About the Show

An immersive adaptation of the Oscar-nominated 1996 movie.

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through life and attempted sobriety with his unreliable friends - Begbie, Sick Boy, Spud and Tommy - and his underage girlfriend Diane at his side. After getting clean and moving to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

In Your Face Theatre’s production has performed at five sell-out Edinburgh Fringe seasons and won the Sunday Times Award for Best New Play.

Critic Reviews (3)

"Harry Gibson’s adaptation retains the hectic, episodic feel of Welsh’s story but trims away key events and at least one major character. "
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"This show is not going to be to everyone’s taste. It’s probably the most full on, offensive and challenging production you will ever attend. But it is magnificent and it is timely."
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For a previous production

"It is at turns hilarious and stomach-churning ... you can feel too pummelled to take it all in. But it also gives Welsh’s book the authentic tang of young lives lived on the edge."
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Creative team

Seabright Productions Limited