The shockingly funny cult play that inspired the movie sensation returns to the stage 10 years after its premiere.

Friends Renton, Sick Boy and Begbie embark on a horrific journey to the heart of a hellhole world peopled by psychos, junkies, wide-boys and no-hopers. Hilarious but harrowing, it charts the disintegration of their friendship as they hurtle towards self-destruction.

Sordid, explicit, exuberant, devastating – Irvine Welsh?s infamous 1993 novel introduced the uninitiated to the dizzying heights and unbearable depths of life as a ?trainspotter?. Adapted by Harry Gibson into a play, that even more than the book and the film, is the most extreme. In 1996 it took the theatre world by storm and played to sell out audiences and critical acclaim all over Britain.

Cast includes BRIAN ALEXANDER, LAURA HARVEY, PETER MILNE and RUARAIDH MURRAY.

Harry Gibson has always been interested in theatre and wrote his first script at the age of 16. Suspended from University for being too involved in theatre, he continued his participation and also got very involved in TV in USA. In 1994 his association with Irvine Welsh began and from a small beginning Trainspotting took off and over 10 years went global from West End to Broadway. His other credits include The Sexual Life of the Camel and stage versions of Irvine Welsh?s novels Glue, Filth and Marabou Stork Nightmares.

Irvine Welsh was born and lives in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, was adapted as a play by Harry Gibson and subsequently a film directed by Danny Boyle, starring Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle. Other published work includes The Acid House, Marabou Stork Nightmares, Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, Filth, Glue and Porno, a sequel to Trainspotting. Welsh is also the author of two plays, Headstate and You’ll Have Had Your Hole. His journalism includes a column for Loaded magazine.

This production contains nudity and scenes that may shock – not suitable for children

Hackney Empire
291 Mare St
London E8 1EJ

Tuesday 18th April ? Saturday 22nd April
8pm – Saturday matinee 4pm
Tickets: ?16.50 ?14.50
(Concs available)

Box Office: 020 8985 2424
www.hackneyempire.co.uk