Trainspotting the Musical review – forgettable songs make this a bad trip
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonThe chopped-up story means this ends up feeling like a weak impersonation of Danny Boyle’s classic film“Choose life …” Those iconic words from that era-defining film are said more than once in this musical take on Irvine Welsh’s novel about Renton and his renegade gang of smackheads from Leith.“Choose being in the moment,” says the disembodied voice that asks us to switch …