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My Neighbour Totoro review

“Unadulterated joy”
ReviewsOct 19, 2022by Sam MarloweBarbican Theatre, London
Mei Mac, Ami Okumura Jones and Dai Tabuchi in My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre, London. Photo: Manuel Harlan
Mei Mac, Ami Okumura Jones and Dai Tabuchi in My Neighbour Totoro at Barbican Theatre, London. Photo: Manuel Harlan
Exquisitely lovely and enormously beguiling take on the anime classic

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