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Magical and reassuring
An astonishing Royal Shakespeare Company production of Miyazaki's classic animation reconnects WILL STONE with his inner child
( to R) Mei (Mei Mac), Satsuki (Ami Okumura Jones) and their father Tatsuo (Dai Tabuchi)
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My Neighbour Totoro
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ADAPTING everyone’s favourite Miyazaki film to stage is no mean feat. How on Earth does a production even begin to represent the giant cartoon hero, a sort of oversized rabbit, or the fantastical Catbus? Prepare to be amazed.
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has teamed up with composer Joe Hisaishi, who worked on the original soundtrack and scored many other films from the great Japanese animator and his Studio Ghibli, to create something as magical and unique in its own right.
Director Phelim McDermott, known for staging ambitious operas including Philip Glass’s Akhnaten and Satyagraha, and adaptor Tom Morton-Smith stay true to the whimsical imagination of the 1988 flick while giving it a whole new dimension for the stage.
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