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Breaking Baz: ‘My Neighbour Totoro’, Smash Stage Adaptation Of Studio Ghibli Classic, Transfers To West End, With Broadway Next


The Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbour Totoro will transfer to the West End in 2025.

Following two sold-out limited seasons at London’s Barbican, the Royal Shakespeare Company ’s acclaimed stage version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbour Totoro will transfer to the West End early in 2025. For now though, he’s on the road (this week Boston), collaborating with Chinese-born American composer Huang Ruo on an opera called The Book of Mountains and Seas which is based on ancient Chinese creation myths first transcribed in the fourth century BC. Artwork for the stage adaptation of My Neighbour Totoro includes a hand drawn title by Toshio Suzuki, producer for Studio Ghibli, who was involved in the planning and production of the original movie.

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