Aberdeen Performing Arts: Autumn 2015

Autumn 2015

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Welcome

There’s something for everyone but check out our top picks…

NEW SEASON PRIORITY BOOKING APA Friends booking from THURSDAY 6 AUGUST General Booking from TUESDAY 11 AUGUST

MUSICALS

OPERA

Sound of Music | Footloose | Guys and Dolls

Carmen | The Mikado

The ever popular Sound of Music comes to HMT for one week only and heads up our new season of musicals.

Experience opera at its finest with two outstanding productions from Scottish Opera.

DRAMA

CLASSICAL

Breakfast at Tiffany’s | A Play, A Pie and A Pint | An Inspector Calls

Angela Hewitt | Scottish Ensemble | Orchestras

…to the fantastic new season at His Majesty’s Theatre, the Music Hall and The Lemon Tree.

From gripping stories to hilarious comedy to early evening plays, our drama season will have you on the edge of your seat.

Beethoven Violin Sonatas

Scottish Ballet’s Swan Lake | Rambert | The Last Tango: Vincent and Flavia

A new season of musicians and writers gives us the perfect lunchtime treat and a chance to relax for an early afternoon shot of culture.

Our dance season goes from strength to strength with Scottish Ballet performing Swan Lake and a welcome return of Vincent and Flavia.

MUSIC

FAMILY

Our busy music season has everything from E-Street Band legends to the best upcoming rock bands to the ultimate tributes.

Looking for something to entertain the children? We’ve got a great run of children’s shows and our fantastic Christmas show at The Lemon Tree based on the popular book.

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CULTURE CAFÉ

DANCE

Funbox | Peppa Pig | The Lemon Tree Christmas Show – A Ladder to the Stars

Image: Scottish Ballet, Elsa Canasta and Motion of Displacement, page 28 Front cover: Scottish Ballet, Swan Lake, page 32 Reverse cover: Northern Arc, Duncan Chisholm, page 50

Scottish Ensemble and Angela Hewitt feature in our classical programme performing the Goldberg series in a special mini festival.

And much more!

Take a look and book now!

Nils Lofgren | The Matt Monro Story | Jason Donovan

TRUE NORTH Tom Odell | The Unthanks | Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells We bring you Aberdeen’s festival of music and song for the first time this September. Three days of the best songwriters across The Lemon Tree, Music Hall and other city centre venues.

COMEDY & SPOKEN WORD Ben Fogle | Flying Pigs | Sarah Millican A new date for Sarah Millican at HMT is the highlight of comedy and spoken word that also features the biggest names in comedy, celebrity chefs and Aberdeen FC legends.

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Look out for these symbols for shows with our new student offers on selected performances. Available by showing a valid student card at the box office counters.

(Standby tickets limited to 20 per performance, to be purchased on the day.)

Look out NEW TO SEASON for this symbol; These shows have gone onsale with this brochure.

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Contents Musicals Drama New Voices Dance Family YACNE Creative Learning Opera Classical Culture Café Roots True North Connect Music Comedy & Spoken Word Seating Plans Ticketing/venue info At a glance guide

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Image: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, page 18

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HMT Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 August

Dreamboats and Miniskirts

INSPIRED BY THE PHENOMENAL RANGE OF SMASH HIT MULTI MILLION SELLING ALBUMS OF DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS

It’s 1963 and the world is changing. Bobby and Laura’s first single Dreamboats and Petticoats went to the top of the charts – but they haven’t been able to repeat that success with any further records. Norman and Sue have settled down to non-marital bliss – and a baby! But Ray and Donna seem blissfully happy…

The advent of the Beatles and the Merseyside sound is inspirational. But will it inspire Bobby and Laura to have one more shot at stardom – Norman to “get off the drains” and find that singing voice he has longed for, and Ray to realise his ambition and manage a really top pop act!?

All will be revealed in a follow up with the same wit, charm, and great songs as Dreamboats and Petticoats. Many of the songs are from the next period in pop history…

Including the Smash Hits... A Picture Of You, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Do You Love Me, Handy Man, It’s In His Kiss, It’s My Party, When Will I Be Loved, Hippy Hippy Shake and many more...

Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £34.50 - £16.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £39.50 - £33.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends 2 for 1 opening night £4 off all other performances

BILL KENWRIGHT AND LAURIE MANSFIELD IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC PRESENT

THE SEQUEL TO DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS

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HMT Tuesday 8 September Saturday 3 October

Dirty Dancing The Classic Story On Stage Following its phenomenal run in 2012, the record-breaking sensation returns to Aberdeen for 4 weeks only.

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heartpounding music, passionate romance and sensationally sexy dancing. Seen by millions across the globe, this worldwide smash-hit tells the classic story of Baby and Johnny, two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds, who come together in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives.

Featuring hit songs including Hungry Eyes, Hey! Baby, Do You Love Me? and the heart-stopping (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life, don’t miss your chance to see the fastest selling show in West End history.

You’ll have the time of your life!

Mon - Thu 7.30pm, Fri 5pm & 8.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Tickets £50.50 - £26 inc. bf R Premium seats £65.50 - £60.50 inc. bf *

All discounts subject to availability, check Box Office for details.

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 26 September 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

Signed Thu 24 September 7.30pm.

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“AN UNFORGETTABLE MUSICAL TRIUMPH”

HMT

THE POST

Tuesday 10 - Saturday 14 November

Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar exploded onto the musical scene in 1971 - stunning audiences and changing the face of musical theatre forever. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus through an extraordinary, groundbreaking score. As compelling today as it was at its inception over forty years ago, Jesus Christ Superstar has some of musical theatre’s most legendary songs from I Don’t Know How to Love Him, Everything’s Alright and Gethsemane through to, of course, Superstar.

Leading performer Glenn Carter returns as Jesus, a role he has played in the West End, on Broadway and on film. Musical theatre star Tim Rogers, whose theatre credits include Carousel, Whistle Down the Wind and the title role in Jekyll & Hyde at the Union Theatre plays Judas Iscariot, while X Factor finalist Rachel Adedeji stars as Mary Magdalene direct from the UK and European tour of Thriller Live.

“A STUNNING NEW LOOK AT A POWERFUL SHOW”

“A MIRACLE” LIVERPOOL ECHO

“ONE OF THE GREAT MUSICAL THEATRE EXPERIENCES”

THE GAZETTE

THE ARGUS

BILL KENWRIGHT

BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP PRESENTS

“An almighty hit...”Birmingham Post Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £36.50 - £17.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £41.50 - £36.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends £10 off opening night £4 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 14 November 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

Signed Wed 11 November 7.30pm.

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TIM ROGERS

AS JUDAS ISCARIOT

GLENN CARTER AS JESUS

RACHEL ADEDEJI

AS MARY MAGDALENE

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HMT Wednesday 18 - Saturday 21 November THE LYRIC PRESENTS IRVING BERLIN’S

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White Christmas

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Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, two iconic song-and-dance men, follow a sister act to Vermont, only to discover that the nearly-bankrupt lodge they were to perform at is owned by their former commanding general.

