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‘Trainspotting the Musical’ Coming to London’s West End

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/theater/global/trainspotting-the-musical-coming-london-west-end-1236697535/

Variety 20h ago

‘Trainspotting the Musical’ Coming to London’s West End
#Variety #Global #News #IrvineWelsh #Trainspotting

https://variety.com/2026/theater/global/trainspotting-the-musical-coming-london-west-end-1236697535/

'Trainspotting the Musical' Coming to London's West End

Irvine Welsh is adapting his novel Trainspotting, which was made into one of the U.K.'s most iconic films, into a West End musical

Variety

The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & Entertainment 1d ago

Trainspotting: The Musical heading for London's West End this summer

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/trainspotting-musical-heading-londons-west-36909808

World news | The Guardian 1d ago

‘It’s got real sass!’ Irvine Welsh chooses new life for Trainspotting as a stage musical https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/mar/24/irvine-welsh-trainspotting-the-musical-theatre-royal-haymarket #Theatre #Stage #Culture #Musicals #WestEnd #Trainspotting #IrvineWelsh #UkNews #Books

‘It’s got real sass!’ Irvine Welsh chooses new life for Trainspotting as a stage musical

Production based on 1993 novel opens at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in July, with original songs co-written by the author

The Guardian

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Assoc for Scottish Literature 5d ago

“a sharp, quirky, funny satirist, relishing the details of the lives of the underprivileged… bodily functions, compulsions, addictions & corruptions, are depicted in a social context of unstable movement”

—Prof Alan Riach compares Smollett to Irvine Welsh

2/5

https://www.thenational.scot/news/16095421.tobias-smollett---scotlands-original-irvine-welsh/

#Scottish #literature #Smollett #18thcentury #IrvineWelsh #Trainspotting

Lifestyle | The Guardian US Dec 1

‘No party on the planet was safe from Hoggy rocking up!’: Irvine Welsh on his friend Pam Hogg https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/dec/01/irvine-welsh-friend-pam-hogg-designer #Lifeandstyle #IrvineWelsh #Exhibitions #Clubbing #Culture #Fashion #Music #Art

‘No party on the planet was safe from Hoggy rocking up!’: Irvine Welsh on his friend Pam Hogg

‘Pam was one of our most groundbreaking artists, whose jam-packed life was characterised by independence, courage and kindness. We spent the 90s together – clubbing and partying in the way those times demanded’

The Guardian

BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot Nov 21

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Irvine Welsh & The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra:
🎵 Love at Last

#IrvineWelsh #TheSciFiSoulOrchestra

https://meninlove.bandcamp.com/track/love-at-last

https://open.spotify.com/track/4lP98VKPNRb3XBA30MBsn3

Love At Last, by Irvine Welsh & The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra

from the album Men In Love

Irvine Welsh & The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra

The Hollywood Reporter Oct 17

‘Trainspotting’ Author Irvine Welsh Is Worried We’re Becoming Slaves of the Tech Age
#GeneralNews #International #IrvineWelsh #Trainspotting2

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/trainspotting-author-irvine-welsh-tech-slaves-adolescence-1236402867/

‘Trainspotting’ Author Irvine Welsh Is Worried We’re Becoming Slaves of the Tech Age

“It’s not really about debate and discussion, discourse, community anymore,” the Scottish writer warned at London's Voiced: The Festival for Endangered Languages. “We have to watch the technology, and we have to watch the aims of people who control the technology.”

The Hollywood Reporter