The production, which has snapped up five WhatsOnStage Awards and six Olivier Awards, has returned to the stage for another limited run.
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO production image.
Photos by Manuel Harlan © RSC with Nippon TV
New photos have been released for the record-breaking production of Studio Ghibli's MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO. It's running at the Barbican Theatre for a limited season until 23 March 2024.
Adapted by Tom Morton-Smith (Oppenheimer) and directed by Phelim McDermott, the global stage premiere of Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 animated film has broken box office records and won the most awards for any production this year.
The cast and creatives of MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO.
Mei Mac will reprise her Olivier and WhatsonStage Award-nominated performance as Mei Kusakabe with Ami Okumura Jones returning as older sister Satsuki, Dai Tabuchi in his role as Tatsuo and Jacqueline Tate as Granny.
Also returning to the production once again as the Kazego Puppetry ensemble are; Boaz Chad, Jasmine Chiu, Andrew Futaishi (Hiroshi), Matthew Leonhart, Arina Ii (Miss Hara), Yojiro Ichikawa, Si Rawlinson, Mark Takeshi Ota and Shaofan Wilson.
Joining them are; Jessie Baek, Jasmine Bayes, Ka Long Kelvin Chan (Kanta), Elizabeth Chu, Anna Kato, Heather Lai, Amanda Maud (Nurse Emiko), Yuki Nitta, Bright Ong, Emily Piggford (Yasuko), Daniel Phung, Gun Suen and Naomi Yang (Tsukiko).
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO is directed by Improbable’s Phelim McDermott with production design by Tom Pye, costume design by Kimie Nakano, lighting design by Jessica Hung Han Yun, and movement by You-Ri Yamanaka. Puppetry design and direction is by Basil Twist, created with puppetry associate Mervyn Millar’s Significant Object and the Jim Henson Creature Shop.
The production features music from Joe Hisaishi’s iconic score in a new orchestration by Will Stuart, performed by live musicians including singer, Ai Ninomiya, with sound design by Tony Gayle. Video design is by Finn Ross and Andrea Scott. Casting Director is Hannah Miller CDG. Associate Director is Ailin Conant.
Artwork for the stage adaptation of My Neighbour Totoro includes a hand drawn title by Toshio Suzuki, Producer for Studio Ghibli, who was involved in the planning and production of the original animated film.
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MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO is performing at the Barbican until 23 March 2024.
