Newton Abbot Travel Club

THE CAR MAN@ THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH

Saturday 18th July 2026

Matthew Bourne’s sexy and dangerous dance epic The Car Man returns to UK theatres in 2026,

Based on Bizet’s ever-popular opera Carmen, The Car Man has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures’ repertoire. The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory in Carmen 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.

This spectacular new staging of Matthew Bourne’s Olivier and Evening Standard Award-winning show features designs by Olivier and Tony award-winner Lez Brotherston.

Featuring a hugely talented company of dancers and musicians, The Car Man is a unique opportunity to see this extraordinary production as you’ve never seen it before.

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.

Please note –contains scenes of sexual nature, brief  nudity

strobe lighting and gunshots. 

We have our usual seats in Stalls Rows   E  F & G for the matinee performance at  14.30

Coach departs Newton Abbot 10.00 taking the Ashburton Road route with pickups along  the way.

Cost  £79.00 coach & stalls ticket

 £25.00 Non refundable deposit with booking.

Balance due by 1st April 2026