Fittingly for a show centred on a Birmingham crime family in the years following World War I, Rambert's Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby was co-produced with the Birmingham Hippodrome where it will have its world premiere prior to coming to London, then touring nationally.
Tommy and the Peaky Blinders fought together in Flanders, and Rambert's show opens in the trenches. It goes on to follow Tommy Shelby and Grace Burgess through their passionate love affair. Busy building his empire, Tommy remains unaware that Grace is operating as an undercover agent for the Special Branch, trying to get to the heart of Tommy's gang.
In Rambert's first collaboration of its kind, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby was written and adapted for the stage by the TV show's own creator, Stephen Knight, and is directed and choreographed by Rambert's artistic director, Benoit Swan Pouffer. It features Rambert's 20 permanent dancers and a live band playing specially commissioned music.
Troubadour Wembley Park is just the right size for this kind of performance: large enough to offer a sense of occasion, yet small enough to provide and intimate setting for this blisteringly intense show.
As for Rambert, Britain's oldest and most protean dance company, this new show seems to confirm the impression that under Benoit Swan Pouffer, who took over as director in 2018, the company is undergoing another metamorphosis, this time going the dance theatre route. The trend was hinted at in its remarkable live-streams during lockdown, Rooms, Draw From Within and Note to Self.
| What | Rambert, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Troubadour Wembley Park |
| Where | Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, Fulton Rd, Wembley, HA9 8TS | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Wembley Park (underground) |
| When |
12 Oct 22 – 06 Nov 22, 19:30 Thu & Sat mats 14:30, Sun 14:30 only. Mon dark Dur.:TBC |
| Price | £19.50-£74.50 |
| Website | Click here to book |
