Natsumi Kuroda

MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO Reveals New Cast Ahead of West End Anniversary
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2026

New casting has been announced for the stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro. This March the multi-award winning show also celebrates one year at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in the West End.

Review: SPUTNIK SWEETHEART, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Oct 31, 2023

Post-lockdown, Murakami's themes of emotional and sexual isolation resonate all the more in a world of increasingly technologically mediated relationships

Cast Set For SPUTNIK SWEETHEART at the Arcola Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 21, 2023

Full casting has been announced for Sputnik Sweetheart at Arcola Theatre, running 26 October – 25 November. Find out who is starring in the production and how to get tickets here!

NEW PLAYS: JAPAN Presented at the Royal Court Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2023

'New Plays: Japan' was presented at the Royal Court Theatre in London, U.K. from 26 to 28 January 2023.

Théatre Lapis Presents KUWENTO
by Stephi Wild - Dec 17, 2020

Théatre Lapis will present ‘Kuwento - 物語 (read as Monogatari): Revisited Tales of Japan and the Philippines’, an online performance created through the collaboration between artists in the UK, Japan, France and Manila.

BWW Review: PEARL AND DAGGER, The Bandstand In Battersea Park
by Bella Bevan - Aug 17, 2020

This Sunday, Theatré Lapis presented their 30 minute concert version of newly devised musical Pearl and Dagger at Battersea Park's Bandstand. This is an outdoor, socially distanced adaption of the show performed at The Other Palace in 2019.