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Matthew Bourne's The Car Man

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Here's the official promotional trailer for Matthew Bourne's upcoming production of The Car Man whose cast will include Liam Mower and Layton Williams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA7z6_k ... e=youtu.be
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Here's an interesting article about the rehearsal process for The Car Man:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 57004.html
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Here's a video of Matthew Bourne discussing the music, story and characters of "The Car Man":

http://new-adventures.net/the-car-man/n ... he-car-man
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Layton Williams has posted this picture of the cast of The Car Man on his public Facebook page. Cast members surely look the part of someone who just wheeled themselves out from under a car ;)

https://www.facebook.com/LaytonWilliams ... =1&theater
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A glowing review of the show at the New Wimbledon Theatre:

https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/106 ... n-theatre/

The story flows beautifully and has many surprises along the way. There was a wonderful moment at last night’s production when, after a particularly graphic moment, two people emerged on stage and a member of the audience very loudly exclaimed ‘Oh my God, what were they doing?’ It really is magical to get a reaction like that from an audience, many of whom – going by the conversations I overheard during the interval – hadn’t seen the show before and gave the cast a standing ovation at the end that could have gone on for hours.
And huge props for Liam Mower's debut as Angelo:
However, the cast I saw were all absolutely amazing and I particularly want to single out Liam Mower, who was making his debut as Angelo. For me, Liam gave a masterful demonstration of the ability of dance and dancers to convey a story beautifully. When first we see Angelo, he is shy, diffident, downtrodden and so lacking in self confidence that as he sat on the seat alone, I just wanted to give him a huge hug. Once he meets Luca and his confidence begins to grow we see a marked change in the character – even prepared to stand up to his boss – and by the end after going through hell, a different Angelo is there for us to see. His demeanour, stance, facial expressions all spoke volumes of the man Angelo had become and the sacrifices he had made to get there. A truly fantastic slice of the skill of Liam in conveying this to us without a single word ever being uttered.
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The Car Man comes to the Theatre Royal, Newcastle (where it played before in 2000, and 2007), from tonight through Saturday:

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/art ... ---9130009
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This is an interesting interview in today's Stage section of The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/m ... he-car-man
I’ve no interest in winning over divas, and I’m not up for too many things outside my own company. I was sent the original script for Billy Elliot and had an offer to direct Wicked. But I like writing my own stories.
Interesting.

This is the link to his charity, Re:Bourne, which has some points of interest:

http://new-adventures.net/rebourne
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If you have any way to get there, SEE THIS SHOW!

WOW! WOW! WOW!

I can't even begin to tell you what an intense experience it is, so I won't even try. But I will say that both Liam and Layton were fantastic. And again, I am just floored at what an amazing actor Liam has become in addition to being a fabulous dancer.

See it, and hope you get a performance with Liam as Angelo. AMAZING!
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If you are a dancer, or know one who might be interested, the cast will be offering an open workshop for dancers at Sadler's Wells:

http://new-adventures.net/the-car-man/n ... he-car-man
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