The Show Find your spirit with the return of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Executive Producer Joe Hisaishiâ??s â??awe-inspiringâ?? (Time Out) and â??dazzlingâ?? (Guardian) production of Studio Ghibliâ??s My Neighbour Totoro, in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV.
This five-star, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation, written by Tom Morton-Smith (Oppenheimer) was the most anticipated theatrical event of 2022 and has now returned to play a second limited season at Londonâ??s Barbican until 23 March 2024.
Winner of six Olivier Awards and five WhatsOnStage Awards, My Neighbour Totoro has been hailed as â??utterly beguilingâ?? (The Stage), â??jaw-droppingâ?? (Metro) and â??theatre at its most magicalâ?? (LondonTheatre.
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â??A tender and remarkably beautiful showâ?? (Financial Times), this acclaimed staging of the celebrated 1988 animated feature film by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) 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.
In order to be closer to their mother while she recovers from an illness in a rural convalescent hospital, their father moves the family to the countryside.
As the girls explore their beautiful new surroundings, Mei encounters magical creatures and the ancient protector of the forest she calls Totoro.
Although Satsuki doesnâ??t believe her little sister at first, they are soon both swept up in exciting adventures with their new neighbours â?? transported to a long-forgotten realm of spirits, sprites, and natural wonder.
Directed by Phelim McDermott with production design by Tom Pye, costume design by Kimie Nakano, and lighting design by Jessica Hung Han Yun, this â??delightfulâ?? (Times) and ground-breaking â??triumphâ?? (Telegraph) of a production features puppetry created by Basil Twist and music from Joe Hisaishiâ??s iconic score in a new orchestration by Will Stuart, performed live with sound design by Tony Gayle.
Book now for this unmissable, â??huge, healing hug of a showâ?? (The Stage).
My Neighbour Totoro is now playing at the Barbican until 23 March 2024 only.
__Access Performances__- Audio Described: Saturday 16 December 2.
00pm & Wednesday 28 February 7.
00pm - Touch Tour: Saturday 16 December 12.
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30pm & Wednesday 28 February 5.
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30pm- BSL Integrated: Friday 9 February 7.
00pm- Captioned: Saturday 16 December 2.
00pm, Saturday 6 January 2.
00pm, Thursday 25 January 2.
00pm & Wednesday 28 February 7.
00pm- Relaxed with Integrated BSL Interpreter (Audio Described & Captioned): Thursday 1 February 2.
00pmRelaxed (Audio Described & Captioned): Saturday 17 February 2.
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Theatre details
Barbican
Barbican Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Directions: (10mins) Take Goswell Road and turn right at Fann Street. Continue straight onto Fortune Street, before turning right at Whitecross Street and follow it all the way down to the theatre entrance.
Tube: Barbican station is 5 minute walk (408 metres)
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