Plays

My Neighbour Totoro Tickets

Name: My Neighbour Totoro
Start: 2025-11-06T14:00:00
End: 2025-11-06T16:40:00
Location: Gillian Lynne Theatre

Stage performance of My Neighbour Totoro with Totoro and Catbus characters in West End.

Stage scene from My Neighbour Totoro show in West End with Totoro and child.

Child actor in pink dress during My Neighbour Totoro stage performance, West End.

Stage scene from My Neighbour Totoro show in West End with three actors in front of a house set.

Duration

2 hr 40 min

The Olivier Award-winning adaptation of the Studio Ghibli film is back at Gillian Lynne Theatre for the holiday season!

4.9/5

(224)

Maricarmen

Sep 2025

Verified booking

5/5

Our seats were great and we were able to buy an extra seat last minute almost next to the others. The production is impressive but more importantly, so well thought out and executed by the actors. The music was beautiful and the stage seemed like it was literally growing towards the us. A very magical moment that made us cry happy tears.

David

Sep 2025

Verified booking

5/5

Extraordinarily creative production by Phelim McDermott and his team at Improbable! Masterful use of puppets. A joy to have live music with talented musicians in the house. My Neighbor Totoro is entirely worthy of the avalanche of Oliviers and other critical acclaim it has received.

Andrew

Jul 2025

Verified booking

5/5

Absolutely incredible. The live music, mind-boggling set design, acting, and of course fanciful story of Totoro moved me profoundly. Everything from the finest details (dropping a 'u' into Neighbor right after the music started) to the grandest spectacles (let's just say the Cat Bus was next-level) created waves of tingles down my spine and set tears welling. It's 2+ hours of exactly the kind of empathy, joy, and wonder the world needs these days.

“Wow is too small a word!” (Broadway World). The “jaw-dropping” (Metro) multi-award-winning My Neighbour Totoro has found its new home in the West End and is now booking until August 2026.

Find your spirit with this "profoundly magical experience" (Elle) and winner of six Olivier awards, as the five-star, widely acclaimed adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s animated feature film appears on stage at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.

With “blockbuster awe-inspiring puppets” (Time Out) from Puppetry Director & Designer Basil Twist and Puppetry Associate Mervyn Millar (War Horse), My Neighbour Totoro is brought to you by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi, in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV, and adapted by Tom Morton-Smith (Oppenheimer) with direction from Phelim McDermott.

Discover this "huge, healing hug of a show" (The Stage) and book your My Neighbour Totoro London tickets now!

The story

Join sisters Satsuki and Mei as they move to their curious new home in the countryside. Exploring their unfamiliar surroundings, they soon encounter a world of spirits, spritesand magical creatures. Maybe it was all a dream? Or perhaps they really are now friends with the giant, ancient protector of the forest named 'Totoro' and his friend the 'Catbus'.

My Neighbour Totoro: Look into the first performance images >

These tickets can't be cancelled or rescheduled.

4.9
224 reviews
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What our guests say
Nishantini
Oct 2025
Verified booking
5/5
Absolutely magical! The live music, beautiful sets, character manipulation and superb acting were incredible. Definitely a once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget.
B
Oct 2025
Verified booking
5/5
We travel from Glasgow to London for this show. It was so stunning, so beautiful, so dreamy. No wonder the nearly 1,000-seat theater was packed on a typical Wednesday night. The 5D effect was at its peak, and the expensively crafted stage props recreated three scenes from the original novel: the first encounter with Totoro, holding an umbrella for the atotoro and the cat bus's night sky run. Three dreamlike scenes that should only exist in our imaginations. A live orchestra and singers provided the score, and the three-hour-plus performance didn't have a single flaw. Wow, it made up for my previous regret of missing out on Spirited Away. Hayao Miyazaki has brought another profound and heartwarming play to life. I'm so happy ❤️ So, everyone with or without kids visiting London soon, come and see this show it's a must!
Erin
Oct 2025
Verified booking
5/5
It was brilliant. The puppet work, fhe acting, , the stage set up and the amazing musicians. I am visiting from Canada and was thrilled to be able to see this childhood favourite of my children.
Kanari
Oct 2025
Verified booking
5/5
It was Cheerful and wonderful theater. I loved some Japanese phrases used in this musical because I'm from japan Thanks for this wonderful experience❗️
Chiara
Oct 2025
Verified booking
5/5
The music, actors, set design, and faithfulness to Studio Ghibli's original work made this show the best musical I have ever seen!

Show details

Genre: Play

Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)

Audience: Suitable for 6+

Theatre Name: Gillian Lynne Theatre

Theatre Facilities: Bar, cloakroom, restrooms, food and beverage allowance, gift shops, water fountain.

Dress Code: Smart casual

Cast and creatives

Leading Roles

Mei Mac as Mei Kusakabe

Ami Okumura Jones as older sister Satsuki

Dai Tabuchi as Tatsuo

Jacqueline Tate as Granny

Writer

Tom Morton-Smith

Director

Phelim McDermott

Production design

Tom Pye

Music

Joe Hisaishi

Orchestration

Will Stuart

Additional info

Suggested age for this show is 6+, but younger guests are welcome. The show will be quite long, quite loud in parts, and possibly scary for some younger children at times. Children need to occupy their own seats at all times throughout the performance. This production is not suitable for children under 4 years of age (including babes in arms).

Keep in mind, the theater is air-conditioned throughout the year and can get a bit chilly. Bring along a light jacket if needed.