Tom Morton-Smith:My Neighbour Totoro
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- Date
- Archive Event
- Time
- 2:30-4:00pm
- Venue
- Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave, London, W1D 6AR
- Type
- Masterclass
Join award-winning playwright, Tom Morton-Smith, as he discusses bringing the Studio Ghibli classic, My Neighbour Totoro, to the stage! The “awe-inspiring” (Time Out), “dazzling” (Guardian) show broke box office records in 2022, becoming the fastest selling show in the Barbican’s history. It opened to critical acclaim and went on to win six Olivier Awards and five WhatsOnStage Awards!
“A tender and remarkably beautiful show” (Financial Times) “Huge, healing hug of a show” (The Stage)
Ask Tom questions about his career to date, and transforming My Neighbour Totoro into an “utterly beguiling” (The Stage) and “jaw-dropping” (Metro) stage production, or quiz him about his upcoming play The Earthworks, which opens at the Young Vic in March 2024!
Got a burning question for Tom? Register it here. And don’t forget to book your ticket below!
Please note, this Masterclass will take place at the Gielgud Theatre.
Biography
Tom Morton-Smith is a British playwright and screenwriter.
His sell-out adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s classic animation, My Neighbour Totoro, opened at the Barbican in October 2022 and will return to London in November 2023. Presented by executive producer Joe Hisaishi, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Improbable and Nippon TV, with puppets built by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
His 2017 play, The Earthworks, is being remounted at the Young Vic Theatre in March 2024.
He is currently developing several feature films, including The Valley of Hinnom, co-written with director Juan Carlos Medina for Quad Films, and Psychodrama for Drama Republic. He is also developing a television series for Drama Republic entitled Rocksavage.
Tom’s 2015 play, Oppenheimer, charts the life of J Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb. Written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Oppenheimer opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, before transferring to the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End. Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer, a Cold War thriller set during the 1972 World Chess Championship, opened at the Hampstead Theatre in November 2019. His debut play, Salt Meets Wound, opened at Theatre503 in May 2007. Everyday Maps for Everyday Use was staged at the Finborough Theatre as part of the PapaTango New Writing Festival 2012. In Doggerland toured nationally in 2013.