Matthew Bourne's The Car Man

Fasten your seat belts THE CAR MAN is back to celebrate the Royal Albert Hall‘s 150th anniversary!

A dance-thriller based on Bizet’s beloved Carmen, THE CAR MAN will be completely reimagined for the gladiatorial arena of the Royal Albert Hall, adding a frisson of danger as the dancers perform throughout the auditorium amid stage designs by Olivier and Tony award-winner Lez Brotherston.

Featuring an expanded company of 65 dancers and musicians, a live orchestra and epic new designs, these 14 performances of  THE CAR MAN are a unique opportunity to see this extraordinary production as you’ve never seen it before.

The 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage-diner in 1960s America where a small-town’s dreams are shattered by the arrival of a handsome 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 musical arrangements by  Terry Davies  featuring Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite (after Bizet’s Carmen), to create a dance event like no other.

THE CAR MAN will ignite your senses and leave you breathless – don’t miss it in summer 2022.

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What is The Car Man about?

Set in a fictional mid-west town called Harmony, The Car Man is the story of what happens when car mechanic Luca moves into town and drama follows. A passionate affair with a married woman is only the beginning of this dramatic tale of love, death, anger, and betrayal- all choreographed to perfection in true Matthew Bourne style.

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Running Time

TBC

Cast & Creatives

Will Bozier (Luca, The Car Man), Richard Winsor (Luca, The Car Man), Ashley Shaw (Lana), Zizi Strallen (Lana), Paris Fitzpatrick (Angelo), Dominic North (Angelo), Kayla Collymore (Rita), Kate Lyons (Rita), Alan Vincent (Dino), Jonathon Luke Baker (Franco), Benjamin Barlow Bazeley (Fabio), Alistair Beattie (Marcello), Stephanie Billers(Delores), Isaac Peter Bowry (Elio), Cordelia Braithwaite (Mercedes), Ben Brown (Ricardo), Reece Causton (Dirk), Jade Copas (Natalie), Harrison Dowzell (Rocco), Cameron Flynn (Roberto), Rose Goddard (Sophia), Glenn Graham (Bruno), Bryony Harrison (Frankie), Shoko Ito (Elisabetta), Monique Jonas (Bianca), Nicole Kabera (Gina), Kurumi Kamayachi (Silvana), Katrina Lyndon (Monica), Rory Macleod (Marco), Andrew Monaghan (Vito), Stephen Murray (Chad), Harry Ondrak-Wright (Lorenzo), Edwin Ray (Alberto), Danny Reubens (Hot Rod), Sam Salter (Raf), Gabrielle de Souza (Giulietta), Catrin Thomas (Claudia), Christopher Thomas (Ugo) and Bryony Wood (Elsa).

Matthew Bourne (Director, Choreographer), Terry Davies (Music), Rodion Shchedrin (Music), Paul Groothius (Sound), Chris Davey (Lighting), Lez Brotherston (Design)

Age Guidance: No under 12s. All customers aged 14 years or below must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 years or over

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Venue Information

Royal Albert Hall

Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP

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Nearest Tube/Rail Station

South Kensington and High Street Kensington

Buses

9, 10, 52, 70, 360, 452

Nearest Car Parks

Parking spaces are available at nearby Imperial College, from 1 hour before the start time of events in the main auditorium.

Reviews

The Observer

'Sultry perfection'

Evening Standard

'Glamorous, sexy, funny and dangerous. A triumph!'

Daily Mail

'A dynamite dance of desire'

Daily Telegraph

'Superb, witty, drop-dead sexy'

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