The US will get the streaming premiere of Spirited Away: Live on Stage in December 2023.
The filmed capture is of two performances of the show’s original 2022 run at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo Japan.
Spirited Away: Live on Stage will stream on Max, formerly HBO Max, in the United States on 24 December 2023.
The streaming premiere comes after the US theatrical release of the show in April this year.
There’s no news on when the DVD/Blu-ray release or streaming premiere will happen for the UK, but the live show of Spirited Away is coming to London next year, with performances from 30 April 2024 at the London Coliseum.
The show recently announced it is extending in London, to 24 August 2024.
GKIDS are releasing the film, and releasing the two separate filmed performances, starring Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi, double-cast as the lead heroine Chihiro, with Mari Natsuki, who voiced the sorceress Yubaba and her twin sister Zeniba in the original motion picture, returning to her original role, along with voice actor Romi Park.
Studio Ghibli’s Oscar-winning Spirited Away animated movie, created by legendary animator and director Hayao Miyazaki, has been re-imagined for the stage by Toho Theatrical Department and Olivier and Tony Award-winning director John Caird (Les Misérables).
A live orchestra play the magnificent film score by Joe Hisaishi arranged by Brad Haak (Mary Poppins), and the show will have a set design by Jon Bausor (Bat Out of Hell), puppets designed by Toby Oli̩ (Pinocchio РNational Theatre), choreography by Shigehiro Ide (NODA MAP Series), and costumes by Sachiko Nakahara.
Spirited Away tells the enchanting tale of Chihiro who while traveling to a new home with her family, stumbles into a world of fantastic spirits ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba. When her parents are turned into pigs and she is put to work in a magical bathhouse, Chihiro must use her wits to survive in this strange new place, find a way to free her parents, and return to the normal world.
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