Booking fees
£4 booking fee per online/phone transaction.
No fee when tickets are booked in person.
Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.
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Watch: My Neighbour Totoro trailer
Take a look at the brand new trailer for this stunning stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro, featuring the first ever glimpse of the show on film.
My Neighbour Totoro: First day of rehearsals
Meet the new cast of My Neighbour Totoro in this video documenting the first day of their 2023 rehearsals.
My Neighbour Totoro: Puppetry with Basil Twist
Hear from Puppetry Designer and Director, Basil Twist, in this video about all things puppetry in My Neighbour Totoro.
My Neighbour Totoro: Behind the scenes
Visit the My Neighbour Totoro website to take a look behind scenes, including rehearsal photography and videos with the creative team.
Watch: Audience reaction to the show
Find out what audiences are saying about the Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company's My Neighbour Totoro in this video.
Watch: Opening night
Feel the buzz around the production on its opening night in this short video.
Accessibility
The show features puppets, some large scale that will interact in audience space. The show contains themes of an ill parent in hospital. It also features live music and sound effects that will be loud at times.
There are a range of Audio Described, BSL-integrated, Captioned and Relaxed performances across the run.
Audio Described
Wed 28 Feb, 7pm (Touch Tour 5.00 – 5.30pm)
Listen to the audio introduction notes
Captioned performances
Wed 28 Feb, 7pm
Relaxed Performance (Audio Described & Captioned)
Sat 17 Feb, 2pm (Touch Tour 12.00 – 12.30pm)
View the BSL synopsis
Read the visual story
View the sonic story
Read the intro notes
My Neighbour Totoro Teacher Pack
The activities provided in this pack can be used by teachers either as stand-alone practical approaches to this story or as supporting activities for students seeing the production.
Find out more about Accessible Events at the Barbican.
Relaxed performances
A Relaxed performance is ideal for those who would benefit from a more informal approach to noise and movement in the auditorium or would feel more at ease knowing they could enter and exit freely. There will be a relaxed performances on 17 Feb, 2pm.
For this production:
- The house will be opened early to allow you more time to find your seats.
- The Front of House team are briefed on providing a more informal service and relaxing the standards in regard to audience behaviour during the performance.
- Latecomer and re-admittance points will be relaxed to allow people to leave and re-enter the auditorium more freely.
- The house lights will remain slightly raised to during the performance to ensure your safety if you need to move about.
- The performers are briefed about Relaxed performances and know that you may need to move around and make noise.
- A quiet chill out space is provided with comfortable seating.
- This production is suitable for babes in arms
- The performance has not been sensory adapted.
Please get in touch with us if you would like to discuss further before making a booking.
Contact the Theatre team at [email protected]
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