Trainspotting with song and dance? It's such a downer: PATRICK MARMION's first night review ⊕
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Anyone hoping to relive the hedonistic glory days of Cool Britannia may want to approach this strangely awkward resuscitation of Irvine Welsh's cult novel with caution.
Trainspotting the Musical review – forgettable songs make this a bad trip ⊖⊖
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
The chopped-up story means this ends up feeling like a weak impersonation of Danny Boyle’s classic film
“Choose life …” Those iconic words from that era-defining film ar…
3 months ago
From iconic series Rab C. Nesbitt to Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting and Filth: Hollywood accused of portraying Scots as impoverished stereotypes plagued by alcohol and drug addiction as film star hits out ⊖
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It has been 20 years since the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting was released to mass critical acclaim.
The Guardian view on new musicals: sex, drugs and song ‘n’ dance | Editorial ⊕
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Adaptations of hit novels like One Day and Trainspotting help keep the genre in tune with the times
Singin’ in the Rain it will never be, but Trainspotting the Musical is not as improbable as it seems…
4 months ago
‘It’s got real sass!’ Irvine Welsh chooses new life for Trainspotting as a stage musical ⊕
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Production based on 1993 novel opens at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in July, with original songs co-written by the author
It has been a book, a play and a film. It has also spawned three sequels…
5 months ago
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh review – uniquely funny writer holds court ⊕⊕
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The author discusses his writing, the movies it created and his own youth, but not all the interviewees in this documentary are quite so gripping
Here, in addition to Paul Sng’s recent documentary abo…
Zoning in on Leith, Edinburgh – ‘It’s been a joy to watch the area reinvent itself’ ⊕⊕
The historic port district – and setting for Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting – has evolved into a cultural and culinary hub. In the first of a new series, a local resident visits the venues powering the…
7 months ago
‘No party on the planet was safe from Hoggy rocking up!’: Irvine Welsh on his friend Pam Hogg ⊕⊕⊕
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‘I spent the 90s with Pam – clubbing and partying in the way those times demanded. What I saw was a truly groundbreaking artist, and a life marked by independence, courage and kindness’
• Pam Hogg, fa…
11 months ago
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough review – a candid portrait of a literary one-off ○
Paul Sng’s documentary finds the Trainspotting author as funny, sharp and unrepentant as ever – from boyhood in Leith to globetrotting fame and a hallucinogenic trip in Canada
No one would reject the …
Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott ○
More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aid
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Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Wint…