TRAINSPOTTING Lines Up UK Tour, Immersive Show to Hit the Road in May 2017
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 02, 2017
Fresh from its phenomenal success on a world tour, the smash hit immersive theatre production of Irvine Welsh and Danny Boyle's iconic, generation defining Trainspotting tours the UK from May 2017, following a major tour in Australia.
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The production captures the passion and the controversy of the famous novel, then globally successful film, and repackages it into a no-holds barred immersive show - the audience are literally part of the action, including the notorious "Worst Toilet in Scotland" scene.
In Your Face Theatre's Scottish cast have created a snappy and vibrant affirmation of the power and humour of the piece. Against a dynamic soundscape of 80s dance music, the stories of a group of friends living through the Edinburgh heroin scene - Renton, Tommy, Sick Boy, Begbie and Alison - are brought to life with humour, poetry and provocatively graphic scenes.
Directed by Kings Head Theatre artistic director Adam Spreadbury-Maher in collaboration with Greg Esplin - the tour follows an eleven-week run at the Vaults and two sold-out seasons at the King's Head Theatre.
The cast are Rachael Anderson (June), Chris Dennis (Begbie), Calum Barbour (Mother Superior), Greg Esplin (Tommy), Michael Lockerbie (Sickboy), Erin Marshall (Alison) and Gavin Ross (Renton).
For full tour information, visit trainspottinglive.com.
2017 TOUR SCHEDULE:
May 2017
Tuesday 2nd - Friday 5th Weston Super Mare Theatre Orchard thetheatreorchard.org.uk
Tuesday 9th - Saturday 13th London artsdepot artsdepot.co.uk
Tuesday 16th - Sunday 21st Brighton Fringe brightonfringe.org
Wednesday 24th - Saturday 27th Belfast mac themaclive.com
June 2017
Thursday 1st - Saturday 3rd Lancaster Dukes dukes-lancaster.org
Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th Salford Quays The Lowry thelowry.com
Tuesday 13th - Saturday 17th Oxford Old Fire Station oldfirestation.org.uk
Tuesday 20th - Saturday 24th Leicester (venue TBC)
Tuesday 27th - Saturday 1st Sheffield Leadmill leadmill.co.uk
July 2017
Tuesday 4th - Friday 7th Falkirk Town Hall falkirkcommunitytrust.org
Tuesday 25th - Saturday 29th Preston (venue TBC)
Running time: 75 minutes - no interval.
Warning: Contains nudity, very strong language, heavy drug/needle use.
Age guidance: 16+.
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