The Car Man Tickets and Dates
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
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Important Information
Age Recommendation 12 and over (Strictly no under 5's)
Performance Dates 28 Jul - 29 Aug 2026
Performance Times Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Thu & Sat 2.30pm & Sun 2pm
Content Warning Features haze & theatrical smoke effects, and a gunshot effect.
Run time 1 hr 55 mins (incl. interval)
Venue Sadler's WellsAbout The Car Man
Matthew Bourne's award-winning The Car Man is back! Loosely based on Bizet's ever popular opera, The Car Man has on the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures' repertoire.
The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory became a greasy 1950s garage diner in the American Mid West where dreams and passions of a small town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome enigmatic stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into 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 Schhedrins'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.
