The car man - TNT

Bizet's popular 1875 opera, the story which inspired the steamy film The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Matthew Bourne's energetic choreography combine to form a heady mix of fatal passion in New Adventures' revival of their popular 2000 dance drama. With its vibrantly provocative sequences and catchy, familiar music the result is guaranteed to appeal to a modern audience. The original Carmen score has been rearranged to suit the Stateside relocation, and (instead of a fickle Spanish toreador and his jealous gypsy girl lover) Bourne gives us itinerant drifter Luca and instantly attracted Lana, the frustrated wife of the slobbish owner of Dino's Diner and Garage who takes him on as a handyman - totally unaware that it's not just the broken-down cars this hunk intends to service. Bourne adds his signature gay slant — Luca swings both ways — and the consequences are tragic. Catch it before it goes on tour.
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, EC1, 0844-412 4300. £10-£48. Until August 5

Louise Kingsley