TheatrePremiered 1996
Synopsis
In working-class Edinburgh, Mark Renton and his circle of friends navigate heroin addiction, poverty, and the question of whether to 'choose life' or keep chasing the next fix. The play plunges audiences into the raw, darkly comic world of Irvine Welsh's novel, from the squalor of shooting galleries to desperate attempts at going clean. Renton's ultimate betrayal of his friends becomes an ambiguous act of survival and self-reinvention.