Ismene Brown

Pulp fiction

The London Coliseum’s latest dance gala showed that Bourne’s supremacy as the master of popular dance theatre is being challenged by his partner Arthur Pita

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  • Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man

    Sadler’s Wells, until 9 August

  • Ardani 25 Dance Gala

    London Coliseum

Hot, languorous, sizzling… I was thinking what an ideal show Matthew Bourne’s noir comedy is to watch on a summer’s evening in T-shirt and shorts as you sip a cold beer in a plastic cup and feel all toasty while the garage mechanics are bumping and grinding away at Dino’s Diner.

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