The RSC’s hit production of My Neighbour Totoro is adding more dates to its West End run at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London.
The play was booking to 29 March 2026, but has now extended at the Gillian Lynne Theatre to 30 August 2026.
My Neighbour Totoro is adapted by Tom Morton-Smith (Oppenheimer) from Hayao Miyazaki’s celebrated, much-loved 1988 animated feature film, and directed by Improbable Co-Founder Phelim McDermott.
The show is from Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), in collaboration with Nippon TV and Improbable.
Totoro has also enjoyed two acclaimed, record-breaking seasons at the Barbican Theatre in London, winning six Olivier Awards. Critics have also raved about the production: see our reviews round-up for the show’s first outing in London at the Barbican Theatre.
The cast of My Neighbour Totoro in the West End includes Victoria Chen (The Night Before Christmas) as Mei, and returning to their roles are Ami Okumura Jones (Scandaltown) as Mei’s older sister Satsuki, Dai Tabuchi (Usagi Yojimbo) as their father Tatsuo, Jacqueline Tate (Murder on the Orient Express) as Granny, and Ai Ninomiya (Les Misérables) as the Singer.
The show’s Kazego Puppetry Ensemble will once again include Matthew Leonhart, Heather Lai, Shaofan Wilson (Miss Hara) and Anna Kato, who will be joined by new members, Rachel Clare Chan, Sally Cheng, Sabrina Pui Yee Chin, Victor Itang, Gabriel S Janoras, Ronnie Lee, Kumiko Mendl (Nurse Emiko), Annakanako Mohri, Richard Peralta, Lucy Park and Chloe Ragrag.
The cast is completed by Phyllis Ho as Yasuko, Steven Nguyen as Kanta, Jamie Zubairi as Hiroshi, and Deanna Myers as Tsukiko.
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The creative team also includes production design by Tom Pye, puppetry design and direction by Basil Twist, costume design by Kimie Nakano, lighting design by Jessica Hung Han Yun, and movement by You-Ri Yamanaka. The production features music from Joe Hisaishi’s iconic score in a new orchestration by Will Stuart, performed live with sound design by Tony Gayle. Video design is by Finn Ross and Andrea Scott, the Dramaturg is Pippa Hill, Casting Director is Hannah Miller CDG and Sound Effects & Soundscape Designer is Nicola T Chang.
Booking tickets to My Neighbour Totoro
My Neighbour Totoro is now playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, booking to 30 August 2026.
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