LONDON: Actors of East and Southeast Asian heritage have long remained in the shadows of British performing arts, competing for stereotypical or often token roles with few opportunities to grab the limelight.
So when "My Neighbour Totoro," a new play produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company based on Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 Japanese animation, came along with an entire cast comprising British East and Southeast Asian actors, it felt like a milestone had been achieved, members of the play's creative team said in an interview.
