Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Also: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	8th October 2022
Opened	18th October 2022
To	21st January 2023
When	19:00. Thu, Sat Mats 14:00
Barbican Centre (V371)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 17 Aug 22 - T01486390095
Date of change: 27 Apr 22 - T01486390095

My Neighbour Totoro

Work:: My Neighbour Totoro (S1856802160)

Studio Ghibli's film "My Neighbour Totoro" brought to the stage. The 1988 animated feature by Hayao Miyazaki, follows the lives of sisters Satsuki and Mei as they move to the countryside and encounter magical creatures. It was first show on the big screen in the UK in 2001 at the Barbican Cinema.

Music	Joe Hisaishi
Adapted by	Tom Morton-Smith
Orchestration	Will Stuart

Production:: (T01486390095)

Producer	Royal Shakespeare Company
Presented by	Joe Hisaishi
Director	Phelim McDermott
Design	Tom Pye
Costume	Kimie Nakano
Lighting	Jessica Hung Han Yun
Choreographer	You-Ri Yamanaka
Design	Basil Twist (puppetry)
Sound	Tony Gayle
Director	Ailin Conant (associate)
Company	RSC
Performer	Haruka Abe (Yasuko / Puppeteer)
Performer	Li-Leng Au (Puppeteer)
Performer	Boaz Chad (Puppeteer)
Performer	Nino Furuhata (Kanta / Puppeteer)
Performer	Andrew Futaishi (Puppeteer)
Performer	Zachary Hing (Puppeteer)
Performer	Susan Momoko Hingley (Miss Hara / Puppeteer)
Performer	Yojiro Ichikawa (Puppeteer)
Performer	Arina Ii (Puppeteer)
Performer	Haruka Kuroda (Nurse Emiko / Puppeteer)
Performer	Marian Lee (Puppeteer)
Performer	Matthew Leonhart (Puppeteer)
Performer	Mei Mac (Mei)
Performer	Aki Nakagawa (Puppeteer)
Performer	Kanako Nakano (Tsukiko / Puppeteer)
Performer	Ami Okumura Jones (Satsuki)
Performer	Michael Phong Le (Hiroshi / Puppeteer)
Performer	Tobi Poster-Su (Puppeteer)
Performer	Si Rawlinson (Puppeteer)
Performer	Dai Tabuchi (Tatsuo / Puppeteer)
Performer	Jacqueline Tate (Granny / Puppeteer)
Performer	Shaofan Wilson (Puppeteer)

Listing:: L1980022667

Current production:Work

Reviews

jim: 24Oct22:
It’s absolutely magical. Unforgettable, mesmerising. 5 stars

CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.