My Neighbour Totoro stage show Extends its West End Run until August 2026 animeblurayuk.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/m...

Absolutely delightful time watching the live stage performance of my neighbour Totoro. Puppetry unlike anything I've ever seen (both Totoro's in these shots are fully puppeteered characters in the show and you can see their size in comparison to the actors beside them)

The WhatsOnStage #WOSAwards Nominations are open! 🤗 #MyNeighbourTotoro is eligible for: 🌱 Best West End Show 🌱 Best Takeover Performance: ✨ Victoria Chen ✨ Phyllis Ho ✨ Kumiko Mendl ✨ Deanna Myers ✨ Steven Nguyen ✨ Shaofan Wilson ✨ Jamie Zubairi awards.whatsonstage.com ☂️

An audience suggestion and short scene from the Comedy Store Players show last Sunday.

📅 Thursdays from 13 November -18 December 🕚 5-6pm 📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks 🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50* For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v *If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email [email protected]

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Ticket to @theimprovathon.bsky.social purchased ✅️ Monday off work ✅️ Emergency accommodation organised for when my ability to stay awake drops off a cliff at around 5am ✅️ Improvathon is the maddest, most wonderful experience - do drop in for an episode or two.

❤️❤️❤️ I eagerly await the next time I can see these people. Love them all ❤️❤️❤️

Julian Clary has been guesting with The Comedy Store Players since the 1980s, and he's back this Sunday 2nd November. With Kirsty Newton on piano. Tickets going fast!

Don’t miss! #comedystoreplayers

✨ #SecretsOfTheForest: Satsuki's Tomato Prop 🍅 Did you know that the tomato Satsuki eats isn't really a tomato? Watch to find out how it's made! 😮🌱 #FindYourSpirit

The Comedy Store Players celebrate 40 years this Sunday (though I've only been a member since 1986) Come and see Neil, Josie, me, Ruth and Lee plus Steve Edis on piano, doors 6.30 show 7.30 til 9.30.

I think, as 40th birthday parties go, this one will be special. And you are all invited.

The news is out! My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026! We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚 📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC totoroshow.com/news/

Three years of magic and joy. 💚

I mean this is ruddy huge. Get on board.

Ooh look at our new layout!

We are delighted to share images from last week's Antepiano rehearsal of Akhnaten @liceubarcelona.cat ! Akhnaten will be performed at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona from 16 October - 3 November 2025. 📸 © Sergi Panizo – Gran Teatre del Liceu

Not long until my novel, Introducing Mrs Collins, is out! Nov 6th, but you can pre-order now via link in my bio. It’s all about what happens to Charlotte Lucas in P&P, after her engagement to Mr Collins, and whether perhaps she might find herself to be romantic after all…

#comedystoreplayers40 happy birthday to us

Workshop 6pm Monday 27th Oct (recording also available) in #postmenopause as a time of creative possibility. An existential, psychotherapeutic and creative look at #menopause as turning point, opening towards our vital third act. All welcome. onlinevents.co.uk/event/how-to...

Tomorrow! Fri Oct 10 at @hooplaimpro.com at The Miller, 96 Snowsfields, London SE1 3SS 2000hrs, GTI will be @dylanemery.bsky.social, the Free Association’s Naomi Peterson, me and special guest, Toronto’s Lindsay Mullan. We’ll be on with Dreamweaver Quartet. See you there.

Rehearsals for Akhnaten @liceubarcelona.cat are underway! Check out some of these shots from the rehearsal room last week.

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Behind the scenes @totoroshow.bsky.social

OMG so frustrated by the UK's immigration systems. I have indefinite leave to remain, which has superceded my now expired British Residence Permit. There is no actual piece of paper / card to say this, only a share code. But noone has told the airlines who insist on a document that doesn't exist.

Our next D&D Satellite: How Do We Lead Well Together? An invitation for Execs, Artistic Directors & Trustees with @theatre503 is this Thursday, 2nd October. 🕚 Doors open at 10:30am 🎟️ Pay What You Choose, minimum suggested price £10. To find out more and to get your tickets: buff.ly/HwB2bw2

Applications for our Winter Arts Leaders Residency close this Wednesday! Arts leaders are not often afforded the time and space for connection, reflection and action. Our unique approach will use Improbable’s acclaimed practice to enable you to take a pause from the day to day. buff.ly/pGrtxLV

I mean, stone the ruddy crows, this is flippin' huge.

It’s Mike! #comedystoreplayers40

ICYMI: There are 2 x bursary places available on our Winter Arts Leaders Residency 2025! Applications close on 1st October, find out more on our website: buff.ly/pGrtxLV

I love this so much. The relaxed performances are always so special. And the way Clare is integrated into the show, as a full part of the ensemble, is gorgeous to watch.

Incredible line up at the Comedy Store this Sunday including a stone cold world great. If you have any interest in improv, please, do not miss.

Join us for the week and become part of a transformative journey that will shape the future of the arts sector, one inspired leader at a time

This Wednesday 24th evening I'll be joining Welldoing to share some research and thinking and perhaps a creative writing exercise or two on finding the value and possibility in #postmenopause (that's right, #menopause is definitely NOT the end!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-stell...

improv music and expert guests on the ethics of AI. Why are our shows so bloody hard to describe? Anyway, it's on at Oxford Playhouse on Tuesday and it is ruddy good. www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/impro...

We’re celebrating #ESEAHeritageMonth with our Totoro family at the Gillian Lynne Theatre! 💚 Honouring our stories, roots and the heritage that shape our company 🌳✨ #FindYourSpirit

Our next #improv shows in #essex coming up, tickets still available for both, limited for UnscripTEAd, get them now to avoid disappointment!

The Comedy Store Players ❤️

This is going to be another fun one

Devoted & Disgruntled Satellite: How Do We Lead Well Together? Silos won’t save us. Execs, ADs, Trustees & leaders — let’s come together. 📅 Thu 2 Oct | 📍The 503Studio 🎟️ Pay What You Choose → buff.ly/OEh4ieb #DDSatellite #ArtsLeadership #Improbable #Theatre503

Seeing posters for the My Neighbor Totoro show all over the London Underground (which is really cool to see). 👀 Side Note: Go see the show, it is superb. ✨

Saw the Royal Shakespeare Company production of My Neighbour Totoro last night and it was so good. People just straight up gasped at how good some of the set design and puppetry was.

Just went to see Totoro with a friend… aaaah I loved it when I saw it the Barbican a few years ago but it’s even bigger and better now! So magical, this is what theatre was made for. Got Rush Tickets for it too, if you can see it I highly recommend!

Delighted that Impropera are performing at OSO Arts on 25th Sept. Love those shows. Go and see them if you can! #Impro #Opera osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Julian Clary pops down to play with us

The Comedy Store Players Unique comedy from the world's most famous improvisation team. No two shows are ever the same!

Yattah! #MyNeighbourTotoro celebrated its 200th performance last night at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. ☺️ Have you joined us in our neighbourhood yet? 💚 #FindYourSpirit