Trainspotting Sequel Irvine Welsh's Porno Hits The West End

Irvine Welsh's Porno - the sequel to Trainspotting hits the West End following a limited UK tour and a sell-out run at last year's Edinburgh Fringe.

Porno runs Sunday Nights at the Arts Theatre West End from October 29th to December 10th for seven shows only!

Fifteen years after Trainspotting, what has become of Renton, Sickboy, Begbie & Spud? Disturbing, shocking & extremely funny. Contains swearing, sexual language, debauchery, drug use and even more swearing. As if you'd expect anything else...

Irvine Welsh’s Porno is a full-length stage adaptation of the novel by the same name, which sold out one of the largest Pleasance venues for a month long run at Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, earning rave reviews from audiences and critics alike.

Credit Kenny Ramsey Now the show transfers to London’s theatreland, playing a season of seven Sunday nights at the Arts Theatre West End from 29th October until 10th December 2023, tickets are on sale now!

Prior to London, the show visits Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock on 13th September, King’s Theatre in Glasgow on 15th-16th September, then visits three Northwest venues, Liverpool Olympia on 5th October, Crewe Lyceum on 6th October and Sale Waterside (Manchester) on 7th October.

Credit Kenny Ramsey

Mark Renton hasn’t been back to Leith since… well, since he robbed his pals and f*cked off to Amsterdam. Life has been… good? But there’s always been something missing. How will SICKBOY, BEGBIE & SPUD react to the return of RENTON? Have they all settled down and become respectable members of society? Did they CHOOSE LIFE? Of course, they f*cking didn’t!

The London run has an acclaimed cast of Liam Harkins (The Celtic Story, The Tommy Burns Story’ and Retreat) as Renton, Tony McGeever (Shetland, In Plain Sight, Doctors and Lord Of Rings : The Rings Of Power) as Sickboy, Jenni Duffy (River City and On The Edge) as Lizzie, Chris Gavin (Days That Shook The World, Starcaster) as Begbie, Kevin Murphy as Spud and Tom Carter (Coronation Street and Emmerdale) as Knox.

For the tour Scott Kyle (Outlander, Kilo Two Bravo, The Angel’s Share) takes the role of Renton, James McAnerney(Outlander, NEDs, Taggart, Rebus, Nightsleeper) is Sickboy, Jasmine Main (The Nest, Scot Squad, BAFTA Scotland Award Nominee) as Lizzie and Jim Brown as Knox.

Porno is written and produced by the award-winning Davie Carswell and directed by Jonty Cameron.

PORNO WEST END AND TOUR

GREENOCK - BEACON ARTS CENTRE

Wednesday 13 September 2023 www.beaconartscentre.co.uk  GLASGOW – KINGS THEATRE Friday 15 – Saturday 16 September 2023 www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre-glasgow LIVERPOOL – THE OLYMPIA Thursday 5 October 2023 www.liverpoololympia.co.uk CREWE – LYCEUM Friday 6 October 2023 www.crewelyceum.co.uk SALE – WATERSIDE ARTS Saturday 7 October 2023 www.watersidearts.org LONDON – ARTS THEATRE WEST END Sunday 29 October – Sunday 10 December 2023 www.artstheatrewestend.co.uk