A new adaptation: Trainspotting: The Musical, will make its West End debut this summer, based on the best-selling novel by Irvine Welsh, who wrote the cult novel in 1993. Award-winning author 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. It has been described as “the ultimate anti-musical” which also a moment, a manifesto and “who we are”. Trainspotting The Musical will open at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket on July 15.

Source: The Times March 24, 2026 06:10 UTC