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Studio Ghibli’s work ‘like Shakespeare’, says My Neighbour Totoro stage show’s director

Hayao Miyazaki’s animations praised by Phelim McDermott as new production in West End announced

The Guardian - UK

The RSC’s My Neighbor Totoro set to make triumphant return to the stage after sell out run

The play is currently in the running for nine Olivier Awards

Evening Standard

A 'downtown' choreographer brings her craft to the opera

You could call choreographer Annie-B Parson a “downtown” choreographer

The Independent UK

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The Woolf pack: Renée Fleming and Joyce DiDonato on turning The Hours into opera

The Pulitzer-prize-winning, Mrs Dalloway-influenced novel about three generations of women, has finally hit the stage. Its stars tell us how they pulled it off

The Guardian - UK

After fine-tuning, 'The Hours' with Fleming opens at the Met

Kevin Puts’ “The Hours” has had more than a few hours of changes since it was first heard in a pair of concert performances in Philadelphia last March

The Independent UK

The week in theatre: My Neighbour Totoro; Local Hero – review

A beloved Studio Ghibli anime is brought to magical life in Phelim McDermott’s new RSC production, while the 1983 film Local Hero finds fresh resonance

The Guardian - UK

My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican review: it’s easier to admire this Studio Ghibli adaptation than love it

This show transposes the off-key weirdness of the original, but the story could use more jeopardy, darkness and more of the monsters

Evening Standard

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My Neighbour Totoro transfers to the West End: how the RSC turned a cult cartoon into a must-see theatre show

The creative team give the inside story on how they adapted the much-loved Studio Ghibli animation, breaking sales records in the process

Evening Standard

On my radar: Phelim McDermott’s cultural highlights

The actor and theatre director on a thrilling cabaret show, Alan Garner’s potent new novel and being a secret believer in fairies

The Guardian - UK

Muppet power! RSC uses puppet legends for My Neighbour Totoro extravaganza

The RSC’s version of the Japanese classic has smashed box office records – before the curtain’s even gone up. We meet the Jim Henson puppeteers bringing Studio Ghibli’s beloved fluffy monsters to life

The Guardian - UK

Anime 'My Neighbor Totoro' to be adapted into stage play in Britain

TOKYO: Studio Ghibli's classic animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" will be adapted into a stage play at Britain's prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company from October, Nippon Television Network Corp, one of the collaborators, said on Wednesday.

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