Theatre: Smack comes to Smock, but it’s showing its age

This raucous production is a visceral experience

Shane O’Regan, Fionn Foley and Lorcan Strain in Trainspotting

Trainspotting By Irvine Welsh; adapted by Harry Gibson; Directed by Tracy Ryan; Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin; Runs until February 13; Rating: ***

The Boys’ School venue in Smock Alley Theatre has become a sweaty nightclub. When the audience enters, we are greeted by four Edinburgh heroin addicts gyrating wildly to dance tunes such as The Prodigy’s Smack My Bitch Up. At various points in the show they are liable to sit beside you, ...