Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh

Dates: 19 Oct 2025 - 19 Oct 2025

Location: HOME - Arts Venue - Manchester

Next year celebrates the 30th anniversary of one of the most cult classic films of the 20th century.  Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh, ‘Trainspotting’ was a mind-blowing insight into a drug induced series of friends who went on a journey of urban poverty and squalor in the city streets of Edinburgh.

Starring-

  • Ewan McGregor
  • Ewen Bremner
  • Jonny Lee Miller
  • Kevin McKidd
  • Robert Carlyle
  • Kelly Macdonald

Plus a soundtrack as cool as ice featuring artists ranging from Lou Reed to Blur – Pulp – Underworld and the legendary Iggy Pop.

It was Iggy’s ‘Lust for Life’ that became the iconic trailer for the film featuring a narrative from Ewan recalling that he didn’t choose life, he chose something else – heroin.

Let’s remind ourselves of the trailer – (pardon a couple of expletives)-

Presented by Manchester Literature Festival – Irvine Welsh event on Sunday 19th October -7.30pm features a follow up to Trainspotting – Men in Love.  It picks up the characters from the previous book as they search not for heroin but for love.

Tickets are available to book from the following website link –

https://homemcr.org/whats-on/irvine-welsh-t6qc

Irvine Welsh – he chose not to choose life – he chose something else………

^Alex Ashworth CCG Art Blogger