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Performance TitleMatthew Bourne's - The Car Man - Opening Night
Performance Date9 June 2022
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Orchestra or BandOrchestra
Set List'The Car Man', choreo. M Bourne, mus. R Shchedrin, arr. T Davies (New Adventures)
Performance NotesTo celebrate the Hall’s 150th anniversary, Matthew Bourne and his acclaimed dance company New Adventures bring their multi-award-winning production of The Car Man to the Royal Albert Hall for the very first time. A dance-thriller based on Bizet’s beloved Carmen, The Car Man 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-winner Lez Brotherston.

Featuring an expanded company of 65 dancers and musicians, a live orchestra and epic new designs, these 14 performances of The Car Man are a unique opportunity to see this extraordinary production as you’ve never seen it before. 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’s vivid storytelling combines with one of the most passionately dramatic scores ever written, with musical arrangements by Terry Davies featuring Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite (after Bizet’s Carmen), to create a dance event like no other.

A red carpet was laid in 1851 Place for VIP guests to arrive via the North Porch. Guests included: Lulu (singer), Craig Revel Horwood (former dancer), Dame Arlene Phillips (former dancer), Johannes Radebe (dancer), Nadiya Bychkova (dancer), Kai Widdrington (dancer), AJ Pritchard (dancer), Abbie Quinnen (dancer), Layton Williams (actor and dancer), Sanjeev Bhaskar (actor), Christopher Biggins (actor), Maureen Lipman (actress), Alison Steadman (actress), Robert Lindsay (actor), Steve Pemberton (actor), Kate Phillips (actress), Jeremy Swift (actor), Alexa Davies (actress), Tanya Reynolds (actress), Will Kemp (actor), Fiona Button (actress), Larissa Eddie (singer), Clare Balding (broadcaster), Alice Arnold (broadcaster), Kay Burley (broadcaster), Julia Bradbury (preseter), Anneka Rice (presenter), Hayley Palmer (presenter), Ranvir Singh (journalist), Tina Daheley (journalist), Greg Rusedski (former tennis player), Kathy Lette (author), Chris Kowalski (model), and Victoria Valentine Brown (influencer).
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2022/21)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2022/21Matthew Bourne's - The Car Man9-18 June 2022
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12595Matthew Bourne's - The Car Man14
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/23528New Adventures (2001-)
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