Crewe Lyceum played host to the latest leg of the tour of ‘Porno’ on Friday. Written by Irvine Welsh, the Scottish playwright and author’s novel was published in 2002 as the sequel to the legendary Trainspotting.
The stage production follows close to the book and finds characters Begbie, Spud, Renton and Sick-Boy 15 years on from the events of Trainspotting. Renton has returned from Amsterdam in response to his mum being in hospital, Begbie is fresh out of a stay in prison, Sick-Boy running his aunt’s pub and Spud seems to bumble along.
Porno is shocking, extremely sweary, never shy’s away from subject matter that most would, but nevertheless has characters that however broken and dysfunctional, we can’t help but be invested in.
The atmosphere inside the theatre was also brilliant with a DJ playing 90s club tunes in the entrance hall and it instantly took you back to those halcyon days.
The acting was fantastic with Scott Kyle, James McAnerney, Chris Gavin, Jasmine Main, Kevin Murphy and Jim Brown completing the cast. The characters are instantly recognisable to anyone who has seen the 1996 blockbuster and you will roar with laughter as well as gasp at the shocking moments, it is the Trainspotting sequel after all!
Porno is raw, rugged, ruthlessly funny and very rude. To deviate from it, would be to take the essence away from the novel and this was a fantastic production.
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