Enter our prize draw for a chance to win a pair of tickets to see this award-winning dance thriller, along with a stay at the Hilton London Angel Islington.

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 theatre company New Adventures’ repertoire.

This bold reimagining sees the familiar 19th-century Spanish cigarette factory become a greasy 1950s garage-diner in the American midwest, where the dreams and passions of a small town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome and enigmatic stranger. Fuelled by heat, 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.

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures The Car Man is playing at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London for a strictly limited run from 28 July until 29 August 2026. For more information and to book tickets (starting from £15), visit sadlerswells.com.

THE PRIZE
We’re offering one lucky reader the chance to win tickets to see this limited run of the The Car Man. The winner will receive two tickets to the show, plus an overnight stay at Hilton London Angel Islington (hilton.com). Set in the heart of Islington, the hotel is just a short walk from Sadler’s Wells Theatre and conveniently located for Angel station near trendy restaurants and bars and the Emirates Stadium.