Trainspotting the Musical
Choose life with Trainspotting musical tickets
Thirty years on from Danny Boyle’s genre-defining movie adaptation of Irvin Welsh’s novel, the Trainspotting musical receives its world premiere in a brand-new stage show at the Theatre Royal Haymarket this summer. Packed with new and classic songs, this new musical delivers a dark, dangerous energy which has never been experienced before on the West End stage. However, you need to be quick as Trainspotting the Musical is only in London for a limited time ahead of a UK tour.
Set in 1996, be reunited with the industrial drug-crazed working-class heroes; Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud, Tommy, and Kelly as they navigate the working-class suburbs of Edinburgh. As they struggle with heroin addiction and economic deprivation, the gang are up against the hurdles of choosing life in a society that doesn’t want to choose them. Trainspotting the Musical has “a bigger, loudly beating human heart than either the book or the film!” (Irvine Welsh).
Robbie Scott (Lifeline the Musical) will star as Renton, joined by Sheridan Townsley (Sing Street) as Sick Boy, Kieran Andrew (Only Fools and Horses the Musical) as Spud, Frankie O’Connor as Franco Begbie, Finlay Paul (The Comedy About a Bank Robbery) as Tommy, and Yana Harris (So Young) as Kelly. They are joined by Rebecca McKinnis, Gordan Cooper, Ashley J. Russell, Rosie Dignan and Sophie Hutchinson.
The Trainspotting musical has been written by Irvine Welsh, who adapted it from his 1993 novel of the same name. Music and lyrics are co-written by Welsh and Stephen McGuinness aka Steve Mac. The show is directed and developed by Caroline Jay Ranger (Only Fools and Horses the Musical).
If you’re seeking a musical that features pulsating music alongside a powerful narrative which is as relevant today as it was thirty years ago, you must make a trip to the Theatre Royal Haymarket this summer for Trainspotting the Musical. Secure your tickets for this limited summer season!
Child friendly?
The Trainspotting musical age rating is 15+.