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\n\tThe Royal Shakespeare Company\u2018s multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli\u2018s beloved animated classic \u201cMy Neighbor Totoro\u201d will continue its London engagement at the Gillian Lynne Theatre through Aug. 30, 2026, the producers have revealed.<\/p>\n
\n\tExecutive producer Joe Hisaishi and the RSC, in collaboration with Nippon TV and Improbable, also released new images to mark the extension announcement.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cMy Neighbor Totoro\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManuel Harlan<\/p>\n \n\tAdapted by Tom Morton-Smith from Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s celebrated 1988 animated feature film, the production is directed by Improbable Co-Founder Phelim McDermott. The show has won six Olivier Awards and five WhatsOnStage Awards since its October 2022 global premiere at the Barbican, where it broke box office records for most tickets sold in a single day. Following critical and audience acclaim, the production returned to the Barbican for a limited run in autumn 2023 before closing in March 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tThe cast features Victoria Chen as Mei, Ami Okumura Jones as her older sister Satsuki, Dai Tabuchi as Tatsuo, Jacqueline Tate as Granny, and Ai Ninomiya as the Singer.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\u201cMy Neighbor Totoro\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManuel Harlan<\/p>\n \n\tThe production features design by Tom Pye, puppetry design and direction by Basil Twist, costumes by Kimie Nakano, lighting by Jessica Hung Han Yun, and movement by You-Ri Yamanaka. Joe Hisaishi\u2019s iconic score is performed live in a new orchestration by Will Stuart, with sound design by Tony Gayle.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201c\u2018My Neighbor Totoro\u2019 is a story of kindness, courage and the power of the imagination,\u201d said RSC co-artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey. \u201cOur audiences get to meet the magical creatures of the forest through extraordinary storytelling, dazzling puppetry and beautiful songs. Watching the joy on people\u2019s faces when they meet Catbus, Chu, Sho and of course Totoro, is a delight to behold, and we can\u2019t wait to welcome more people to the show at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tKenichi Yoda of Nippon TV and Studio Ghibli added: \u201cWe are truly thrilled that \u2018My Neighbor Totoro\u2019s\u2019 journey in London is set to enter its third year. It is our heartfelt wish that you will share this story with your loved ones \u2014 your family, friends, or partner. It\u2019s a show that reminds you to cherish the people you love even more on your way home.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\u201cMy Neighbor Totoro\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManuel Harlan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Royal Shakespeare Company\u2018s multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli\u2018s beloved animated classic \u201cMy Neighbor Totoro\u201d will continue its London engagement at the Gillian Lynne Theatre through Aug. 30, 2026, the producers have revealed. Executive producer Joe Hisaishi and the RSC, in collaboration with Nippon TV and Improbable, also released new images to mark the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[7007,17446,1661,17671,2642,17672,908,2187],"class_list":{"0":"post-30008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-extends","9":"tag-imagery","10":"tag-london","11":"tag-neighbor","12":"tag-run","13":"tag-totoro","14":"tag-unveils","15":"tag-west"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}