by Georges Bizet
adapted and directed by Chris Monks

Tues 13 - Sat 24 Sept

New Vic  favourite Chris Monks is back with his brilliant version of the most passionate opera of them all. With all of Bizet’s superb music and a wonderfully witty English libretto.

In the world of a run-down shopping mall, shop-lifting, fights and checking out the talent are ways for the workers to fend off boredom. And drop-dead-gorgeous Carmen is right at the centre and not afraid to shake things up.

Drawn to glamorous football superstar Tony ‘The Italian Stallion’ Amor, but tied to temperamental ex-soldier Johnny, Carmen finds out what it means to live and love beyond the law.

Bizet’s celebrated opera is adapted for the theatre with a new libretto by Chris Monks, who retells a modern story around the famous score, in a tale of jealousy and passion.

The Guardian