What follows is a heart-warming tale full of fabulous musical numbers such as Blue Skies, I Love A Piano and of course White Christmas, which are all bound to get your Christmas celebration season off to a flying start!

Produced by the same people who brought you Singin’ In The Rain, Annie and Sister Act, this is a beautiful classic musical based on the timeless Paramount Pictures 1954 film of the same name.

Wed - Sat 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £29 - £23 inc. bf ★APA Friends £4 off opening night £2 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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NEW TO SEASON

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Tuesday 12 - Saturday 16 January 2016

“I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS FIVE STAR PRODUCTION... PERFECTION” The Gazette

The Sound of Music One of the greatest musicals of all time returns to the stage in a magnificent new production to enchant and enthral the young and the young at heart.

Based on Baroness Maria von Trapp’s 1949 autobiography, this wonderfully lavish new staging of The Sound Of Music tells the true story of the world-famous singing family, from their romantic beginnings and search for happiness, to their thrilling escape to freedom as their beloved Austria becomes part of the Third Reich at the start of WWll. The Sound of Music features some of the world’s most memorable songs, including Edelweiss, My Favorite Things, DoRe-Mi, Climb Ev’ry Mountain, So Long, Farewell and of course, the title song, The Sound of Music.

STAR CASTING TO BE ANNOUNCED

“A Stunning production. Fabulous from beginning to end. Deserves to be one of your favourite things...” Daily Echo Suggested by ‘The Trapp Family Singers’ by Maria Augusta Trapp Presented by special arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe www.rnh.com

Bill Kenwright presents A NEW PRODUCTION OF

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Music by

Lyrics by

RICHARD OSCAR RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN II Book by

HOWARD and RUSSEL LINDSAY CROUSE

KIDS GO HCoALF PRICE ntact Box Offic e for details

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Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £37.50 - £18.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £45.50 - £40.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends £10 off opening night £4 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 16 January 2016 2.30pm, CAP (preceded by Touch Tour).

Signed Thu 14 January 2016 7.30pm.

Photographs of previous cast

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HMT Monday 1 - Saturday 6 February 2016

Hairspray The smash hit musical comedy Hairspray is touring the UK and Ireland with a brand new production, guaranteed to have you dancing the night away!

It’s Baltimore, 1962 where Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, is on a mission to follow her dreams and dance her way onto national TV. Tracy’s audition makes her a local star and soon she is using her new-found fame to fight for equality, bagging local heartthrob Link Larkin along the way!

With an all-star cast to be announced, Hairspray is an irresistible feel-good show that will have you smiling for days - let your hair down and book now!

Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan Music by Marc Shaiman Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York

★★★★

“With its soft heart and stiff hair, it still proves a treat” Mail on Sunday Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £47 - £18 inc. bf R Premium seats £56 - £46 inc. bf ★APA Friends £4 off opening night £2 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 6 February 2016, 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

Signed Thu 4 February 2016, 7.30pm

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NEW TO SEASON

HMT

Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 February 2016

BRITAIN’S GREATEST SONG AND DANCE MAN RETURNS IN A WONDERFUL NEW MUSICAL! BILL KENWRIGHT PRESENTS

The Glenn Miller Story It’s been seventy years since Glenn Miller vanished over the English Channel as he flew to Paris to entertain the troops during the Second World War. Did he crash? Was he shot down?

Will the mystery ever be solved?

Brought to the stage in a brand new musical spectacular, is the life, fame and vanishing of America’s most famous big band leader.

Music legend Tommy Steele, Britain’s first rock n’ roll icon who became our greatest ever song and dance man, commands mands the stage as only a very great star can in this extraordinary inary tale of the world’s most famous big band leader, featuring ng a spectacular 16 piece orchestra plus a full supporting company ny of sensational performers and dazzling choreography.

Tommy’s legendary career boasts countless hit singles, Hollywood movie hits and award-winning stage musical hits such as Half a Sixpence, Hans Andersen and Singin’ in the Rain at the London Palladium, where he was recently honoured with a prestigious plaque celebrating the fact that he remains the theatre’s most successful ever star.

“HE REMA REMAINS A VERY GREAT STAR” FEATURING A SPECTACULAR

DAILY EXPRESS EX

16 PIECE STRA ORCHESAT IONAL PLUS SEN PERFORMERS AND DAZZLING CHOREOGRAPHY

Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 13 February 2016 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

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NEW TO SEASON

Phoenix Theatre presents

Wednesday 24 Saturday 27 February 2016 PHOENIX THEATRE PRESENTS

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HMT

Legally Blonde For our 25th anniversary, Phoenix Theatre is delighted to present the North-east Amateur Premiere of the award-winning musical comedy Legally Blonde.

Perennially perky, Elle Woods is a girl who loves to be pampered and shop for the latest all-pink outfits (and matching handbags, of course). But don’t let this seemingly ditsy fashionista fool you, this sorority sister is smarter than she seems and doesn’t take “no” for an answer. So, when her boyfriend dumps her for someone “more serious”, Elle sets out to win him back by putting down the credit card and hitting the books. Ready to revamp her image, Elle goes where no Delta Nu sorority girl has gone before: Harvard Law School!

With a fantastic score, the show moves at breakneck speed from the sorority house to the halls of justice, where the daredevil in high heels defends a workout-queen in a murder trial, defying the odds and proving that pink can save the day! Along the way, our heroine (who has the cutest sidekick in the world, her Chihuahua, Bruiser) proves that being yourself and going after what you want never goes out of style.

From the awesome opening number, Omigod You Guys, to the fabulous finale, it’s sheer entertainment all the way!

Wed - Sat 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm

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Music & Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin Book by Heather Hach Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd. on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York

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HMT Monday 29 February Saturday 5 March 2016

Priscilla Queen of the Desert Get ready for the ride of your life as the ultimate party, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical returns to Aberdeen in 2016 due to overwhelming popular demand!

Based on the smash-hit movie, the feel-good international hit sensation Priscilla is the heart-warming, uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they could have ever dreamed of. With a dazzling array of outrageous costumes and a hit parade of dancefloor classics including It’s Raining Men, I Will Survive, Hot Stuff, Finally, Boogie Wonderland, Go West, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and I Love The Nightlife, rush to get your tickets today for this wildly fresh and funny hit musical that will take you on a journey to the heart of FABULOUS! PRISCILLA is

“HUGELY ENTERTAINING ...INSANELY GLITZY” Daily Telegraph Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £42.50 - £20.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £50.50 - £41.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends £4 off opening night £2 off (Tue-Thu performances) DISCOUNTS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 5 March 2016 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

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Tuesday 29 March Saturday 2 April 2016

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Avenue Q

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

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HMT

Winner of the Tony Awards ‘Triple Crown’ for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart.

Following five years in the west end and sell-out runs worldwide (packed with mischief, bad behaviour and political incorrectness) this hugely entertaining show will be causing mayhem in Aberdeen as part of it’s smash hit UK wide tour.

Created by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez (Co-creator of Book of Mormon and writer of the songs for Disney’s Frozen) Avenue Q is an irresistibly charming musical which tells the story of the loveable characters on a downtown New York street trying to make sense of life’s burning issues.

