Full company announced for My Neighbour Totoro stage adaptation

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The full casting for the world premiere stage adaptation of [***My Neighbour Totoro***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/my-neighbour-totoro-tickets) has been revealed! The **RSC** (Royal Shakespeare Company) are producing the stage version of the globally beloved 1998 **Studio Ghibli** film. *My Neighbour Totoro* tickets are booking fast for the premiere. The new show will open at [**London’s Barbican**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/barbican-london) this autumn on 8 October 2022 and is booking until 21 January 2023.


### *My Neighbour Totoro* full cast [***My Neighbour Totoro***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/my-neighbour-totoro-tickets) stage adaptation will feature **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) and **Shaofan Wilson** (puppeteer). ### *My Neighbour Totoro* creative team The production will be directed by **Phelim McDermott** and will feature design by **Tom Pye**, costume design by **Kimie Nakano**, lighting design by **Jessica Hung Han Yun**, sound design by **Tony Gayle**, movement by **You-Ri Yamanaka**, dramaturgy by **Pippa Hil**, associate directing by **Ailin Conant**, associate video design by **Andrea Scott**, associate lighting programming by **Tamykha Patterson** and associate set design by **Isobel Nicolson**. *My Neighbour Totoro* will be brought to the stage via puppetry created by **Basil Twist**, with **Julia Atlas Muz** as puppetry assistant and **Mervyn Millar** as puppetry associate. **Joe Hisaishi**’s score will be performed live, with new orchestrations by **Will Stuart**, with creative sound design by music associate **Nicola T Chang** and associate sound design by **Steven Atkinson**. ### Tickets for *My Neighbour Totoro* world premiere available now! You won’t want to miss the world premiere of Studio Ghibli’s *My Neighbour Totoro* as it comes to the London stage for the first time.
🎫 [**Book your *My Neighbour Totoro* tickets here**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/my-neighbour-totoro-tickets).

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By Jade Ali

A love for theatre stemmed from my love of literature and music, but the West End on my doorstep opened up a whole new appreciation and passion for all things stage-y