The hit BBC series has been adapted into a contemporary dance stage show.
He was so impressed with the power of dance that he wrote a ballet scene into the show’s fifth season.Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
“I want other people to experience what I experience, which is when you see it, it’s like there’s no barrier between you and it,” explains Knight, who wrote the script for the show. Fans of the BBC series will certainly be familiar with the love story at the heart of the production between crime boss Tommy Shelby and undercover spy Grace Burgess, portrayed on television by Cillian Murphy and Annabelle Wallis.
“But I think with dance — maybe that you don’t see in other forms — is the joy, when there is joy, you see the joy of it. But also even in the tragedy, you see the beauty of it. So it’s a really interesting way of telling the story.”