Men jumping in the air in front of a garage

Matthew Bourne's The Car Man

Name: Matthew Bourne's The Car Man
Start: 2026-10-20
End: 2026-10-24
Location: The Alhambra Theatre

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.

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On Friends Presale from 9am, Monday 8 December
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On sale to the public from Monday 15 December

Ticket Prices

Standard £21.00 - £59.00

Max of 10 tickets can be booked online. All discounts are subject to availability and may not be applicable. See our T&Cs for further information.

A woman and a man hold each other and look at the camera, against a backdrop of people dancing by a garage

Venue

The Alhambra Theatre

Dates

20 - 24 Oct 2026

Price

£21.00 - £59.00

Age guidance

Age 12+

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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Matthew Bourne's The Car Man

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