TrainspottingLivereturnsto Curve theatre in Leicester
TRAINSPOTTING Live is returning to the Curve in Leicester.
Danny Boyles’ infamous Scottish script has been brought to life with the theatre production ofTrainspotting Live which enjoyed a successful visit last year to the Leicester venue.
The original 1990s film produced a popular sequel last year aptly called Trainspotting 2
The on-stage creation of the iconic heroin-driven film brings back 90s Edinburgh nostalgia to fans of Irvine Welsh’s novel.
Harry Gibson’s theatrical adaptation has been given four stars by The Telegraph saying it’s “sex, drugs, nudity- not the faint of heart”. The cult-based theatre production is arriving at Curve Theatre for five nights from June 20 to 24.
The Trainspotting film is a 1996 British black comedy drama directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald in her acting debut.
Based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on February 23 1996.
The Academy Award nominated screenplay by John Hodge follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film are exploration of the urban poverty and squalor in “culturally rich” Edinburgh.
Edinburgh heroin addict Mark Renton buys opium suppositories from dealer Mikey Forrester to help him quit. After his final hit, and a violent spell of diarrhoea caused by cessation of heroin, he locks himself in his flat to endure the withdrawal period. Finding that his sex drive has returned, he leaves a club with a girl, Diane, and they have sex in her bedroom. In the morning, he realises that Diane is underage and that her “flatmates” are her parents. Diane threatens to reveal the encounter if he ends the relationship.
Renton and his friends, oafish but good-natured Spud and con artist Sick Boy, start using heroin again. His friend Tommy, a cleancut athlete whose girlfriend has dumped him after a chain of events initiated by Renton, also begins using. Fellow addict Allison discovers that her infant daughter Dawn has died without the group noticing; all are horrified, especially Sick Boy, Dawn’s father.
For more details see the Curve’s website.
The show does contain strong language, graphic scenes and lots of drugs. Best to leave the little ones at home.