(C) Kenny Ramsey
Fifteen years after TRAINSPOTTING, what has become of Renton, Sickboy, Begbie & Spud? Disturbing, shocking & extremely funny. Contains swearing, sexual language, debauchery, drug use and even more swearing. As if you’d expect anything else…
Irvine Welsh’s PORNO is a full-length stage adaptation of the novel by the same name, which sold out one of the largest Pleasance venues for a month long run at Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, earning rave reviews from audiences and critics alike.
Now the show transfers to London’s theatreland, playing a season of seven Sunday nights at the Arts Theatre West End from 29th October until 10th December 2023, tickets are selling fast! The show has recently played to packed houses in Greenock, Glasgow, Liverpool, Crewe and Manchester as part of a pre West End tour.
Mark Renton hasn’t been back to Leith since… well, since he robbed his pals and f*cked off to Amsterdam. Life has been… good? But there’s always been something missing. How will SICKBOY, BEGBIE & SPUD react to the return of RENTON? Have they all settled down and become respectable members of society? Did they CHOOSE LIFE? Of course, they f*cking didn’t!
The London run has an acclaimed cast of Liam Harkins (The Celtic Story, The Tommy Burns Story’ and Retreat) as Renton, Tony McGeever (Shetland, In Plain Sight, Doctors and Lord Of Rings : The Rings Of Power) as Sickboy, Jenni Duffy (River City and On The Edge) as Lizzie, Chris Gavin (Days That Shook The World, Starcaster) as Begbie, Kevin Murphy as Spud and Tom Carter (Coronation Street and Emmerdale) as Knox.
