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Thu 20 Nov, 11am: Friends and Patrons of Birmingham Hippodrome. Become a Friend today!
Mon 24 Nov, 11am: General On Sale
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
The Car Man contains scenes of a sexual nature, brief nudity, strobe lighting and gunshots.
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
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