Studio Ghibli’s beloved and acclaimed film My Friend Totoro will hit the stage with a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company and longtime Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi!
According to official sitethe world premiere will take place on the stage of the Barbican Center (an arts centre) in London on 8 October 2022. The play will run for only 15 weeks, ending on 21 January 2023.
Hisaishi will provide the music for the production, which will be directed by Phelim McDermott and produced in conjunction with Improbable and Nippon TV. Playwright and screenwriter Tom Morton-Smith is credited with adapting the original film.
First released in Japan on April 16, 1988, My Friend Totoro tells the story of young sisters Satsuki and Mei, who befriend a large, friendly forest spirit and nickname him Totoro.
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Translated article from the website otakumode.com.
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