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

Jessie Baek (Kazego, Jasmine Bayes (Off-stage Swing Kazego), Boaz Chad (Off-stage swing Kazego), Jasmine Chiu (Kazego, Elizabeth Chu (Kazego), Yojiro Ichikawa (Kazego), Arina Li Miss Hara, Kazego), Heather Lai (Off-stage Swing Kazego), Matthew Leonhart (Kazego), Ka Long Kelvin Chan (Kanta / Kazego, Mei Mac (Mei), Amanda Maud (Nurse Emiko / Kazego), Ai Ninomiya (Kaze No koe), Yuki Nitta (Kazego), Ami Okumura Jones (Satsuki), Bright Ong (Kazego), Mark Takeshi Ota (Kazego), Daniel Phung (Off-stage Swing Kazego), Emily Piggford (Yasuko / Kazego), Si Rawlinson (Kazego), Gun Suen (Kazego), Dai Tabuchi (Tatsuo / Voice of Totoro), Jacqueline Tate (Granny Ogaki / Kazego), Shaofan Wilson (Kazego), Naomi Yang (Tsukiko / Kazego)

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Joe Hisaishi, Will Stuart (new orchestration)
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 - created with puppetry associate Mervyn Millar's Significant Object and the Jim Henson Creature Shop), Finn Ross (video), Andrea Scott (video)
Costume: Kimie Nakano
Lighting: Jessica Hung Han Yun
Choreographer: You-Ri Yamanaka
Sound: Tony Gayle
Company: RSC