Following its London premier and sell-out performances in Birmingham, Peaky Blinders emerges as an incredible ballet told by Ballet Rambert. We caught it in Plymouth Powerful, dramatically staged, showing the dissonances of men returning from the trenches of WW I.
It opens in the trenches of Flanders, then 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 a mysterious newcomer, Grace.
The Irish Traveller based family become gangsters and this story charts their tough course through a city belching the flames of an industrail age.
I love Ramberts work going right the way back to Blood Wedding, which is still a stand out show for me - and one that I saw at the Roundhouse in Camden.
Written and adapted for the stage by Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight, with choreography and direction from Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, this captivating show matches dazzling, athletic dance and stunning dramatisation from the full Rambert company with a live band.
There are 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.
Its amazing. I'd see it again straight away if it stayed in one place long enough.
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