Trainspotting The Musical To Receive World Premiere In The West End This Summer

In 1996, the breakthrough movie Trainspotting changed everything - thirty years later, a brand new musical adaptation is storming into the West End.

Trainspotting The Musical will receive its world premiere at Theatre Royal Haymarket from Wednesday 15th July. Written by Irvine Welsh and adapted by his best-selling novel, it will be directed and developed by Caroline Jay Ranger.

Irvine Welsh said:

“This musical has a bigger, loudly beating human heart than either the book or the film. The various stage adaptations of Trainspotting have become acclaimed and moving theatrical experiences, and the soundtrack to the movie is obviously iconic. So it made sense to put the music and words together to create an explosive, provocative and entertaining show. People need to think about the world we're living in, and we offer that inspection, but they also really need to sing their hearts out and laugh their heads off - it’s what being human is all about - and they’ll be well served with this too.”

Trainspotting is the story of the outsiders, the rebels - a brand-new expectation-defying and seismic British musical, pumping in live and loud defiance. Cult heroes of British youth culture Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud, Tommy and Kelly, are back alongside an ensemble cast and a live band. Renton (played in the film by Ewan McGregor) will be played on stage by 26-year-old Scottish actor Robbie Scott, making his West End debut, with further casting announced soon.

Featuring some of the electrifying tracks from the film that defined a generation. Together with original confrontational and celebratory songs – music and lyrics by Stephen McGuinness and Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting is a genre-defining new musical that speaks to our contemporary malaise of defiance in the face of an uncertain future.

Radical, invigorating and life-affirming, this provocative, unforgettable experience will have even the most sceptical leave on a consciousness-altering high.

Tickets are on sale this morning from TrainspottingTheMusical.co.uk