Sir Matthew Bourne on Radio 3's In Tune programme today

[alison]

Talking about The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall.  Not sure when, although dance items generally tend to be later on, presumably to allow for rehearsals finishing first, but the programme runs from 5 to 7 pm.

[SheilaC]

2 hours ago, alison said:

Talking about The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall.  Not sure when, although dance items generally tend to be later on, presumably to allow for rehearsals finishing first, but the programme runs from 5 to 7 pm.

It started about 6.15, with an interminable excerpt of music from one of his musicals. Eventually he talked about some of his ballets, the Tchaikovsky ones, inevitably he was asked about Swan Lake, but said he hadn't expected it to be such a huge hit until the opening night, when Cameron Mackintosh and the audience absolutely loved it. There was music from Swan Lake, some discussion of his new version of CarMen for the Royal Albert Hall, but with few details and it ended with an excerpt of the opera Carmen. It was about 25 minutes altogether. He is a very interesting interviewee, came over very well (and I'm no fan!).