See it if You are fan of the Japanese Culture and you want to see a great adaptation of a film to theatre
Don't see it if I don't find a reason why you don't have to see it. Sorry
See it if you wanna see puppetry and theatrics at its best
Don't see it if you don't like puppets
See it if you can.
Don't see it if no reason not to. Read more
See it if you would like to see an amazing adaption of the movie on stage and if you would like to get absorbed into a wonderful world.
Don't see it if you are coming with a young child, which is not able to be focused on a play for 90 minutes (first act). Read more
See it if you want to enter the magical world of Ghibli, you enjoy incredible puppetry and still retain a child's wonder and imagination.
Don't see it if you only like fast-paced, plot driven shows or have lost the ability to suspend disbelief.
See it if You like the movie or great sets
Don't see it if You prefer musicals
See it if If you are ready to be blown away with an incredible show! I was in awe the whole time, if you are a fan of Studio Ghibli this is a MUST
Don't see it if You NEED to see it, absolutely.
See it if It’s a perfect adaption of the film with some inventive storytelling elements.
Don't see it if Act 2 takes a much more serious route so may deter some viewers.
"For all the ravishing imagery and the collective endeavour involved, this show isn’t quirky or adult-friendly enough for that."
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"The puppets – designed by Basil Twist, assembled by Jim Hendon’s Creature Workshop – are fucking spectacular...you’d enjoy it if you hadn’t seen the film, but nonetheless, there is no question that its purpose is to put the film on stage."
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"The puppetry by Basil Twist creates much of the magic...It is not nearly as high-powered in its special effects as a Disney adaptation but just as dazzling in its magic realism."
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" 'Totoro’ is magnificently humongous with a mighty, reverberating growl, wicked smile, lumbering walk and bouncy castle of a fluffy tum.
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"If you’re an admirer of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli movies, you’re almost certain to feel the same about Tom Morton-Smith’s puppet-driven adaptation, which adds flesh to a pastoral storyline that is so slender it could be described as Teletubbies go zen."
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"The show itself takes great delight in each creative solution to telling this wild and wonderful fairy tale. The black-clad ensemble of skilful puppeteers brings the soot sprites to life by dancing them around on wires, until they fly up into the sky on what looks like a nursery mobile."
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"... the cast perfectly marry playfulness and truthful emotional simplicity to extraordinary technical sophistication. It’s unadulterated joy: a huge, healing hug of a show, generous and utterly beguiling."
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" 'My Neighbour Totoro' captures that sense of childlike wonder perfectly and manages to recapture that childhood magic for the adult members of the audience in a way I don’t think any show before has managed to."
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