Matthew Bourne's The Car Man

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS… 

Matthew Bourne’s award-winning The Car Man is back! Loosely based on Bizet’s ever-popular opera, The Car Man has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures’ repertoire. 

 The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy 1950’s garage-diner in the American Mid-West where the dreams and passions of a small-town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome and enigmatic stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge. 

Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling combines with one of the most passionately dramatic scores ever written, with music by Terry Davies featuring Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite (after Bizet’s Carmen), to create a dance thriller like no other. 

 The Car Man will ignite your senses and leave you breathless. 

***** ‘BUCKLE UP FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE. GRIPPING, GASP-MAKING, EDGE OF YOUR SEAT STUFF’ Daily Mail 

***** ‘A SHATTERINGLY GOOD PIECE OF STORYTELLING. TERRIFIC’ Observer 

***** ‘A THRILLING AND SERIOUSLY SEXY SENSATION’ Daily Express 

Music by Terry Davies & Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite (after Bizet’s Carmen) 

Sound by Paul Groothuis 

Lighting by Chris Davey 

Designed by Lez Brotherston 

Directed & Choreographed by Matthew Bourne 

Content warnings 

The Car Man contains scenes of a sexual nature, brief nudity, strobe lighting and gunshots. Age guidance 12+ 

Running time: 2 hours including an interval