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9 unusual facts about Irvine Welsh


Alex Usborne

His feature film The Acid House, adapted by Irvine Welsh from his collection of short stories by the same name, was released in 1999 by Film Four International to critical acclaim.

Arthrob

Arthrob began life in 1995 as a vehicle to organise events to provide innovative book launches for Irvine Welsh and Hanif Kureshi.

Darkwood Dub

In 1997, the band recorded music for the play Trainspotting, based on the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, performed at the BITEF theatre and directed by Đorđe Marjanović.

EXIT Theatre

Notable productions by independent theaters at EXIT Theatre included the world premiere of Babylon Heights by Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting fame) and Dean Cavanagh, a new authorized translation of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, the premiere of One Big Lie by Liz Duffy Adams, and an incendiary Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World by Suzan-Lori Parks.

Kate Jarman

Kate Jarman also appeared in the episode The Convent of the BBC's Murphy's Law and Dose, a short film written by Irvine Welsh.

Leith Central railway station

In the 1980s the derelict station was a haven for drug addicts, this being alluded to in Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.

Rachel Rath

She has worked on a number of occasions with novelist and playwright Irvine Welsh, including starring in the European premiere of his play Babylon Heights and featuring in his short film directorial debut Nuts.

Ryan Mendoza

2002: Ryan Mendoza Join Now for Instant Access, Text by Irvine Welsh

Wayne Foster

Foster has the distinction of having a short story named after him in Irvine Welsh's 1994 collection The Acid House.


Andrej E. Skubic

Among others he has translated into Slovene works by Irvine Welsh, Flann O'Brien, Patrick McCabe, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Gertrude Stein.

Brighton Festival

It also encourages cross-fertilisation between different art forms, such as 2006's "Stories In Motion", a multimedia collaboration between Chuck Palahniuk, Irvine Welsh and Orbital's Phil Hartnoll; also 2006's "Warp Moves", a collaboration between artists from Warp Records and dancers from Random Dance.

Cathy MacDonald

She has hosted a series on BBC Alba, Cuide ri Cathy starting on Monday 22 September 2008, where she spends a day with some of Scotland's top celebrities including the First Minister Alex Salmond, TV presenter Aggie MacKenzie and Gail Porter, Pro Golfer Colin Montgomery, and writer Irvine Welsh.

Chemical generation

In its most singular guise, it could be said to include Irvine Welsh, Roddy Doyle, Alan Warner, John King, Jeff Noon, Nicholas Blincoe, Gordon Legge and Laura Hird - all of whom participated in the survey of the scene carried by the Steve Redhead book for Canongate (also publishers of Rebel Inc.), Repetitive Beat Generation.

Declaration of Calton Hill

In particular, the declaration was supported by some from Scotland's artistic community, including Edwin Morgan, Iain Banks, Alasdair Gray, Irvine Welsh and filmmaker Peter Mullan.

James Kelman

Kelman's developing style has been influential on the succeeding generation of Scottish novelists, including Irvine Welsh, Alan Warner and Janice Galloway.

Laura Hird

Hird's first novel was published as part of the Rebel Inc. imprint at Canongate, where she also contributed to two anthologies alongside Alan Warner and Irvine Welsh.

Natasha O'Keeffe

Having filmed the second series of Lip Service, O'Keeffe has completed filming of the movie Filth adapted from the Irvine Welsh book, starring James McAvoy and Jamie Bell.

Philip John

His television drama includes Murphy's Law, C4 feature length comedy Wedding Belles written by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh and primetime series like Being Human, for which he won a BAFTA nomination as Best Director, Ashes To Ashe and Downton Abbey.

Rebel Inc.

Rebel Inc Magazine ran to five issues between 1992 and 1994, publishing new work by writers such as Irvine Welsh, Alan Warner, Laura Hird, Toni Davidson and John King before any of them had books in print.

Robert Bodrog

After returning to Canada, Bodrog did work for a variety of clients, including the Toronto International Film Festival, where he photographed numerous celebrities, including Sofia Coppola, David Lynch, David Mamet, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Norman Jewison, Ralph Fiennes, Tori Amos, Brett Easton Ellis and Irvine Welsh among others.

Roberto Arlt

Analogues in English literature are those who avoid literary 'respectability' by writing about the poor, the criminal and the mad: writers like William Burroughs, Iceberg Slim, and Irvine Welsh.

Sittin' Pretty

The first track, "Nothing to Be Done" was featured in the soundtrack of 1998's film adaptation of Irvine Welsh' novel "The Acid House".

The Death of Bunny Munro

Irvine Welsh, Neil Labute and David Peace have all touted the novel - providing back-cover reviews.

Wheeler Centre

The centre presents several one-off events with speakers including Irvine Welsh, Peter Carey and Naomi Wolf in co-operation with resident organisations and external partners including Sydney Writers' Festival and the ABC.

Word – University of Aberdeen writers festival

Names appearing at the Festival included Nobel laureate Alasdair Gray, Alexander McCall Smith, Louis de Bernières, Seamus Heaney, Ian Rankin, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Lionel Shriver, and Irvine Welsh, as well as a packed series of events for young readers.


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Dominic Dromgoole

During this time, he premiered 65 new plays including early works by Billy Roche, Philip Ridley, Catherine Johnson, Sebastian Barry, Jonathan Harvey, Helen Edmundson, Simon Bent, Naomi Wallace, Irvine Welsh, David Harrower, Samuel Adamson and Conor McPherson.