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AWARDS
EVENING STANDARD AWARD 2000 – “Outstanding Musical Event of the Year”
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS - "Best New Dance Production"
LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS AWARD - "Best Choreography"
NOMINATED FOR OLIVIER AWARD 2001 – “OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE”
PRESS QUOTES
“THE CAR MAN is a superbly balanced, eye-grabbing combination of first rate choreography, effectively constructed drama and sheer entertainment”
THE SPECTATOR
“A Humping, Pumping, Thumping Fat Hit”
DAILY TELEGRAPH
“Awesome Theatre, seldom seen on the London stage”
EVENING STANDARD
“Glamorous, Sexy, Funny and Dangerous…A Triumph!”
EVENING STANDARD
“Gripping, Expolsive, Erotic”
MAIL ON SUNDAY
“Mesmerising…The Car Man is a Triumph”
SUNDAY TIMES
“A hotbed of Latin lust…..beautifully played…brilliant”
SUNDAY TIMES
“**** (4 Stars) The interplay of violence and desire becomes so combustible you flinch from the heat…THE CAR MAN drives with an urgency that at moments has our nerves and hearts at full stretch”
THE GUARDIAN
“a uniquely motley group of dance actors whose inventive, sometimes shockingly direct body language is famous for getting under the skin of the characters they portray”
THE GUARDIAN
“This new plot is much too good to give away, but its sharp changes of emotional gear build to a rare edge-of-the-seat urgency…peopled with characters of winning interest and complexity…body language so bright with wit and so fraught with emotional subtext that its hard to believe not a line of dialogue has been spoken”
THE GUARDIAN
“The group dances are animated with a vernacular wit and pulse. The pivotal duets, violent and erotic, are even better, and bring out performances so intense you sometimes want to look away…Magnificent”
THE GUARDIAN
“Fabulous girls, oily chaps and ensemble dancing to die for”
DAILY EXPRESS
“The pace is cracking and the temperature high”
MAIL ON SUNDAY
“Keeps you guessing right up to the final minute”
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
“Electrifying, a dynamite dance of desire”
DAILY MAIL
“One of the best performances of the year”
LOS ANGELES TIMES
“A devastating triumph”
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
“The ending leaves you stunned. The silence in the theatre in the last few moments was deafening”
CRITICALDANCE.COM
“The dancers were all captivating to watch…dance seems a logical extension of their characters, scarily intense and real”
CRITICALDANCE.COM
“Fasten your seat belts…a theatrical tour de force: fast, funny, physical, sexy and extremely violent. It’s not for those that would rather ride the bus”
CULTUREVULTURE.COM
“Bourne’s choreography rockets off in the opening and never stops…an explosion of relentless sexual energy”
ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
“ Moves forward dramatically in a way that few dance performances can manage…unfurls a plot that we want to follow through to the end, and it achieves a surprisingly strong narrative without uttering a word”
ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
“Fiendishly smart…Bourne seamlessly weaves the various strands of this artful spectacle into a psychological thriller that probes, teases, and bludgeons us with its mythic power”
ST. PAUL
“Cinematic devices such as flashbacks, split screens, wipes and fades render all this action as a kind of montage and give it a psychological intimacy – as if we were simultaneously inside the characters heads and outside observing them”
ST. PAUL
“ Lana moves through the show in a perpetual state of steamy desire as if she just walked in from a Tennessee Williams play…Luca’s tattoo might as well say “100% Prime”…Bourne himself is in excellent form, so confidently conveying his story through movement”
LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE
“The nudity is inconsequential…It doesn’t hold a candle to what these dancers do with their clothes on…some of the most effective and intense depictions of sex possible by performers who aren’t actually exposing themselves. Its not for the faint-hearted and its not to be missed”
LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE
“The UK’s most popular and most unclassifiable dance company”
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
“The music is Bizet, the atmosphere is steamy and pansexual and the art of storytelling in movement is pure Bourne”
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
The Car Man Press Quotes
SADLER’S WELLS, LONDON JULY 2007
Metro Keith Watson Friday 13th July 2007
‘This is Bourne cooking on gas.’
‘Steamy set pieces that sizzle with sex and offbeat humour.’
The Daily Telegraph Mark Monahan 13th July 2007
‘Simply fizzes with originality and lust for life.’
‘I defy anyone not to be seduced by the tale of lust, murder and betrayal.’
‘New Adventures pull out every choreographic and dramatic stop to create a steamy atmosphere.’
‘Exhilarating, air punching, groin-thrusting hoe-downs.’
‘Terrific.’
‘Do yourself and favour and spend a couple of illicit hours with Mr Bourne and co. You’ll emerge glowing.’
The Times Debra Craine Friday 13th July
‘Hugely enjoyable piece of dance-theatre.’
‘Part film-noir and part Grand-Guignol horror – with dollop of Carry On style humour.’
‘Alan Vincent’s Luca is wonderfully beefy.’
The Guardian Judith Mackrell Friday 13th July 2007
‘…a frustrated, angry energy throbs through the clapped out cars and neon signs’
‘Bourne’s choreography drives the story at full throttle through jiving, vernacular ensembles.’
‘Bourne’s Car Man is vivid, shocking, speedy.’
‘Richard Winsor is superb.’
The Daily Express Neil Norman July 13th 2007
‘Bourne has come up with a show that is fuelled by testosterone and sweat: it’s all hot meal and even hotter flesh.’
‘High-voltage dancing.’
The Observer Sunday 15th July
Luke Jennings
‘Pulpy and dark-lit, thrumming with sexual tension.’
‘Tremendous wit and pace.’
‘Bourne has reached audiences that other dance-maker’s cant.’
‘Bourne rules his turf unchallenged.’
Independent on Sunday
Sunday 15th July Jenny Gilbert
‘Certain to make new converts to his distinctive genius.’
‘The Car Man’s strength is its dramatic clarity.’
‘So edge of your seat good, so well furnished that you have to pinch yourself to realise it’s done without words.’
‘,,,a tour de force for Alan Vincent’s Brando-esque stranger.’
Sunday Express
Sunday 15th July Jeffery Taylor
‘Bourne’s strongest work.’
‘Deeply satisfying.’
‘Lez Brotherston’s brilliant designs add to Bourne’s juicy evocation of a trailer trash lifestyle in Dust Bowl America.’
‘You dare not blink in case you miss it.’
‘A riveting demonstration of the magic of theatre.’
Ballet Magazine – www.ballet.co.uk August 2007
‘Amongst Bourne’s very best work.’
‘Fast-paced, exciting ensemble pieces.’
‘If I could only have one Bourne production, with one cast, this would have to be it.’
The Classical Source – www.classicalsource.com
Sunday 15th July 2007
‘Bourne’s choreography, every bit as wayward and original as say, George Balanchine or Jerome Robbins were in their day, certainly makes up for the lack of sung libretto.’
‘Sometimes you expect or perhaps think you actually hear dialogue being spoken.’
‘The whole ensemble is so brilliant.’
The London Paper
Theatre Fave Five Thursday 19th July
‘Matthew Bourne’s erotic dance remake of Bizet’s Carmen is thrilling.’
THE Sunday Times
David Dougill
Sunday July 22, 2007
‘Natural Bourne thriller.’
‘Performances are outstanding.’
‘Superb’
