Studio Ghibli’s Oscar-winning SPIRITED AWAY, created by legendary animator and director Hayao Miyazaki is re-imagined for the stage by Olivier and Tony award-winning director of Les Misérables, John Caird. The original Japanese cast perform this extraordinary production with wildly imaginative puppets, dazzling set and costume designs and a live orchestra playing the magnificent original film score by Joe Hisaishi.

A masterpiece of storytelling and stunning visuals SPIRITED AWAY, tells the enchanting tale of Chihiro who while traveling to a new home with her family, stumbles into a world of fantastic spirits ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba. When her parents are turned into pigs and she is put to work in a magical bathhouse, Chihiro must use her wits to survive in this strange new place, find a way to free her parents, and return to the normal world.

Audiences in the UK now have the chance to be spirited away and delight in the mystery of this genre-defining anime classic at the West End’s iconic LONDON COLISEUM, now playing for a strictly limited season until 24 August.

This production will be presented in Japanese, with English subtitles.

Age guidance is 7+. This production is not suitable for children under 6 years. Children need to occupy their own seats at all times throughout the performance.

Children 5 and under (including babes in arms) will not be admitted into the auditorium.

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“Impossible to imagine a better adaptation than this!”

The Independent

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“An unmissable treat!
Studio Ghibli theatre adaptation utterly enchants London's West End”

Daily Express

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“Utterly magical!
Studio Ghibli’s gem becomes
a theatrical feast”

Guardian

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“Lavishly imaginative and packed full of comedy and adventure. Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece is brought to life with imaginative puppetry, wondrous music and moments of delicate poetry”

Guardian

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“Using puppetry, design and music,
‘Spirited Away’ streams across the stage with boundless invention”

FT

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“Look no further for your next family show. This spectacular Studio Ghibli adaptation hasthe wow factor”

SundayTimes

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“A spectacular piece of staging with a magic all its own. Profoundly, unforgettably theatrical”

SundayTimes

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“Wonderful! I was enchanted. The powerful magic of Miyazaki holds us enrapt in its spell”

The I

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“Stunningly staged! The sumptuous score simmers - exotic costumes, movement and drama beguile”

Sunday Express

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“Astonishing visuals and sublime stagecraft alongside the beautiful, iconic score composed by Joe Hisaishi”

Broadway World

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“Studio Ghibli classic captivates the West End! Transfixingly beautiful - John Caird and his team conjure sensation after sensation”

Whatsonstage.com

“Full of magic!
A proper West End spectacle”

Time Out

“A sumptuous production”

Daily Telegraph

“A spectacular re-imagining of beloved film - enlightening and beautiful”

The Arts Desk

“Relentlessly inventive. Captures scale and perspective in a way theatre rarely achieves”

Evening Standard

“A spectacular, must-see show!”

City AM

“There’s big,and then there’s Spirited Away!”

New York Times

“A wondrous production. It’s a magical experience that is totally unique, faithful to the film, and unbelievably beautiful”

Huffington Post

“Amazing puppetry by Toby Olie”

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