Matthew Bourne’s internationally acclaimed award-winning dance thriller The Car Man is back.

Loosely based on Bizet’s popular Carmen opera, it has been transported to a greasy garage diner in 1960s 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.

Sadler’s Wells, Roseby Avenue, Islington, July 14 to August 9. Details: 0844 412 4300, sadlerswells.com