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Strolling Through The Meadows

In an extract from Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting, Brian Duffy appears as Spud, trying to stop Renton and Sick Boy from torturing a squirrel with an image problem similar to theirs

Making their way across a busy Meadows at the height of the Edinburgh Festival, Renton and Sick Boy upset Spud when they start tormenting a squirrel. Their ever-sensitive pal points out that vermin status is very much in the eye of the beholder, as two passing posh wifies make abundantly clear. Actor Brian Duffy performs this extract from Irvine Welsh’s seminal Scottish novel Trainspotting in British Sign Language, directed by Davey Anderson. Produced in association with Solar Bear.

Written by Irvine Welsh
Directed by Davey Anderson
Performed by Brian Duffy

Produced in association with Solar Bear

Scenes for Survival is a National Theatre of Scotland project in association with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland, Screen Scotland, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Arts’ Culture in Quarantine project and Scotland’s leading theatre venues and companies, with support from Hopscotch Films.

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6 minutes

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