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Trainspotting: The Musical has cancelled its upcoming UK tour, after dismal reviews and low ticket sales.

The stage show based on Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel and the smash hit film will not embark on its five-month tour after its London run at Theatre Royal Haymarket ends in September.

The tour was due to visit Edinburgh, Sheffield, Manchester, Glasgow and a string of other cities from October until March 2027.

The show said in a statement on Monday: 'The forthcoming UK tour of Trainspotting The Musical, which was due to begin on 19 October, has been cancelled.'

'We are very grateful to our cast, crew and creative team for their dedication to the production, but the current economic climate has resulted in lower than expected ticket sales.'

'Ticketholders will be contacted by their point of purchase with full refund details. We apologise for any inconvenience and disappointment this may cause.'

Trainspotting: The Musical has cancelled its upcoming UK tour, after dismal reviews and low ticket sales

The stage show based on Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel and the smash hit film will not embark on its five-month tour after its London run at Theatre Royal Haymarket ends next month (pictured Johnny Lee Miller, Ewan McGregor and Kevin McKidd in the 1996 film)

The Daily Mail's Patrick Marmion gave the production two out of five stars in his review last month, writing: 'Anyone hoping to relive the hedonistic glory days of Cool Britannia may want to approach this strangely awkward resuscitation of Irvine Welsh's cult novel with caution.'

'Danny Boyle's hallucinogenic film version, starring Ewan McGregor, was a shocking but brilliant poke in the eye back in 1996. But it has since dwindled into anxious, middle-aged moralising.'

Before the statement was released, cast members broke the news on social media. According to Edinburgh Live, cast member Kieran Brown posted on Sunday:

'The UK tour has sadly been cancelled – just not selling unfortunately for us. If Edinburgh of all places is stuck on 19 per cent sales – you know you're f***ed..!'

'Nothing to do with some of our reviews (I'm gloatingly pleased to say!). 100+ people (who'd poured their heart and soul into something that our audiences in London seem to love) suddenly find themselves unemployed from 6th September. This business is brutal - but it's business at end of day.'

In further comments still visible on his Facebook page, Kieran told his followers that the cast were told about the decision on Friday, as he fumed that 'it's a real shame. It's f**king great. Really. Just not selling well outside of London which is a REAL shame.'

Irvine Welsh meanwhile was questioned about the cancellation rumours on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday morning, admitting: 'We are in difficult times and we've been looking at the numbers and sums.'

'We knew it would be difficult to take a production of that scale on the road. We've got 30 cast members. Basically people just don't have the money.

The tour was due to visit Edinburgh, Sheffield, Manchester. Glasgow, and a string of other cities from October until March 2027. Pictured: Lewis Kidd (Renton), Sheridan Townsley (Sick Boy)

'We're not sure yet but we know we'll be in the West End right through to September. What will happen after that, it's an uncertain future. It's not a great time to be putting a new show on the road.'

Speaking about the brutal reviews the show has received, he added: 'Critics have already been horrible to me. If I get a good review for something I feel very violated. I think to myself, this shouldn't be happening.

'I'm not the kind of writer that is loved by the critics. I tend to be a polarising force. I think it's the way I go about these things and the way I write.'

The film was released in 1996 and made stars of Ewan McGregor and Kelly Macdonald as well as its director Danny Boyle.

The black drama comedy follows a group of heroin addicts living in a run-down part of Edinburgh as it explores urban poverty and drug addiction in the Scottish capital.

And the cult heroes of British youth culture Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud, Tommy and Kelly reunited as the curtain lifted on the new musical.

Made in just 35 days, the film was never expected to become the mass success it did, even winning the Bafta for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Trainspotting: The Musical's West End run continues until September 5.