Hilarious, cheeky and uproariously entertaining, with a terrific batch of songs performed by a cast of hugely talented performers and puppets, Avenue Q is the musical like no other. So don’t let your life suck – book your tickets today!

★★★★★ “You’d be a muppet to miss it!”

Edinburgh Evening News Tue - Thu 7.30pm, Fri 5pm & 8.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Tickets £36.50 - £19.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £41.50 - £31.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends 2 for 1 opening night £4 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 2 April 2016 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

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NEW TO SEASON

HMT Tuesday 5 - Saturday 9 April 2016

Guys and Dolls Direct from the Savoy Theatre in London’s West End, this highlyacclaimed and “Exhilarating” (The Guardian) production hailed as “The greatest golden-age musical of them all” (Times) heads to Aberdeen.

The sizzling New York tale of gamblers, gangsters and nightclub singers will leave you “Walking on air” (Daily Telegraph) with a glorious evening featuring some of Broadway’s greatest showstopping tunes, including Luck be a Lady, Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat and My Time of Day. With dazzling choreography by world-renowned Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta and Andrew Wright (Singin’ In the Rain and Barnum), and direction from New York’s Gordon Greenberg, whose “Production leaves the whole audience purring with pleasure” (Times) Don’t leave it to lady luck! Guys and Dolls plays at His Majesty’s Theatre from 5 April 2016 for 1 week only.

So don’t lose out. Book now!

Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 9 April 2016 2.30pm, CAP (preceded by Touch Tour).

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HMT Monday 9 - Saturday 14 May 2016

Annie Annie, the world’s favourite family musical, comes to Aberdeen for one week only, starring acclaimed actress, comedienne and panto star; Elaine C Smith (Rab C Nesbitt, Burdz Eye View) as the tyrannical Miss Hannigan!

Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery and torment at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Determined to find her real parents, her luck changes when she is chosen to spend Christmas at the residence of famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search…

With its award-winning book and score, this stunning new production includes the unforgettable songs Hard Knock Life, Easy Street, I Don’t Need Anything But You and Tomorrow.

Don’t miss Annie – you can bet your bottom dollar that you’ll love it!

Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £42.50 - £20.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £50.50 - £41.50 inc. bf Family of 4 (2 adults + 2 children excl. Fri/Sat) £5 off per ticket ★APA Friends £4 off opening night £2 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 14 May 2016 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

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It’s better when you go TOGETHER! NEW TO SEASON

HMT Monday 20 - Saturday 25 June 2016

MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE PART OF THE EXCITEMENT OF LIVE SHOWS AND GIGS!

Footloose Everybody Cut Loose as the explosive Rock ‘n’ Roll musical Footloose bursts on to the stage in 2016.

Based on the 1980s riveting screen sensation, which took the world by storm with its youthful spirit, dazzling dance and electrifying music. Footloose tells the story of city boy Ren who has to move to a rural backwater in America where dancing is banned. All hell breaks out as Ren breaks loose and soon has the whole town up on it’s feet.

With a dynamic cast, this fast-paced show is not only packed full of amazing dance but serves up some classic 80s hits, including Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear it for the Boy and of course the unforgettable title track Footloose.

This four-time Tony Award nominee musical is not to be missed.

Whether it’s a school trip, work’s night out, girly giggle or family treat, it’s a case of the more the merrier as far as we’re concerned.

To take advantage of our great Groups offers get in touch today!

★★★★★“It’s a blast”Metro “The happiest most electrifying show - go now”Sky News Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £36.50 - £17.50 inc. bf Premium seats £46.50 - £41.50 inc. bf CGSR ★APA Friends £10 off opening night £4 off other performances

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Did you know Aberdeen Performing Arts was the FIRST and remains the ONLY arts organisation in Scotland to have the Customer Service Excellence award?

MUSICAL

CREATING A SPARK

This rigorous customer standards scheme is a hallmark of quality and is a trademark of the Cabinet Office.

What’s your point of view?

Aberdeen Performing Arts is committed to delivering the highest quality service for our customers to enjoy their experience in our venues. Our customer service team are continually working towards improving the service and would be delighted to hear about the service you encountered during or after your show.

Please simply pick up a feedback form or email feedback@aberdeenperformingarts.com

We will respond when requested within five working days or we will acknowledge your feedback within three working days and give a full response within 14 working days.

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HMT Tuesday 1 - Saturday 5 September NATIONAL THEATRE

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Winner of seven 2013 Olivier Awards, this highly- acclaimed National Theatre production, embarks on its first ever nationwide tour.

Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears’ dog, it takes him on a journey that upturns his world…

Based on the award-winning novel by Mark Haddon, adapted

by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a thrilling new stage play from the National Theatre.

“A phenomenal combination of storytelling and spectacle.”The Times “Magical and Moving.”Daily Mail Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £30.50 - £11.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £35.50 - £31.50 inc. bf Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £4 off per ticket ★APA Friends £4 off opening night £2 off all other performances ACCESS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 5 September 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

Signed Thu 3 September 7.30pm.

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HMT Monday 12 - Saturday 17 October

The Shawshank Redemption CELEBRATING THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATION’S FAVOURITE MOVIE Despite protests of innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover…

Incarcerated at the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone. Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, and things take a slight turn for the better. However, when Warden Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience and exploit his talents for accountancy, a desperate plan is quietly hatched…

Regularly voted the nation’s favourite movie starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, Stephen King’s classic story takes to the stage in a new production which examines desperation, injustice, friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum security penitentiary.

STAR CASTING TO BE ANNOUNCED

FEAR WILL HOLD YOU PRISONER.

HOPE CAN SET YOU FREE.

BILL KENWRIGHT PRESENTS A NEW STAGE PRODUCTION INSPIRED BY THE CLASSIC FILM

Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 17 October 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

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BASED ON THE SHORT NOVEL BY

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FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED KNEEHIGH THEATRE

HMT Monday 26 - Saturday 31 October DAPHNE DU MAURIER’S

Rebecca A PLAY ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY EMMA RICE Kneehigh is one of the world’s most celebrated theatre companies and their international hits include Brief Encounter and Tristan and Yseult.

Rebecca is timeless; the book beloved by generations and the iconic Alfred Hitchcock film a classic of the genre.

Now Rebecca bursts onto the stage! Emma Rice, the award winning director, has created a spellbinding new production of Daphne du Maurier’s masterpiece which conjures Cornish romance and theatrical magic.

Rebecca is presented by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers, the multi-award winning producers of Art, Brief Encounter, God Of Carnage and Calendar Girls and produced in association with Steve & Jenny Wiener and the Theatre Royal Plymouth.

Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £28.50 - £12.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £33.50 - £27.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends 2 for 1 opening night £4 off all other performances ACCESS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 31 October 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

Signed Thu 29 October 7.30pm.

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Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 November

And Then There Were None

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Agatha Christie Theatre Company, And Then There Were None returns to the stage to follow in the footsteps of the company’s hugely successful Witness for the Prosecution and Black Coffee.

