Matthew Bourne’s award-winning dance thriller THE CAR MAN will return for a 2026 UK tour, including performances at Milton Keynes Theatre from Tue 7 – Sat 11 July.
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 1950s garage-diner in the American Midwest, 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.
"I never dreamed when we created this show at the beginning of the new millennium that it would still be around, thrilling audiences, 25 years later!" Matthew Bourne said, "Inspired by vintage movie film noir classics, it holds a unique and special place in the New Adventures repertory as the only piece based on an opera and possibly the first ballet to feature a bisexual anti-hero!
"I’m particularly happy that we are taking the show “on the road” again after more than 10 years, and I can’t wait to revisit the hot and steamy town of Harmony USA – the best place to be next Summer!”
Tickets are on sale now. Book yours by visiting www.atgtickets.com/miltonkeynes
Photo by Johan Persson
