Sheffield: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man comes to the Lyceum next month

Loosely based on Bizet’s popular opera, the action is transported from the familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory, to a greasy garage-diner in 1960’s America where the dreams and passions of a small-town 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.

A combination of one of the most instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures’ repertoire and Bourne’s vivid storytelling, creates a dangerous and uncompromising vision of small-town America.

The show runs at the Lyceum from 23rd-27th June.

Tickets priced £18-£37 are available now from the Box Office on 0114 2496000 or online at www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk