A small review of Spirited Away at the Coliseum for those who like Ghibli stuff and maybe also saw Totoro (or did not see Totoro and are thinking this will be a good alternative).
We saw it last night. It was good, but the Coliseum is hot and cramped and (this was a big deal) the play is 100% in Japanese, with subtitles to the left and right of the stage. In practice this means you miss action in the centre, when looking at the titles, then you get over-focussed on the titles, and miss action.
@bloor Oh gosh thank you, good to know. We aere booked in June. Is it worth the ticket price, do you feel, for thoe who don't speak any Japanese? Do you miss too much reading the subtitles?
@kavey It also made me realise why subtitles are usually (on TV) in the middle at the bottom; it allows you to kind of still capture most of the action.
Being to the left and right was tricky. It may be because it's the ENO that operas are often in other languages (mostly Italian?) so they subtitle left and right. But there is less physical action in Opera.
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