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MATTHEW Bourne’s award-winning dance thriller The Car Man is coming to Bradford next week.
The production will be staged at the Alhambra Theatre from October 20 to October 24, 2026.
Performances are scheduled for Tuesday, October 20, at 7.30pm; Wednesday, October 21, at 7.30pm; Thursday, October 22, at 2pm and 7.30pm; Friday, October 23, at 7.30pm; and Saturday, October 24, at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.
Loosely based on Bizet’s opera, the show moves the action from a 19th-century Spanish cigarette factory to a greasy 1950s garage-diner in the American Mid-West.
The arrival of a handsome and enigmatic stranger shatters the dreams and passions of a small town, sending its inhabitants into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge.
Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling is combined with a dramatic score by Terry Davies, featuring Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite after Bizet’s Carmen.
The production promises an intense theatrical experience that will ignite the senses.
Tickets are priced from £21 to £59, with prices inclusive of a £3 booking fee per ticket , and can be purchased HERE. A postage charge of £2 per transaction may also apply.
The recommended age is 15 and over. The production contains sexual scenes, sexual assault, brief male nudity, smoking, strobe lighting, haze, gunshots, blood and violence.
There are seven performances, including an audio-described show at 2.30pm on Saturday, October 24.