A group of 10 strangers are lured to a remote island off the coast of Devon. Upon arrival it is discovered that their host, an eccentric millionaire, is missing… Stranded on the island by a torrential storm and haunted by an ancient nursery rhyme, one by one the guests begin to die… With only the fallen believed to be innocent who amongst them is the killer?

Starring BAFTA nominated stage and screen star Paul Nicholas, Colin Buchanan, from Dalziel and Pascoe, Deborah Grant, who starred in Not Going Out, Peak Practice and Bergerac, ‘60s pop idol Mark Wynter, TV favourite Mark Curry, Ben Nealon from ITV’s award winning Soldier Soldier, Kezia Burrows, best known as Cath Llewellyn in the BBC drama series Crash, and Eric Carte from Bouquet of Barbed Wire.

PAUL NICHOLAS COLIN BUCHANAN • DEBORAH GRANT MARK WYNTER • MARK CURRY BEN NEALON • KEZIA BURROWS ERIC CARTE

DRAMA

“IT WILL HAVE YOU GRIPPED IN YOUR SEATS AND CURLING YOUR TOES IN FEAR”BBC

HMT

BILL KENWRIGHT

BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH AGATHA CHRISTIE LTD PRESENTS ®

“I was hooked from the first curtain up until the end”What’s On Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £28.50 - £18.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £33.50 - £27.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends 2 for 1 opening night £4 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 7 Nov 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

Signed Thu 5 Nov 7.30pm.

CAP And Then There Were None © 1944 Agatha Christie Limited. All Rights Reserved The AGATHA CHRISTIE word mark and signature are registered trademarks of Agatha Christie Limited. All Rights Reserved.

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HMT Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 January 2016

AGATHA CHRISTIE’S

A Murder is Announced: A Miss Marple Mystery Adapted for the stage by Leslie Darbon.

Directed & designed by Michael Lunney.

Middle Ground Theatre Company Ltd is delighted to present a lavish new production of a classic Miss Marple mystery.

“A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October the thirteenth, at little Paddocks – at six-thirty p.m.”

The residents of Chipping Cleghorn are astonished to read an advert in the local newspaper that a murder will take place this coming Friday at Little Paddocks, the home of Letitia Blacklock.

Unable to resist, the group gather at the house at the appointed time, when the lights go out and a gun is fired. Enter Miss Marple, who must unravel a complex series of relationships and events to solve the mystery of the killer...

Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £28.50 - £18.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £33.50 - £28.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends 2 for 1 opening night £4 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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Audio described & captioned: Sat 30 January 2016 2.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

Signed Thu 28 January 2016 7.30pm.

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The National Theatre Production

Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 March 2016

DRAMA

HMT

J.B. Priestley’s Classic Thriller

An Inspector Calls VOTED SCOTLAND’S FAVOURITE PLAY* From Stephen Daldry, the Oscar nominated Director of The Reader, The Hours and Billy Elliot, comes the multi awardwinning West End production of J.B. Priestley’s classic thriller, An Inspector Calls.

Hailed as the theatrical event of our generation winning more awards than any other play in history, this landmark production from the National Theatre has thrilled audiences in the West End, on Broadway and throughout the world with its epic and wildly imaginative staging, raw emotion, evocative score, lashing rain and chilling suspense.

When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young woman. His startling revelations shake the very foundations of their lives and challenge us all to examine our consciences.

★★★★★ “Superbly tense. Breathtaking daring & faultless execution”Daily Telegraph

★★★★★

Tue - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £30.50 - £20.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £35.50 - £30.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends 2 for 1 opening night £4 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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‘VISUALLY ASTONISHING’ DAILY EXPRESS

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Directed by Stephen Daldry

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Signed Thu 10 March 2016 7.30pm.

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ETT’s ‘My Favourite Play’ Survey 2011

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HMT Thursday 24 - Saturday 26 March 2016

Canned Laughter It’s the 1980s and funny men Alec, Angus and Rory are one of Scotland’s top comedy acts.

And now they are hitting the big time - top of the bill at HMT Aberdeen - and it looks like they are getting a TV show. This comedy trio are riding high and nothing is going to stop them.

Fast forward to today and the three find themselves together again for the first time in decades. What happened to break the group up? Will they be able to put their past differences behind them? And why do they still care who gets the biggest laugh?

Starring Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott this brand new comedy written and directed by Ed Curtis (I Dreamed A Dream, Never Forget, Jolson & Co) tells the tale of friendship, ambition and regret. And of course comedy - lots and lots of comedy.

BOOK EARLY FOR THE FUNNIEST PLAY IN 2016!

Thu - Sat 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm

Tickets £32.50 - £27.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £42.50 inc. bf ★APA Friends 2 for 1 opening night £4 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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DRAMA

Not enough drama in your life?

Top up after work.

HMT

PRIOR TO WEST END

NEW TO SEASON

Monday 2 - Saturday 7 May 2016

Breakfast at Tiffany’s Based on the novel by Truman Capote Adaptor Richard Greenberg Director Nikolai Foster Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the classic tale of Holly Golightly written by Truman Capote and so memorably portrayed by Audrey Hepburn in the iconic 1961 film, is being given a new lease of life as a stage play with music in this sparklingly sophisticated production.

Adapted by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony and Olivier Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg and directed by Nikolai Foster, this tale of vivacious, good-time girl Holly Golightly and her fantastical existence in 1940s New York City, is told through the eyes of a young writer, completely fascinated by this exquisite extrovert who every woman wants to be, and every man wants to be with.

With memorable songs from the era, this stylish production is set to capture the hearts of audiences and sparkle like a diamond in a Tiffany’s window.

Star casting to be announced.

Tickets £32.50 - £22.50 inc. bf Premium seats £37.50 - £32.50 inc. bf CGSR ★APA Friends 2 for 1 opening night £4 off other performances

Aberdeen Performing Arts and Oran Mor present

Tuesday 29 September Saturday 3 October Tue-Fri 6pm, Thu & Sat 1pm

COLIN INGRAM PRESENTS A CURVE LEICESTER PRODUCTION

Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

A Play, A Pie and A Pint returns - a tasty bite, your favourite tipple and top new theatre.

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One in a Million by Cathy Forde Tuesday 20 - Saturday 24 October

Tue-Fri 6pm, Thu & Sat 1pm

The Wakeful Chamber

In association with

by Rebecca Sharp & Pippa Murphy Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 November

Tue-Fri 6pm, Thu & Sat 1pm

The Course of True Love

by David Leddy Doors will open an hour early at which point the pie and the pint will be available

Tickets £11 inc. bf (Includes a pint, a glass of wine or soft drink and a pie (inc. veggie option))

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:NEW VOICES: :NEW TALENT: :NEW THEATRE:

The theme for Aberdeen Performing Arts’ new work strand is Northern Lights with an emphasis on astronomy and the stars. For our Lemon Tree Christmas show this year A Ladder to the Stars (see p. 35) we’ve teamed up with Scottish theatre company Visible Fictions who’ve been creating theatre for young people for nearly 25 years. Our popular A Play, A Pie and A Pint season includes a cocommission with the city’s Sound Festival - The Wakeful Chamber - based on the life of Aberdeen’s Royal Astronomer Sir David Gill.

