Transfers to the West End March 2025

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Mei (Mei Mac) and Satsuki (Ami Okumura Jones) stand in front of a large wooden house. Mei wears a pink dress with a yellow cross body bag. Ami wears a yellow dress and holds a small acorn.
Mei (Mei Mac) and Satsuki (Ami Okumura Jones) stand in front of a large wooden house. Mei wears a pink dress with a yellow cross body bag. Ami wears a yellow dress and holds a small acorn.
Mei (Mei Mac) and Satsuki (Ami Okumura Jones) stand in front of a large wooden house. Mei wears a pink dress with a yellow cross body bag. Ami wears a yellow dress and holds a small acorn.
Mei (Mei Mac) and Satsuki (Ami Okumura Jones) stand in front of a large wooden house. Mei wears a pink dress with a yellow cross body bag. Ami wears a yellow dress and holds a small acorn.
Mei (Mei Mac) and Satsuki (Ami Okumura Jones) stand in front of a large wooden house. Mei wears a pink dress with a yellow cross body bag. Ami wears a yellow dress and holds a small acorn.
Members of the My Neighbour Totoro company puppeting a collection of black fluffy soot sprites, with two white eyes in the centre
Mei (Mei Mac) and Yasuko (Emily Piggford) sit on a hospital bed. Emily cradles Mei’s face. Mei wears a pink dress and white bloomers and Emily wears a pink-purple dress and pink robe.
Mei (Mei Mac) wears a pink dress and stands on a stage. Behind Mei, the scenery resembles a cave and trees in blues and greens.
Kanta (Ka Long Kelvin Chan) and members of the My Neighbour Totoro company stand on a wooden stage. Kelvin wears blue shorts, a white shirt and a blue hat. Members of the company puppet a group of fluffy chickens,
Granny (Jacqueline Tate) stands on a stage, wearing a green tabard and apron and light green trousers, with a grey headscarf.
Mei (Mei Mac) and members of the My Neighbour Totoro company. Mei wears a pink pinafore dress with white shirt. A member of the company puppets a large fluffy goat.
Members of the My Neighbour Totoro company puppet reeds with long wooden sticks. They wear outfits in shades of blue with headscarves.
Singer (Ai Ninomiya) sits on a wooden ledge overhanging the stage. Ai wears green and brown trousers and long-sleeved green and brown top, and is holding a microphone and smiling.
Tatsuo (Dai Tabuchi) stands in front of a large wooden house, hands on hips. Dai wears light linen trousers, a white shirt and mint green waistcoat.
A large wooden house with black fluffy soot sprites floating around it.
Members of the My Neighbour Totoro company with long wooden sticks, standing in a circle.

Photography of the 2023/24 London company by Manuel Harlan © RSC with Nippon TV

Videos

My Neighbour Totoro West End Trailer

My Neighbour Totoro West End Trailer

My Neighbour Totoro | Audience reactions 2023

My Neighbour Totoro | Audience reactions 2023

My Neighbour Totoro | Opening Night 2023

My Neighbour Totoro | Opening Night 2023

First day at the Barbican

First day at the Barbican

How does it feel to bring My Neighbour Totoro to life?

How does it feel to bring My Neighbour Totoro to life?

My Neighbour Totoro | Puppetry with Basil Twist

My Neighbour Totoro | Puppetry with Basil Twist

My Neighbour Totoro | First day of rehearsals

My Neighbour Totoro | First day of rehearsals

What brings out your inner child?

What brings out your inner child?

Whats your favourite moment in My Neighbour Totoro?

Whats your favourite moment in My Neighbour Totoro?

My Neighbour Totoro | 2023 Feature Trailer

Feature Trailer

My Neighbour Totoro | Opening Night 2022

Opening night 2022

My Neighbour Totoro | Barbican 2022 Audience Reactions

Barbican 2022 Audience Reactions

My Neighbour Totoro | Trailer

Trailer

Joe Hisaishi and Royal Shakespeare Company present
Studio Ghibli’s

A description of my image.

in Collaboration with NIPPON TV and IMPROBABLE
Adapted by Tom Morton-Smith from the feature animation by Hayao Miyazaki
Music by JOE HISAISHI | Directed by PHELIM McDERMOTT

My Neighbour Totoro

My Neighbour Totoro © Studio Ghibli. Logo by Toshio Suzuki.
Concept and Design by Dewynters.
© RSC and Nippon TV

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