Heroin addiction and musical theatre are uneasy bedfellows in this Irvine Welsh adaptation at London’s Theatre Royal ...

A star rating of 2 out of 5. 30 years ago, Danny Boyle took Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting and stitched it into a film that defined '90s British cinema, in the making, smoothing its scattered, ...

Anyone hoping to relive the hedonistic glory days of Cool Britannia may want to approach this strangely awkward resuscitation ...

Trainspotting - the musical at Haymarket, London is a new musical based on the film that changed everything, thirty years on. Written by Irvine Welsh, with music and lyrics by Stephen McGuinness and ...

Summer is here and although the London theatre season is starting to slow down a bit – August is, famously, not a busy month – we still have more exciting new shows opening in July than any other city ...

Trainspotting The Musical: Woefully misconceived - 1/5 The latest Trainspotting adaptation at the Theatre Royal Haymarket is ...

The release of Trainspotting in 1996 was a defining moment for Gen Xers like me: a mixture of Adidas cool, indie pop and in-your-face deviancy. Based on Irvine Welsh’s superb, scabrous 1993 novel ...

Cult heroes of youth culture; Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud, Tommy, and Kelly are back, alongside an ensemble cast and a ...

Prior to the show, we sat down with principal cast members Lewis Kidd (plays Renton), Sheridan Townsley (Sick Boy), Kieran ...

The most outrageous West End flop in years.

If the 1996 cult classic film was a high for a generation of moviegoers, a new London stage production feels like the comedown. By Houman Barekat Reviewing from London See more of our coverage in your ...

A cast change has been announced for the world premiere of Trainspotting The Musical, which will take place in the West End.