Trainspotting the Musical: A Bad, Bad Trip Down Memory Lane
Critics say the adaptation dulls the novel’s energy with formulaic staging and new pub-rock songs, despite iconic hits and a strong central performance.
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With an iconic opening scene and an energetic soundtrack, Danny Boyle's "Trainspotting" quickly became a cult classic, depicting the everyday life of a heroin addict with energy, dark humor and ruthless honesty - and offering a third way beyond both social realism and yuppie culture. Thirty years later, the film feels more relevant than ever, says Kerstin Gezelius.
Trainspotting the Musical: A bad, bad trip down memory lane
Trainspotting the Musical | Theatre Royal Haymarket | ★☆☆☆☆ I was 13 when Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting adaptation was released – I’d never seen anything like it and it became a seminal text of my teenage years. Two decades later, I luxuriated in the condensed hit of nostalgia of the 2017 sequel. I’ve read the books: not just the original – a stone-cold classic – but the various follow-ups and spin-offs, even after the quality became… patchy. The…
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