Aberdeen Performing Arts’ Senior Youth Theatre are performing a rehearsed reading of Lynsey Murdoch’s Escape Seed and you can share your dreams of stardom through our Stars In Their Eyes Scratch Night.

SCAN HERE TO FIND OUT MORE Supported by

REHEARSED READING

NORTHERN LIGHTS

by Aberdeen Performing Arts’ Senior Youth Theatre

In partnership with Sound, one of the autumn season of A Play, A Pie & A Pints is a co-commission with the 2015 festival that unites the talents of writer Rebecca Sharp and composer Pippa Murphy. Between them they’ve created a brand new piece of theatre and original musical score.

Saturday 23 January 2016 3pm, The Lemon Tree Studio

Escape Seed

by Lynsey Murdoch A comet is coming: the drama of the cosmos and the city streets entwine in Escape Speed, a play created in consultation with the Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Escape Seed follows the fate of Emma, a tough teen with a secret and her bumbling, gang-heavy classmate Kai. When their paths collide on one eventful night, their earth-bound universe is changed forever.

£5.50

A Sound Festival, Aberdeen Performing Arts and Òran Mór - A Play, A Pie & A Pint co-commission

The Wakeful Chamber Written by: Rebecca Sharp Music composed by: Pippa Murphy A woman’s chronic somniphobia (fear of sleep) leads her to develop an elaborate system of rituals in order to survive the hours of night – measuring time, light, distances, stars – until day breaks and the world around her wakes up. Inspired by the work of Aberdeen’s Royal Astronomer Sir David Gill, alchemy, fantasy and bats, The Wakeful Chamber explores what happens to our sensory perception when familiar routines are under threat.

(For performance dates, times and ticket prices see p. 25)

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ARTIST EXCHANGE

SCRATCH NIGHTS

October

Sarah Rose Graber: Serendipity If you thought good fortune in your life is all down to chance, then we invite you think again. Performer, director, and teaching artist Sarah Rose Graber will be spending time at The Lemon Tree in October, developing a new piece of work exploring the question - is good fortune just luck, or is it a state of mind? Sarah Rose’s many studies include researching theatre for social change and she’ll be working with Mel Woods, Reader at the University of Dundee and founding member of Girl Geek Scotland who has recently completed a major research award, RCUK SerenA, investigating serendipity, through design prototypes to support information discovery, creativity and innovation.

Thursday 29 October 6pm, The Lemon Tree Studio

http://sarahrosegraber.com

FREE EVENT

Tonight Sarah Rose will present a show of work, explain all that she has uncovered so far and invite you to test serendipity in your life. This event is free and unticketed. Simply come along on the night.

Thursday 8 October

6pm, The Lemon Tree Lounge

FREE EVENT

10ft Tall is a brand new theatre company currently being created by actor/director Cameron Mowat and actor/ playwright Adam Coutts, both based in Aberdeen and both familiar faces on the stage at The Lemon Tree. This summer we’re delighted to be working with Cameron and Adam to bring 10ft Tall together.

During their time at The Lemon Tree, 10ft Tall have been working with playwright Oliver Emanuel’s Videotape, first presented as A Play, A Pie & A Pint in 2009. Join us tonight to see a work in progress. This event is free and unticketed. Simply come along on the night.

7.30pm

My Aberdeen Where’s your favourite place in Aberdeen? And what story would it tell? Tonight’s Scratch Night is inspired by the places you love in the city and the theatre you’d like to see performed in them. £5.50 Today we also invite you to join us in the kitchen at The Lemon Tree to spend the afternoon with us cooking your favourite North East recipes and sharing your stories behind the food.

Bring your own ingredients or let us know in advance what you need. We’ll serve up your food and your stories as part of the evening event. Come along to The Lemon Tree anytime from 2pm onwards to take part.

Or contact Lesley Anne Rose lesleyanne.rose@aberdeenperformingarts.com for more information.

Thursday 28 January

10ft TALL Wednesday 29 July

The Lemon Tree’s Scratch Nights showcase the work of writers based in or from the North East and beyond. Join us to hear what the writers have to say, and take part in the discussion afterwards to have yours.

7.30pm 30pm

Stars In Their Eyess Tonight who are you going to be? Share with us your our talent show act, your superstar dreams, the person you ou most want to be. £5.50 50 SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS to these Scratch Nights are openn to anyone with each script no longer than ten minutess and written for between one and three actors.

Contact helen.milne@aberdeenperformingarts.com for details.

Deadlines: My Aberdeen, Monday 21 September Stars In Their Eyes, Monday 11 January 2016

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DANCE

HMT Friday 9 & Saturday 10 October SCOTTISH BALLET

Elsa Canasta and Motion of Displacement

GET CLOSER

*Call Box Office to book.

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FREE PRE-SHOW TALK Fri 9 October 6.30pm - 7pm (focus on dance)

FREE POST-SHOW TALK Fri 9 October 10 mins after end of show

ELSA CANASTA – SCOTTISH BALLET PREMIERE Javier de Frutos is a unique figure in the world of dance with a résumé that includes West End musicals, a Turner Prize nomination, Olivier and Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards, music videos and a full length ballet in collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys.

Elsa Canasta is a dark, funny and sexy evocation of the music of Cole Porter. With a touch of music hall magic, a singer who will share the stage, and breathtaking partnering; Scottish Ballet dancers will be having a ball and so will you!

BRYAN ARIAS - MOTION OF DISPLACEMENT – WORLD PREMIERE Scottish Ballet is delighted to be the first company to bring Arias’ unique blend of dance styles to the UK. An exclusive commission from Scottish Ballet, Motion of Displacement will explore the causes and effects of storytelling, inspired by his own childhood memories of his mother’s journey from her native land in pursuit of love.

With music by John Adams and Bach played live by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra.

Fri & Sat 7.30pm

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Photo: Nisbet Wylie

Tickets £23 - £17 inc. bf R ★APA Friends £3 off both performances

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Monday 19 October COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR

DANCE

HMT

Atomos Atomising bodies, movement, film, sound and light into miniature shards of intense sensation, Atomos is the newest work by cutting-edge contemporary choreographer Wayne McGregor.

Known for his unique, tenacious questioning across the interface of art and science and through the body and mind, McGregor has remained at the forefront of contemporary arts for the past 20 years.

Ten incredible dancers perform McGregor’s unique style sculptural, rigorous, jarring and hauntingly beautiful.

He is accompanied by a team of sensational artists including longtime collaborators lighting designer Lucy Carter and filmmaker Ravi Deepres, along with costumes by the ground-breaking designers of wearable technologies, Studio XO. Neo-classical ambient composers A Winged Victory For The Sullen provide the soaring score.

Company Wayne McGregor is a Resident Company of Sadler’s Wells and winner of the South Bank Show Award for Dance, The International Theatre Institute’s Award for Excellence in International Dance, The Movimentos Award and the Critics’ Circle Award.

