Japanese actors Fukuchi Momoko (second from left) and Mashiko Atsuki (third from left) introduce their upcoming production Spirited Away, which will have its Chinese premiere at Shanghai Culture ...

"To prepare, I'm slowly but surely learning Chinese," says the French singer.

Spirited Away simply shouldn’t work. At a time when hackneyed screen-to-stage cash-ins have become a ravaging blight on London’s theatre scene, along comes this: a doggedly faithful adaptation ...