My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican tickets | Official London Theatre

Photo by Manuel Harlan (c) RSC, with Nippon TV

Photo by Manuel Harlan (c) RSC, with Nippon TV

RSC’s My Neighbour Totoro

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Show Info Cast & Creative Age & Content Guide Related News

Genre Children's
Drama
Entertainment

Venue

Barbican Theatre Get directions

First Performance 21/11/2023

Closing 23/03/2024

Running Time 2h40, inc. interval

Find your spirit with My Neighbour Totoro, as this five-star, Olivier Award-winning production returns to London’s Barbican for a strictly limited 18-week season from 21 November 2023.

Winner of six Olivier Awards and five WhatsOnStage Awards, this staging of the celebrated 1988 animated feature film is brought to you by The Royal Shakespeare Company and Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi, in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV, and adapted by Tom Morton-Smith (Oppenheimer).

My Neighbour Totoro is an enchanting coming-of-age story exploring the magical fantasy world of childhood and the transformative power of imagination, as it follows one extraordinary summer in the lives of sisters Satsuki and Mei.

Book now for this unmissable show.

Cast

Mei Kusakabe - Mei Mac

Satsuki - Ami Okumura Jones

Tatsuo - Dai Tabuchi

Granny - Jacqueline Tate

Hiroshi - Andrew Futaishi

Miss Hara - Arina Ii

Kazego Puppetry ensemble - Boaz Chad, Jasmine Chiu, Matthew Leonhart, Yojiro Ichikawa, Si Rawlinson, Mark Takeshi Ota and Shaofan Wilson

Kanta - Ka Long Kelvin Chan

Nurse Emiko - Amanda Maud

Yasuko - Emily Piggford

Tsukiko - Naomi Yang

Company - Jessie Baek, Jasmine Bayes, Elizabeth Chu, Anna Kato, Heather Lai, Yuki Nitta, Bright Ong, Daniel Phung and Gun Suen

Creative

Adapted by - Tom Morton-Smith

Based on the feature animation by - Hayao Miyazaki

Original Score - Joe Hisaishi

Director - Phelim McDermott

Production Designer - Tom Pye

Puppetry Designer and Director - Basil Twist

Created with puppetry associate - Mervyn Millar’s Significant Object and the Jim Henson Creature Shop

Costume Designer - Kimie Nakano

Lighting Designer - Jessica Hung Han Yun

Orchestrator and Arranger - Will Stuart

Sound Designer - Tony Gayle

Movement by - You-Ri Yamanaka

Video Designer - Finn Ross and Andrea Scott

Dramaturg - Pippa Hill

Casting Director - Hannah Miller CDG

Executive Producer - Griselda Yorke and Joe Hisaishi

Advisory Content

Please note, the show features puppets, some large scale that will interact in audience space. The show contains themes of an ill parent in hospital. It also features live music and sound effects that will be loud at times.

Age Suitability For This Show

Unlike film, theatre doesn't have an official age classification organisation. That means all age recommendations are subjective and should be treated as guidelines unless otherwise stated. With this in mind, we ask you to use your judgement in regards to a show’s suitability prior to purchase. However, we are more than happy to help you make a decision. Please email our Customer Care team to find out more about your chosen show.

This production is not suitable for children under 4 years of age, including babies in arms. Younger children and babies in arms are welcome at our relaxed performances.

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