ᗰY ᑎEIGᕼᗷOᑌᖇ TOTOᖇO (3.0 moulding into 4.0) - It's a real special time to have been back as an Assistant Resident Director while the show said goodbye to its first West End year, with its first West End cast. And a huge privilege to watch as the Totoro lineage continues to grow, welcoming its second West End cast!
Since its first Barbican run in 2022, the tremendous world of Totoro has provided a well of magic into my life - bringing me some of my greatest of friends, community, lessons, and forever rows of corn 🌽
I feel so proud of the beauty and care that Totoro, and its wonderful people, continue to radiate into this world.
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𝕋𝕎𝔼ℕ𝕋𝕐 𝕋𝕎𝔼ℕ𝕋𝕐 𝔽𝕀𝕍𝔼 (2025) is the year I got to travel the roots of my ancestors, and be so close to my family; all the while getting the opportunity to perform all over 🐅
I got to see some real Greats of the world, with some of my favourite people - both old and new; I loved and laughed and sweated lots, and gorged my mouth with the best food... Again and again and all again.
A year of feeling very lucky, very loved, and very full.
𝙻𝙸𝙵𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝙿𝙸 - An incredible journey this show has been. Thinking back to the first rehearsal when we could barely hold these puppets upright, to touring around Asia, performing this gorgeous story to audiences all over... And to still not feel finished with it, is a real gift.
To be able to share all this with places and people of my own heritage and family - has been an extremely precious, and unparalleled experience. I leave this filled to the brim with love, pride, and so. much. food.
Eternally grateful to this beautiful company of people, of tigers/hyenas/orangutans/goats... And all that we lived through together 🧡
𝙻𝙸𝙵𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝙿𝙸 - press dump 🐯
1) Richard Parker puppetry demo, Shanghai
2) Cosmo China, Shenzhen
3) Jasmine in a box
4) Press faces, Shanghai
5) National Center for Performing Arts, Beijing
6) Google translate naming me as one of Richard Parker's HEARTTHROB
7) Heartthrobs bounding all over China
8) 🐐 bleats for @riyarajeev 's last show 🧡
9) Opening night Xiqu Centre, Hong Kong - my whole family sitting there in the front row 🥹
10) Press with the queens @alex.zzziyue & @katerowsell142 , Macau
11) some aunties & uncles teaching me Qilin dance during a press event, Hong Kong
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