Friday Film Break
Peaky Blinders Dances into the BAFTA TV Awards
May 17, 2024
The dancers of Rambert performed an excerpt of Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby as part of the televised ceremony for the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday, May 11. The dance theatre production, choreographed and directed by Rambert artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer and written by Steven Knight, CBE, the creator of the award-winning BBC drama “Peaky Blinders,” is touring the UK.
Rambert’s adaptation was filmed for television and aired on the BBC on New Year’s Day 2024 in the UK. The original TV series is also being translated into a film, with newly minted Oscar winner Cillian Murphy returning to the role of Thomas Shelby.