Trainspotting The Musical comes to the West End this summer
Thirty years on from the film that changed everything, the World Premiere of Trainspotting The Musical storms into the West End this summer. Written by Irvine Welsh (adapted from his best-selling debut novel) and directed and developed by Caroline Jay Ranger, this is the story of the outsiders, the rebels – a brand-new expectation-defying and […]
REVIEW: TRAINSPOTTING (The Vaults) ★★★★★
Transgressive fiction is known as literature that deals with characters who feel confined by the expectations of authority figures and society and wish to break free of those confinements in taboo or forbidden ways. Dealing with self-identity, inner peace or personal freedom, often the protagonists of transgressive fiction are seen as mentally ill, anti-social or […]
TRAINSPOTTING to open at The Vaults
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Irvine Welsh and Danny Boyle’s iconic, generation defining film Trainspotting, and ahead of the 2017 release of its sequel, a no-holds-barred immersive theatrical adaptation opens at The Vaults in Waterloo on 8th November (previews from 3rd November). To further mark the anniversary, twenty tickets at £20 […]
REVIEW: TRAINSPOTTING (Kings Head Theatre, 2016)
A fully immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s shockingly grotesque Trainspotting… sound frighteningly intense? I assure you, the reality of this production is far worse. Following a run at the Kings Head Theatre, and huge success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, this In Your Face Theatre and Kings Head Theatre collaborative production has picked […]