The Show > Fasten your seat belts – The Car Man is back!> In a spectacular new staging for the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th anniversary.
> > To celebrate the Hall’s 150thâ?¯anniversary,â?¯Matthew Bourneâ?¯andâ?¯his acclaimed dance companyâ?¯New Adventures bring their multi-award-winning production ofâ?¯The Car Manâ?¯to theâ?¯Royal Albert Hallâ?¯for the very first time.
> > A dance-thriller based onâ?¯Bizet’sâ?¯belovedâ?¯Carmen,â?¯The Car Manâ?¯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-winnerâ?¯Lez Brotherston.
> > Featuring an expanded company of 65 dancers and musicians, a live orchestra and epic new designs, these 14 performances ofâ?¯The Car Manâ?¯are a unique opportunity to see this extraordinary productionâ?¯as you’ve never seen it before.
â?¯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’sâ?¯vivid storytelling combines with one of the most passionately dramatic scores ever written,â?¯with musical arrangements byâ?¯Terry Daviesâ?¯featuringâ?¯Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite (after Bizet’s Carmen),â?¯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.
Theatre details
Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London SW7 2AP
Directions: 15 mins walk from High Street Kensington Tube Station. Head northeast on Kensington High Street, turn right onto Kensington Gore then left onto Jay Mews.
Tube: South Kensington station is 10 minute walk (832 metres)
South Kensington station is 10 minute walk (832 metres)
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