{"id":237630,"date":"2024-06-28T17:19:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T17:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/new-scientist-recommends-a-stage-adaptation-of-spirited-away-in-london\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:15:54","slug":"new-scientist-recommends-a-stage-adaptation-of-spirited-away-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/new-scientist-recommends-a-stage-adaptation-of-spirited-away-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"New Scientist recommends a stage adaptation of Spirited Away in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"SPIRITED??AWAY, , In association with Studio Ghibli, Adapted by John Caird Co-adapted by Maoko Imai, Directed by John Caird, Original score by Joe Hisaishi, Music supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements by Brad Haak , Associate Music Supervision Orchestrations and Ableton Programming by Conor Keelan Set Designer - Jon Bausor, Puppetry Design and Direction by Tobv Olie, Choreographer\/Staging Shigehiro Ide , Lighting Designer Jiro Katsushiba, sound Designer - Koichi Yamamoto, Costume designer - Sachiko Nakahara , Hair and Make Up Designer - Hiroaki Miyauchi Projection Designer Satoshi Kuriyama , Takashi Hoio, In Association with Studio Ghibli, London Coloseum, London, 2024, Credit: Johan Persson\/\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122936\/SEI_209434009.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2436967\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"JOHAN PERSSON\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Hayao Miyazaki film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritedawayuk.com\/\">Spirited Away<\/a> doesn\u2019t have huge amounts to do with science, nor does a stage adaptation of it at the London Coliseum. But the latter left me struck that this story of a fantastic parallel world does explore our connection with nature, language and our sense of self. It is a bit of a stretch, but you could even say it considers the role of the microbiome when the show\u2019s hero, Chihiro (pictured), starts to fade away because her microbiome isn\u2019t adapted to the new parallel world.<\/p>\n<p>Miyazaki has always been concerned with ecology, and he shows\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26234973-200-new-scientist-recommends-a-stage-adaptation-of-spirited-away-in-london\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Hayao Miyazaki film Spirited Away doesn\u2019t have huge amounts to do with science, nor does a stage adaptation of it at the London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}