Venue: Theatre Royal
Running time: Doors open 1 hour before each performance. Approx. 2 hours, including an interval (subject to change)
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Age Guidance: 12+
Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+
Contains scenes of a sexual nature, brief nudity, strobe lighting and gunshots.
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Premium Members Pre-sale: Monday 10 November at 10am
Standard Members Pre-sale: Tuesday 11 November at 10am
General On-sale: Monday 17 November at 10am
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.
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
Members
All tickets £68 & £62.50 tickets for £57.50 in the Stalls and Upper Circle for Tuesday to Thursday 7.30pm & Thursday 2pm performances.
Under 26s
All £68 & £62.50 tickets for £53.50 in the Stalls and Upper Circle for Tuesday to Thursday 7.30pm & Thursday 2pm performances. To purchase these tickets you must be 26 or under at the time of booking. You may be asked to show your ID on doors to confirm your age.
Groups 10+
All £68 & £62.50 tickets for £53.50 on bookings of 10 or more in the Stalls & Upper Circle for Tuesday to Thursday 7.30pm & Thursday 2pm performances. Please email our Group Sales team or call 0115 989 5555 to book.
No concessions in the Balcony or for Friday 7.30pm & Saturday 2.30pm & 7.30pm performances.
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’
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Tuesday 22 September
7:30 PM
Wednesday 23 September
7:30 PM
Thursday 24 September
2:00 PM
Thursday 24 September
7:30 PM
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