My Neighbour Totoro

About My Neighbour Totoro

My Neighbour Totoro is playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End. This production brings Studio Ghibli’s 1988 animated feature film to the stage in a version created in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV, adapted by Tom Morton-Smith, with Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Winner of six Olivier Awards, the show follows sisters Satsuki and Mei through one extraordinary summer. It tells a coming-of-age story about childhood, imagination and a world of fantasy, with the stage production described as a theatrical event built around the original story’s sense of wonder.

The production has been widely praised in reviews, and returns to London as a record-breaking, award-winning staging of the film. It is centred on the relationship between the sisters and the changes they experience over the course of the summer.

Key facts: Running time is 2 hours 40 minutes, including a 20 minute interval. Age recommendation: 6+.

Before you book

This production is not suitable for children under 6 years of age, including babes in arms. Children under 4 years of age, including babes in arms, will not be admitted into the auditorium. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over, who must be seated with them throughout the visit.

Every person entering the theatre, regardless of age, must have a valid ticket. Children need to occupy their own seat at all times throughout the performance, and single seats cannot be left in a row when booking. Younger guests are welcome at relaxed performances.

The show features puppets, including some large-scale puppets that will interact in audience space. It also contains themes of an ill parent in hospital, as well as live music and sound effects that may be loud at times and possibly scary for some younger children.

Venue

Gillian Lynne Theatre, 166 Drury Lane, London, United Kingdom.

For access information, please call 020 7242 9802.