Trainspotting March 9, 2013

Disturbing. Gruesome. Funny. Entertaining and shocking in equal measure, Harry Gibson's stage adaptation of Irvine Welsh's cult about Scottish heroin addicts novel charts the harrowing, but at times hilarious, disintegration of four friends as they hurtle towards self-destruction in a world peopled by psychos, junkies and drunken Scottish fathers. March 9-April 13; The Elephant Theatre, 6233 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038; $15-$20; 323-960-7785; www.plays411.com/trainspotting