Daily Mail
"Buckle up for the ride of your life. Gripping, gasp-making, edge-of-your-seat stuff."
Matthew Bourne’s smouldering dance thriller The Car Man roars back into London for a strictly limited season at Sadler’s Wells. Set to Rodion Shchedrin’s electrifying reworking of Bizet’s Carmen, it’s a tale of lust, betrayal and murder told entirely through dance - and one of the most thrilling pieces of dance-theatre ever made.
In the sweltering American Midwest town of Harmony, life at Dino’s greasy garage-diner is turned upside down when a magnetic, dangerous stranger named Luca drifts into town. As Luca ignites a forbidden passion with Dino’s wife Lana, a chain of desire, jealousy and violence is set in motion that no one in Harmony will survive unscathed.
Featuring Lez Brotherston’s Olivier Award-winning designs and Matthew Bourne’s trademark storytelling, The Car Man is sexy, cinematic and utterly gripping - a five-star sensation performed by the dancers of New Adventures. Book your tickets now.
Why it’s worth the watch
Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man tells a story of lust, betrayal and murder entirely through dance.
- Bourne’s storytelling. Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne reworks Bizet’s Carmen into a smouldering dance thriller.
- A gripping thriller. Set in a sweltering garage-diner, it builds desire, jealousy and violence to a shattering climax.
- Olivier-winning design. Lez Brotherston’s Olivier Award-winning designs bring a sun-baked American town to the stage.
- Danced by New Adventures. Performed by the acclaimed dancers of Bourne’s New Adventures company for a strictly limited season.