7.30pm

Photo: Nisbet Wylie

Tickets £23 - £17 inc. bf R ★APA Friends 2 for 1 DISCOUNTS

2FOR1 £5OFF £2OFF APA FRIENDS

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HMT Wednesday 20 Saturday 23 January 2016 SCOTTISH BALLET

Cinderella Next winter discover the enchanted, sparkling world of Christopher Hampson’s Cinderella, in the European premiere of this most beloved fairy tale.

In her grief, the young Cinderella plants a rose at her mother’s graveside. When her father remarries, the future seems bleaker than ever. Her wicked stepmother is intent on pushing aside kind and beautiful Cinderella in favour of her two nasty step sisters. The course of true love never did run smooth but Cinderella does meet her prince and romance blossoms.

Acclaimed New Zealand designer Tracy Grant Lord’s luxurious costumes and extravagant sets create a glittering fantasy world peopled with characters that are touching, funny and real. Dazzling against the light and dark of Prokofiev’s powerful score, this ravishing interpretation of the timeless rags-to-riches romance is everything you could wish for and more.

The Scottish Ballet Orchestra accompanies live, performing the world famous Prokofiev score.

Photograph by Nisbet Wylie.

Wed - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2pm

Tickets £31.50 - £13.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £41.50 - £37.50 inc. bf Family ticket £62 inc. bf (Wed/Thu eve only) ★APA Friends £4 off opening night £2 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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Audio described: Sat 23 January 2016 2pm, (preceded by Touch Tour).

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FAMILY INSIGHT Sat 23 January 11am Learn about the characters, story and costumes in a way that will appeal to both young and old. Age 6+.

Tickets £5.50/£3.50 concession.

BALLET CAFE Wed 20 January 2pm Take part in a gentle beginners’ dance session, listen to an illustrated talk and chat over a cup of tea and cake.

FREE PRE-SHOW TALKS Call Box Office to book Thu 21 January 6.30pm (focus on dance) Fri 22 January 6.30pm (focus on music)

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NEW TO SEASON

HMT

Wednesday 17 - Friday 19 February 2016

Rambert

The Three Dancers plus other works Rambert presents a triple bill full of passion, drama, worldclass dancing and live music.

Love, desire and betrayal are the ingredients of the shocking true story which inspired a Picasso masterpiece. Now Rambert springs the painting from the canvas to the stage, bringing to life the artist’s vivid Cubist imagery and the themes of ecstasy and doom which haunt his work. Choreographed by Didy Veldman, The 3 Dancers features music by leading Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.

Two lovers meet by moonlight in Transfigured Night. Their confrontation is shown from different points of view, revealing their hopes, fears and secrets. Created by two-time Olivieraward winning choreographer Kim Brandstrup, it is a dramatic love story through virtuosic dancing to Schoenberg’s achingly beautiful score.

The programme is completed by Frames, an inventive, visually arresting piece by dancemaker Alexander Whitley. 12 performers skilfully manipulate 70 interlocking metal bars, forming shapes, structures and spaces which, quite literally, frame their dancing in a different light.

★★★★ ”Celebratory and uplifting - wow!”

The Herald

Wed - Fri 7.30pm

Tickets £25 - £17 inc. bf R ★APA Friends 2 for 1 DISCOUNTS

2FOR1 £5OFF £3OFF APA FRIENDS

GROUPS 8+

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Photo Chris Nash

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NEW TO SEASON

HMT

Wednesday 27 - Saturday 30 April 2016 SCOTTISH BALLET

Swan Lake

World Premiere Scottish Ballet’s breathtaking production of Swan Lake is set to enchant a whole new generation with an imaginative retelling of the timeless tale.

Swan Lake portrays the love story of Siegfried and the beautiful swan queen Odette. As fate has it, Siegfried betrays Odette as he mistakenly declares his love for Odile, the dark seductress.

Eventually Odette forgives Siegfried, but the trust between them has been broken and Siegfried is forced to face life without her forever.

Choreographed by the award-winning British dance maker David Dawson, Swan Lake will demonstrate his visceral and daring work which has made him one of the most innovative dance makers working in classical ballet today.

With ethereal and stylish sets and costumes, and Tchaikovsky’s iconic score performed live by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra, don’t miss the Company’s first tour of this classic ballet in over 20 years.

“Dawson takes the classical steps and bends them in a way that perfectly appeals to a modern audience.” The Telegraph Wed - Sat 7.30pm, Sat 2pm

Tickets £31.50 - £17.50 inc. bf R Premium seats £41.50 inc. bf Family ticket £62 inc. bf* ★APA Friends £4 off opening night £2 off all other performances DISCOUNTS

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Wed/Thu eve only

INSIGHT Sat 30 April 2016 11am Hear all about the ideas and inspiration behind David Dawson’s choreography; and the set and costume designs for his new production of Swan Lake.

This insight offers the fascinating experience of watching the Company taking class on stage and, time permitting, talking to one of the dancers about their career.

Tickets £5.50/£3.50 concession. Age 12+

FREE PRE-SHOW TALKS

Call Box Office to book Thu 28 April 2016 6.30pm (focus on dance) Fri 29 April 2016 6.30pm (focus on music)

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MH

NEW TO SEASON

Sunday 28 February 2016

Brendan Cole A Night to Remember Always a sell out in Aberdeen, Strictly Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole is once again set to dazzle audiences across the UK with his latest show A Night to Remember.

Brendan, one of Strictly Come Dancing’s most charismatic choreographers and performers, wlll host throughout as he leads his cast on a journey of music and dance in a spectacular night of theatrical entertainment.

Loaded with ballroom magic and Latin excitement, Brendan’s newest live music and dance extravaganza will be 2016’s must see show!

HMT Monday 13 - Saturday 18 June 2016

Vincent & Flavia: The Last Tango Fresh from their sell-out hit shows Midnight Tango and Dance ’Til Dawn, Strictly superstars Vincent Simone & Flavia Cacace have created their most moving production yet as they prepare to dance in their final ever theatre tour.

Twenty years of dancing together has seen them become Strictly Come Dancing favourites, World Dance title-holders, create and star in their own West End productions – but now it is finally time for the nation’s best loved Argentine Tango Champions to say goodbye to the stage in a thrilling, new, live performance.

Don’t miss your last chance to see this beautiful couple do what they do best live, in an intimate, passionate and explosive experience – it’s time for The Last Tango.

★★★★

“Star presence and poise danced with exuberant delight” The Independent (on Midnight Tango) Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm

7.30pm

★Tickets £40.15 - £36.85 inc. bf CR

NEW TO SEASON

Tickets £40.50 - £19.50 inc. bf Premium seats £48.50 - £43.50 inc. bf CGR ★APA Friends £4 off opening night £2 off other performances

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FAMILY

HMT Saturday 28 November 2015 - Sunday 3 January 2016 Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

28 Nov 29 Nov 30 Nov 1 Dec 2 Dec 3 Dec 4 Dec 5 Dec 6 Dec 7 Dec 8 Dec 9 Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24 Dec 25 Dec 26 Dec 27 Dec 28 Dec 29 Dec 30 Dec 31 Dec 1 Jan 2 Jan 3 Jan

7pm 1pm 5.30pm No performances 1.45pm 7pm 1.45pm 7pm 1.45pm 7pm 1.45pm 7pm 2.30pm 7pm 1pm 5.30pm No performances 1.45pm 7pm 1.45pm 7pm 1.45pm 7pm 1.45pm 7pm 2.30pm 7pm 1pm 5.30pm No performances 1.45pm 7pm 1.45pm 7pm 1.45pm 7pm No performances 2.30pm 7pm 1pm 5.30pm 1pm** 7pm 2.30pm 7pm 2.30pm 7pm 2.30pm 7pm No performances 2.30pm 7pm 1pm 5.30pm 2.30pm 7pm 2.30pm 7pm 2.30pm 7pm 1pm 5.30pm No performances 2.30pm 7pm 1pm 5.30pm

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HMT’s legendary and record-breaking trio returns in the spectacular family pantomime Peter Pan. Don’t miss the swashbuckling pirate adventure full of music, magic, flying and laughter.

