My Neighbour Totoro, the inventive stage production of Studio Ghibli’s much-loved animated film, has triumphed at this year’s Olivier awards. The show, which received nine nominations, won in six categories at the ceremony on Sunday.
On a star-studded night at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal were among the victorious actors. Comer said that she was “so overwhelmed” to take the best actress prize for her performance in Prima Facie and that the play had changed her life. The Killing Eve star, who did not formally train as an actor, sent a message “to any kids who haven’t been to drama school, who can’t afford to go to drama school, who’ve been rejected from drama school”, declaring “don’t let anybody tell you that it isn’t possible”.
