Multi-award-winning British choreographer Matthew Bourne is said to be highly “audience-conscious” — which means among other things that he wants to make sure folks have a good time at his shows.
His full-length dance work “The Car Man” sounds like a sure bet. Loosely based both on the 1946 movie “The Postman Always Rings Twice” and on Bizet’s “Carmen,” it transposes the familiar 19th-century Spanish cigarette factory of the opera to a greasy garage-diner in 1960s America, where the dreams and passions of a small Italian-American community are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. The London Theatre Guide calls it “a fast-moving thriller that contains all the elements of a film noir.”
An HD screening of a performance by Bourne’s dance company, New Adventures, is Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Amherst Cinema. $18 general admission; $9 students. amherstcinema.org