Peaky Blinders has been adapted for the stage as a dance theatre production

While fans eagerly await the sixth season of Peaky Blinders, the show's creator, Steven Knight, has revealed that he has adapted the acclaimed series for the stage, as a dance theatre show.

Entitled Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, the new show is directed and choreographed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, Artistic Director of Rambert, a London-based contemporary dance company.

The dance theatre event is Rambert’s first collaboration of this kind, and picks up the story of the Peaky Blinders at the end of World War One – chronicling the love affair between Tommy Shelby and Grace Burgess.

"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," the description reads. "As the story unfolds, many hearts are broken."

20 dancers will feature on stage as part of the production, with a live band playing specially commissioned music.

How #PeakyBlinders met #Rambert...

Peaky Blinders creator #StevenKnight remembers how he was inspired by seeing Rambert dance to turn the world of Peaky Blinders into our new dance theatre production, coming to theatres nationwide ➡️ https://t.co/hOagdeq20r#PeakyBlindersDance pic.twitter.com/qZI0LUqCb8

— Rambert (@Rambertdance) January 17, 2022

“Peaky Blinders has always had music and movement at its heart," comments Steven Knight. "Now the beating heart of the show will be transferred to the stage, an interpretation of Tommy’s story performed by Rambert, one of the leading dance companies in the world. This is dance for people who don’t usually watch dance and what I’ve written has been transformed into something startling by consummate dancers and choreographers.”

Benoit Swan Pouffer adds that he "couldn’t be more ready for the challenge."

"It's such an exciting opportunity as a choreographer to tell these stories and recreate these characters through dance," he continues. "It is also a great collaborative opportunity to have been working closely with Steven Knight on this original production. What you’re going to get as a result will be an inspiring and uplifting dance show, but so much more than a dance show."

The production will tour around the UK, kicking off at the Birmingham Hippodrome (September 27 – October 2), and continuing on to the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London (October 12 – November 6); the Theatre Royal, Norwich (January 17 – 21, 2023); the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (January 25 – 28); the Hull New Theatre (January 31 – February 4); the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (February 7 – 11); the Royal & Derngate, Northampton (February 21 – 25); the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (February 28 – March 4); The Lowry, Salford (March 14 – 18); the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (March 21 – 25); and the Theatre Royal, Plymouth (March 28 – April 1).

The fifth season of Peaky Blinders – starring Irish actor Cillian Murphy – premiered on BBC One on August 25, 2019, with the sixth season expected later this year. A Peaky Blinders feature film is set to be shot next year.