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Featuring the full Rambert dance company and an iconic Peaky soundtrack from a live on-stage band, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby is screened on BBC Four on New Year’s Day and can be viewed on BBC iPlayer following transmission.
Inspired by the TV series and specially filmed on the Birmingham Hippodrome stage, Rambert’s production was adapted for the stage by Steven Knight and choreographed and directed by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer. The performance includes the full company of Rambert dancers and marks ten years since the first episode of Peaky Blinders aired on the BBC.
The story….
The story opens in the trenches of The Somme in 1916, a personal story unfolds in post-war industrial Birmingham as the Shelby family navigate the decisions that determine their fate and Tommy is intoxicated by mysterious newcomer, Grace. While Tommy is building his empire, Grace is operating as an undercover agent for Special Branch on a mission to get close to the heart of Tommy’s gang. As the story unfolds, hearts are broken and revenge is sought.
The late Birmingham-born writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who played street preacher Jeremiah Jesus in the TV series, picks up the spoken-word element, while a live on-stage band perform specially commissioned music by Roman GianArthur and iconic Peaky Blinders’ tracks from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Radiohead, Anna Calvi, The Last Shadow Puppets, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
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Behind the scenes
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby was captured for TV by North South Productions. Televisual has gone behind the scenes to find out more about how live show was captured for TV, keeping the energy of the dance and the hallmarks of the Birmingham gangster TV series.
Credits..
A Rambert Production for the BBC
Inspired by the television series Peaky Blinders created by Steven Knight and produced by Caryn Mandabach Productions
Supported by The Space, Arts Council England and Birmingham Hippodrome
With thanks to The Lowry
Executive Producers: Helen Shute, Steven Knight, Caryn Mandabach, Emma Cahusac and Fiona Morris
Co-producer: We are North South
Peaky Blinders © TM Caryn Mandabach Productions 2022, Licensed by Caryn Mandabach Productions © Rambert Productions MMXXIII
This show is based on the TV series and there will be some representation of violence, sex, rape, miscarriage, and drug use.
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