Details

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.

Cast/Performers

Haruka Abe (Yasuko / Puppeteer), Li-Leng Au (Puppeteer), Boaz Chad (Puppeteer), Nino Furuhata (Kanta / Puppeteer), Andrew Futaishi (Puppeteer), Zachary Hing (Puppeteer), Susan Momoko Hingley (Miss Hara / Puppeteer), Yojiro Ichikawa (Puppeteer), Arina Ii (Puppeteer), Haruka Kuroda (Nurse Emiko / Puppeteer), Marian Lee (Puppeteer), Matthew Leonhart (Puppeteer), Mei Mac (Mei), Aki Nakagawa (Puppeteer), Kanako Nakano (Tsukiko / Puppeteer), Ami Okumura Jones (Satsuki), Michael Phong Le (Hiroshi / Puppeteer), Tobi Poster-Su (Puppeteer), Si Rawlinson (Puppeteer), Dai Tabuchi (Tatsuo / Puppeteer), Jacqueline Tate (Granny / Puppeteer), Shaofan Wilson (Puppeteer)

Creatives/Company

Music: Joe Hisaishi
Adapted by: Tom Morton-Smith
Orchestration: Will Stuart
Producer: Royal Shakespeare Company
Presented by: Joe Hisaishi
Director(s): Phelim McDermott, Ailin Conant (associate)
Design(s): Tom Pye, Basil Twist (puppetry)
Costume: Kimie Nakano
Lighting: Jessica Hung Han Yun
Choreographer: You-Ri Yamanaka
Sound: Tony Gayle
Company: RSC