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  1. A new adaptation of Alan Bleasdale's 80s TV series about unemployment and poverty in Liverpool. Book tickets for the Olivier Theatre run from 22 May to 8 June 2024, or see it at the Garrick Theatre from 13 June to 3 August 2024.

  2. May 30, 2024 · Boys from the Blackstuff, National Theatre review — 1980s agonies speak sharply to today’s state of the nation. Kiss Me, Kate theatre review — a sparkling and subtly tweaked show at London ...

  3. May 30, 2024 · Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road; 25 Jun 3 Aug 2024. Recommended. ... ‘Very respectfully’ is the answer offered by James Graham’s version of Alan Bleasdale’s ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’.

    • Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HH
    • June 8, 2024
    • August 3, 2024
  4. About the show. Forty years after Alan Bleasedale’s ground-breaking television series and following its ★★★★★ (Daily Mail) run at Liverpool’s Royal Court, James Graham’s powerful new adaptation is coming to the Garrick Theatre direct from the National Theatre for 8 weeks only.

  5. May 30, 2024 · It’s impossible to overestimate just how significant Alan Bleasdale’s television series Boys from the Blackstuff was if you were around in 1982. Here, in five superlative, succinct, funny and heartbreaking episodes was a reflection of the brutal effects of unemployment on Britain in the early years of Mrs Thatcher’s government.

  6. Jun 3, 2024 · Boys from the Blackstuff. It’s always a thrill when regional theatre comes to London and kicks the door in, and the National Theatre is becoming a conduit for this. Following excellent productions with the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, and the mighty Sheffield Theatres with Standing At the Sky’s Edge, here comes Alan Bleasdale’s classic work ...

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  8. May 30, 2024 · Cast of 'Boys from the Blackstuff’ at the National Theatre (Alastair Muir) And Yosser, of course, who most of all keeps the sadness and the comedy of Boys from the Blackstuff so tightly bound ...

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