TO SET SAIL TO NEVERLAND HOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Tickets - Blue performances Seating Area

Adult

Child

Family ticket*

Dress Circle

£26.50

£24.50

£89.00

Front Stalls

£26.50

£24.50

£89.00

Mid Stalls

£24.50

£22.50

£81.00

Rear Stalls

£22.50

£20.50

£73.00

£22.50

£20.50

£73.00

Upper Circle

Boxes (restricted view) 2 x Lower

£105.50 (5 people)

2 x Upper

£85.00 (4 people)

Tickets - Red performances Seating Area

Adult

Dress Circle

£28.50

Front Stalls

£28.50

Mid Stalls

£26.50

Rear Stalls

£24.50

Upper Circle

£24.50

Boxes (restricted view) 2 x Lower

£115.50 (5 people)

2 x Upper

£93.00 (4 people)

ALL PRICES INCLUDE BOOKING FEE R *Family ticket (max 2 adults) ** Relaxed performance

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FAMILY

Why not make a day of it and join the Lost Boys for your Christmas dining package** 2 courses from £17.50 3 courses from £21.50 Kid’s Deal £9.50 (**no discounts apply and tickets are not included.

Package available on all 1.45pm/2.30pm & 7pm performances.)

Festive Menu £27.50

LT Monday 7 - Thursday 24 December VISIBLE FICTIONS AND ABERDEEN PERFORMING ARTS PRESENT

A Ladder to the Stars

DON’T MISS THE LEMON TR EE

NEW TO SEASON

Christmas Show!

By Simon Puttock, adapted by Dougie Irvine Way up in the deep blue night sky, a twinkling star hears a little girl’s birthday wish i h . . . she h wishes i h she h could ld ddance with ith th the stars. t Wanting to make this wish come true, the star tells the moon, the moon tells the sun, the sun tells the wind and the rain, and together they dream up a wonderful plan.

Told through a magical mix of music, light and imagination, A Ladder to the Stars is a heartfelt and humorous story of what can happen when the universe hears your dreams.

Join us at The Lemon Tree this Christmas for the perfect festive treat for a young audience aged 3-7, their parents and carers.

Mon - Sat 10.30am & 1.30pm

Book your table now on 01224 337677 email 1906@aberdeenperformingarts.com or online at www aberdeenperformingarts.com

Tickets £11 inc. bf Children £8.80 inc. bf Family ticket £33 inc. bf (weekend performances only) Schools £6.60 inc. bf (midweek until 17 December only)

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FAMILY

NEW TO SEASON

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Wednesday 14 October

Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 January 2016

Wednesday 13 & Thursday 14 April 2016

Hello Kitty Live

Funbox:

Mister Maker

Fashion and Friends

Santa’s Sleepover Show

Now you can dance, sing and share a lot of fun with KITTY and her Friends in this fantastic live experience!

A unique show for fans of all ages! With an amazing soundtrack by Charli XCX, Clean Bandit, James Blunt, Bruno Mars, Echosmith and many more…

This is a beautiful story of a group of friends and their talent, combined with an amazing soundtrack and animations, fantastic fashion and costumes!

FUNBOX – formerly of The Singing Kettle - are having a sleepover and you are all invited !

Join Anya, Kevin, Gary and Bonzo who are too excited about Xmas to get any sleep. There are keys to find, a funbox to open and friends old and new to meet – including the Funsters.

Packed with Singalong favourites like Aiken Drum, 10 in the bed and Jingle Bells - don’t miss this festive family treat. Who knows, you might even see Santa !

DRESS FOR BED AND BRING A SANTA HAT.

Evolution Productions presents Mister Maker and The Shapes Live!

Come and join your ultimate arts and craft hero, CBeebies’ Mister Maker, for his first ever live theatre tour!

Packed full of arty adventures there’ll be a big ‘make’ to take part in, super songs to join in with, a fabulous supporting cast, and not forgetting, The Shapes!

Yes, you’ll be able to share the fun with Mister Maker’s colourful all-dancing friends Circle, Square, Rectangle and Triangle too! This show is tons of arty fun for all the family!

Mini Makers, get ready to make some amazing arty creations and book your tickets today!

Sat 2pm, Sun 12pm & 3pm 12pm & 3pm

Tickets £27.50 - £19.80 inc. bf Child & Family Discounts available

Tickets £15.40 inc. bf GR Family ticket £57.20 inc. bf R Early Bird ticket £11 inc. bf (if booked by 14 Sept 2015)

Wed 10am, 1pm, 4pm Thu 10am, 1pm

Tickets £15.50 inc. bf R Children £12 inc. bf R Family ticket £44 inc. bf R

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HMT

NEW TO SEASON

Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 July 2016

Peppa Pig’s Surprise Surprise! Peppa Pig, George and their friends are back in Birmingham in a brand new live stage show, Peppa Pig’s Surprise.

It’s a lovely day and Peppa is playing outside with her friends. Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig have got a surprise for her and George – they can’t guess what it is, can you?

Enjoy fun, games and of course, surprises in this charming, colourful new show with new songs and new life size puppets, Peppa Pig’s Surprise promises to be the perfect theatre show for all pre-schoolers! ★★★★★ “A treat for your little one’s eyes and ears.”

Daily Express ★★★★ “Enjoyably inventive.” Time Out

Collective Noun uk/k’lek.tiv/ us “A group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together to achieve a common objective.”

Youth Arts Collective North East is made up of youth, arts and community organisations from across Aberdeen city and shire. We are creating opportunities for young people aged 0-25 to shape and participate in the arts and to find, explore and develop their creative potential.

We’ll be offering opportunities for young people to explore the arts as a career path, to get involved as young directors, actors, dancers and artists. We’ll be trying to find the next generation of the world’s theatre technicians, filmmakers and young journalists interested in dance, theatre, music and art.

But to start with, we want to ask you what you’d like to see us working on. Young people are at the heart of what we do, and so it makes sense for us to ask what you need first.

To join the dialogue, you can tweet us at @YACollectiveNE with the hashtag

#LetsTalkArtNE Or you can email

creativelearning@aberdeenperformingarts.com Allan can talk to you about options, opportunities, and even sign you up to our mailing list.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU GETTING INVOLVED IN YOUTH ARTS VERY SOON Supported by

Wed & Thu 10am, 1pm, 4pm

Tickets £18 inc. bf R Children £16 inc. bf R Family ticket £61 inc. bf R

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CREATIVE LEARNING

PRIMARY 4 - 7

Create!

