About My Neighbour Totoro

My Neighbour Totoro is now playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End. This stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s 1988 animated film is created in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV, and is adapted by Tom Morton-Smith. It tells the story of one summer in the lives of sisters Satsuki and Mei, following their encounter with a world shaped by childhood imagination and fantasy.

The production has won six Olivier Awards and has been described as a record-breaking return. It is staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company with Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi.

Reviewers have called it a tender and remarkably beautiful show, with live music, puppets and large-scale puppets used in audience space.

Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.

Before you book

Age guidance: recommended for ages 6+. It 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 and stay with them throughout the visit.

Seating and tickets: every person entering the theatre, مهما the age, must have a valid ticket. Children need to occupy their own seat at all times during the performance, and single seats cannot be left in a row when booking.

Content information: the show includes puppets, some of them large scale and interacting in audience space, themes of an ill parent in hospital, live music and sound effects that are loud at times and may be scary for some younger children. Younger children and babes in arms are welcome at relaxed performances.

The customer is responsible for checking whether the performance is suitable for any children in their party, regardless of the official age guidance.

Venue

Gillian Lynne Theatre

166 Drury Lane, London, United Kingdom

Access information: for access information please call 020 7242 9802.

Description supplied by the event organiser.