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Trainspotting: The Musical

Musical

2026 July 2026 - September 2026

Thirty years on from the film that changed everything, Trainspotting: The Musical has its world premiere. Written by Irvine Welsh with Music & Lyrics by Stephen McGuinness & Irvine Welsh and Directed & Developed by Caroline Jay Ranger. Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud, Tommy, and Kelly, the industrial drug-crazed working-class heroes, are back. In 1996, CHOOSE LIFE sounded like a challenge. Thirty years on, the landscape has shifted, but the hunger hasn't. Addiction hasn't disappeared - it's shifted. It's quieter now, more embedded. Less needle, more screen. Less escape, more repetition. The same restless search for something to fill the space. The musical highlights the world we see changing around us, the obscene concentration of wealth, economic and political power in the hands of so few people. It addresses the modern culture of powerlessness. Art the singing-and-dancing Trojan horse that delivers direction and relevance. This isn't nostalgia, it's closer than that. The past isn't revisited - it lingers. The musical doesn't tidy it. It sits with it. Listens to it. And lets it sing. New songs, classic songs, a musical like never before. Not for the easily confronted. It's funny, loud, dynamic, and brings a dark dangerous energy never experienced before on the West End stage.

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Video content

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Irvine Welsh Discusses Trainspotting the Musical

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World Premiere From July 2026

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Official Trailer

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Production material

22 assets

Production photos

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Photographer: Matt Crockett

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Photographer: Matt Crockett

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Photographer: Matt Crockett

Cast, crew, and contributors

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Kieran Brown

Twiggy/Multiple Roles/Resident Director

Cast (Wiki credit)

I
Ian Scott

Lighting Designer

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Stuart Morley

Musical Supervisor, Orchestrator & Music Director

Creative team (Wiki credit)

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Rory Madden

Sound Designer for Sonalyst

Creative team (Wiki credit)

C
Christina Andrea

Choreographer & Additional Movement Direction

Creative team (Wiki credit)

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Helen Keane

Hair, Wig & Make-Up Designer for Campbell Young Associates

Creative team (Wiki credit)