(P4 – P7) Creating a spark of confidence by developing a love for performing and building acting skills. In Create!

We explore performing skills and we encourage you to use your imagination and develop your creativity.

Saturday 11.30am - 1pm

Sing!

If you want to be part of the creative life of APA, if you want to start a lifelong relationship with our venues - His Majesty’s Theatre, the Music Hall and The Lemon Tree and if you are aged between 2 - 19, then Engage! is for you.

Creative learning is at the heart of everything we do, engaging and inspiring young people of all ages and abilities to explore and participate in music making and drama. Our programmes and projects are led by experienced industry professionals in a safe and friendly environment. We offer you art form skills and techniques to a high level, performance opportunities on our stages and the chance to have fun and make friends. Your chance to get involved and be creative.

Bursary places are available in each class for those who qualify for them.

Please contact us for more details.

APA Engage!

Your chance to get involved and be creative

PRE-SCHOOL

Imagine!

(Ages 2-4 and 1 parent/carer) Come and join us on an exciting adventure in our action packed music class. Our weekly classes allow young children and their grown-ups to experience new stories through music, making new friends and having lots of fun along the way.

Saturday 1.30pm - 2.30pm

(P4 - P7) Sing! offers you the chance to be part of an exciting vocal group, creating new choral reinterpretations of your favourite pop songs. Through our exciting classes, we foster a life-long love of music, encouraging you to follow your dreams and develop confidence in singing.

Thursday 4.30pm - 6pm

PRIMARY 1 - 3

Play!

(P1 – P3) Introducing you to the world of theatre through games, story and play. This class is designed to be the first step of a child’s journey with APA Youth Theatre by gently encouraging participants to enjoy performing and telling stories.

Saturday 10am - 11am

Explore!

(P1 - P3) Explore! invites you to come on a journey of musical discovery. Each class gives children the opportunity to explore musical instruments, develop vocal techniques and learn performance skills in a fun filled, confidence building environment.

Saturday 3pm - 4pm

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Junior Youth Theatre

(S1 & S2) Creating a spark of creativity through developing theatre making skills and learning the building blocks of performance. Over the three terms you will work together as an ensemble to devise a short play which will be shared with an invited audience.

Saturday 4.30pm - 6pm

A Cappella

(S1 - S6) A Cappella offers you an opportunity to be part of an exciting unaccompanied vocal group, developing vibrant arrangements of your favourite pop songs along with barbershop harmonies.

Thursday 6.30pm - 8pm

SECONDARY 3 - 6

Intermediate Youth Theatre

(S3 & S4) Creating a spark of understanding by honing performance skills and learning how to stage a performance. You will work with theatre professionals– directors, actors, and technical teams - to devise a production which will be fully staged in The Lemon Tree Studio for two nights at the end of term 3.

Wednesday 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Senior Youth Theatre

COME ALONG TO OUR

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CREATIVE LEARNING

SECONDARY 1 - 6

(S5 & S6) Creating a spark of ignition by reviewing and further developing skills and working with scripts to produce high quality theatre productions. You will represent Aberdeen at national events and festivals.

Tuesday 6.30pm - 9pm

Creative Music (Age 14 - 19 years) Industries Our Creative Music Industries programme will give you an insight into the music industry from composition to performance. This is a focused training course where you will work towards the completion of Arts Award, a nationally recognised qualification.

Wednesday 7pm - 9pm

Come and create a spark with APA Find out about our classes, about our workshop programme, or any other query about creative learning email creativelearning@aberdeenperformingarts.com or call 01224 337684.

Supported by:

Member of:

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OPERA

HMT

Sung in French with English supertitles

NEW TO SEASON

Thursday 22 & Saturday 24 October SCOTTISH OPERA PRESENTS BIZET’S

Carmen Revival of the 1999 co-production with Welsh National Opera.

In the sultry heat of Seville, passions are high and drama is around every corner – and a hot-blooded tale of seduction and obsession is about to unfold.

When Don José, a young soldier, meets the sensual and highspirited Carmen, thoughts of marrying his childhood sweetheart are driven from his mind. But Don José is not the only one to fall for Carmen’s charms, and when she chooses another man, she sets in motion a shocking and unmissable showdown.

Carmen is one of the world’s favourite operas, with good reason.

From the Habanera to the rousing Toreador’s Song, Bizet’s brilliant music pulls you right into the action of this passionate love story. With a star-studded cast including 2015 International Opera Award winner Justina Gringyte, one of world’s most talked-about tenors Noah Stewart, and Roland Wood, direct from the drama of 2015’s Il trovatore, this is an unforgettable evening not to be missed.

Supported by Scottish Opera’s Play a Supporting Role appeal.

Thu & Sat 7.30pm

Tickets £55 - £18.50 inc. bf R U26s £10 inc. bf R ★APA Friends £4 off Thursday performance DISCOUNTS

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SCHOOLS OFFER

£ OFF APA FRIENDS

£ OFF CONCESSIONS

3

GROUPS 8+

ACCESS Audio described: Sat 24 October 7.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour, 6pm)

Carmen Unwrapped A FREE HOUR LONG TASTER Friday 23 October at 6pm Pre-show talk Saturday 24 October at 6pm

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The Mikado Unwrapped A FREE HOUR LONG TASTER Wednesday 25 May 2016 at 6pm Pre-show talk Saturday 28 May 2016 at 6pm

HMT

NEW TO SEASON Sung in English with English supertitles

Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 May 2016 SCOTTISH OPERA AND D’OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY PRESENT GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S

The team behind 2013’s smash hit The Pirates of Penzance returns with another Gilbert & Sullivan comedy classic. A stellar cast, in the hands of director Martin Lloyd-Evans, brings the fun to life with a delicious mix of cheeky English Music Hall and exquisite Japanese tradition.

The Mikado has decreed that flirting should be punishable by death. But when his son Nanki-Poo falls for the beautiful Yum-Yum, it looks like someone might be heading for the executioner’s block…

Packed with anti-Establishment silliness, and full of larger than life characters including self serving politicians that are all too recognisable today, this playful show features some of G&S’s most popular tunes, including Three little maids, Tit-willow and I’ve got a little list. We welcome back several of the team from The Pirates of Penzance including Richard Suart, Nicholas Sharratt, Rebecca Bottone and former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Sioned Gwen Davies, alongside baritone Stephen Richardson and comic genius Andrew Shore.

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Take the TheatreBus instead!

More and more of our audiences are taking the bus, so why not join them?

The TheatreBus will run after Friday and Saturday evening performances for:

The Mikado

Thu - Sat 7.30pm

Fancy a night out but don’t want to drive?

ACCESS Audio described: Sat 28 May 2016 7.30pm, (preceded by Touch Tour, 6pm)

• Dirty Dancing • Scottish Ballet’s Autumn Season • Shawshank redemption

• Rebecca • And Then There Were None • Jesus Christ Superstar • White Christmas

ROUTES:

• