A stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s 1988 animation “My Neighbour Totoro” leads nominations at Sunday’s Olivier Awards, the place actors Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal are additionally within the working for Britain’s prime theatre honours.

The London theatre group will collect on the Royal Albert Hall for the annual ceremony, named after the famed British actor Laurence Olivier and which celebrates the very best productions within the capital. The Royal Shakespeare Company’s critically-acclaimed manufacturing of “My Neighbour Totoro”, based mostly on the much-loved movie by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki about two sisters who uncover pleasant forest spirits once they transfer to a brand new nation home with their father in post-war Japan, has 9 nominations.

These embody nods for greatest leisure or comedy play, choreography, directing, costume design and music, in addition to a greatest actress nomination for Mei Mac, who performs youthful sibling, four-year-old Mei. “Standing at the Sky’s Edge”, about three households dwelling for a interval of over 60 years in a council housing property within the English metropolis of Sheffield, follows with eight nominations, together with greatest new musical, directing, two performing nods and unique rating for musician Richard Hawley.

Paul Mescal, who was nominated at this yr’s Oscars, has been recognised in the very best actor class for enjoying Stanley Kowalski in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”. The Irish actor will compete in opposition to David Tennant (“Good”), Tom Hollander (“Patriots”), Rafe Spall (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) and Giles Terera (“Blues for An Alabama Sky”) for the award.

“Killing Eve” star Comer is up for greatest actress in one-woman play “Prima Facie”, through which she portrays a barrister who defends males accused of sexual assault earlier than herself being assaulted. The 30-year-old gained rave evaluations for her West End debut and reprises the position on Broadway this month. The different contenders in the very best actress class are Mescal’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” co-star Patsy Ferran, Janet McTeer (“Phaedra”) and “Nicola Walker” “The Corn Is Green”

Other productions nominated embody a brand new manufacturing of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!”, Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, in addition to “The Band’s Visit”, a few group of Egyptian musicians who mistakenly find yourself in an outpost within the Negev desert.

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