By Order Of The Peaky Blinders, Rambert’s The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby Returns To Tour UK – Preview

• Rambert’s stage adaptation returns to theatres across the UK from Autumn 2024, following its success in 2023 during the 10-year anniversary of the TV show Peaky Blinders.
  
  
• Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby will tour the UK from 13 September – 2 November 2024, arriving at New Theatre Oxford from Tuesday 15October until Saturday 19 October.
  
  
• Tickets are on sale via: www.atgtickets.com/oxford.

Adventurous, dynamic and daring dance company Rambert continue to take the world by storm as they announce the return of their popular dance theatre show, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby from 13 September – 2 November 2024.
 
Written by the series creator Steven Knight, with choreography and direction by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, Rambert return to stages across the UK this Autumn.

Performances will take place at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Liverpool Empire Theatre, Bristol Hippodrome, Festival Theatre in Edinburgh, New Theatre in Oxford, The Lowry in Salford and Sunderland Empire.

In 2025, Rambert will return to Southampton to perform at the Mayflower Theatre from 20 – 24 May 2025 with further UK, European and International dates to be announced.
 
As one of the world’s most diverse company of dancers, Rambert is proud to present a show that embodies the organisation’s ethos of presenting awe-inspiring, relevant and relatable work that shows new perspectives and connects with new and existing audiences.

Having been seen by more than 100,000 people during its initial run, with many of these audience members seeing dance for the first time, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby is the company’s longest and most successful touring work.
 
The thrilling stage adaptation captures the Peaky story, with stunning performances from Rambert’s dancers and an iconic soundtrack from a live on-stage band.

Having included exclusive plot and characters never seen on screen, Steven Knight opens the story in the trenches of The Somme in 1916 to tell a personal story of post-war industrial Birmingham, where 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, in a script that is spoken by the late Birmingham-born writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah who played street preacher Jeremiah Jesus in the TV series.

The band of live musicians are led by Musical Director Yaron Engler with a specially commissioned score by Roman GianArthur, that includes iconic Peaky tracks from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Radiohead, Anna Calvi, The Last Shadow Puppets, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

The creative team for the creation of the stage production include set design by Moi Tran, lighting design by Natasha Chivers and costume design by Richard Gellar, with production dramaturg by Kaite O’Reilly.
 
Acting director Kim Pearce, illusions director Filipe J. Carvalho, fight director Adrian Derrick-Palmer, props supervisor Lily Mollgaard, and intimacy director Yarit Dor, with sound design by Moshik Kop, were part of the creative team involved in the creation of the stage production.
 
Executive Producers for the stage adaptation are Helen Shute, Alex Darbyshire, Simon Sinek and Robin Saunders.
 
From stage to screen, the return of the popular show follows the success of Peaky Blinders Rambert’s Redemption of Thomas Shelby being aired on BBC 4 on Mon 1 Jan at 9.25pm as part of the broadcaster’s Christmas programme.
 
Having written and adapted the production for Rambert, Peaky Blinders writer and creator Steven Knight said:
‘I’m absolutely thrilled the Peaky/Rambert collaboration has been such a resounding success.
 
So many people came to see the show and so many of them were new to live dance, which is why we all wanted to do this, so I’m delighted that the show is back on the road after popular demand.’

Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, who choreographed and directed the production said:
‘As a company, we are so proud of the success of Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby and are excited to see its return.
 
As a choreographer, I love that I get to tell these stories through movement, and recreate these iconic characters through dance, in collaboration with a talented creative team that includes Steven Knight.
  Rambert is one of the world’s most diverse companies of dancers, and I’m proud that we present adventurous, dynamic and daring work that inspires audiences, locally, nationally and internationally.’

For tour dates and tickets for Rambert’s Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, visit:
peakyblindersdance.com

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