hishaishi's multi-Olivier Award-winning My Neighbour Totoro is returning to the West End stage in March 2025! Combining the Ghibli joy, Hishaishi's glorious score, puppetry and more than a little bit of magic, this spectacular show is adapted from Hayao Miyazaki's film by playwright Tom Morton-Smith, with puppets from Basil Twist and direction from triple Oliver award winner Phelim McDermott.

What Is The Story?

A love letter to the power of childhood imagination, sisters Mei and Satsuki are spending the summer in the countryside to be closer to their mother who is recuperating after a big illness. As the days go by, the girls explore their new surroundings, where they stumble across the spirit of the forest, a huge, silent furry creature they name 'Totoro'. Providing the girls with a distraction from their mother's illness, the girls are soon whisked away on the adventure of a lifetime!

Sure to be a massive draw for both children and adults, make sure you note this one down in your diary!

Please note: We suggest age 6+, but younger guests are welcome. The show will be quite long (running time TBC), quite loud in parts and possibly scary for some younger children at moments. Children need to occupy their own seats at all times throughout the performance. This production is not suitable for children under 4 years of age (including babes in arms).

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Additional Information

Dates

Performance date: 1 January 1970

Audience

Age 6+

Run time

Two hours and 40 minutes including interval

Cast and Creative

Cast

Victoria Chen as Mei
Ami Okumura Jones as Satsuki
Dai Tabuchi as Tatsuo
Jacqueline Tate as Granny
Ai Ninomiya as the Singer
Phyllis Ho as Yasuko
Steven Nguyen as Kanta
Jamie Zubairi as Hiroshi
Deanna Myers as Tsukiko

Puppetry Ensemble:

Matthew Leonhart, Heather Lai, Shaofan Wilson and Anna Kato, who will be joined by new members Rachel Clare Chan, Sally Cheng, Sabrina Pui Yee Chin, Victor Itang, Gabriel S Janoras, Ronnie Lee, Kumiko Mendl, Annakanako Mohri, Richard Peralta, Lucy Park, and Chloe Ragrag.

Creative

Directed by Phelim McDermott
Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi
Music from Hisaishi
Production Design by Tom Pye
Costume Design by Kimie Nakano
Lighting Design by Jessica Hung Han Yun
Movement by You-Ri Yamanaka
Puppetry design and Direction by Basil Twist
Orchestration by Will Stuart
Sound Design by Tony Gayle
Video Design is by Finn Ross and Andrea Scott

Awards

2023 Olivier Awards, Wins

Best Entertainment or Comedy Play
Best Costume Design
Best Sound Design
Best Set Design
Best Lighting Design
Best Director

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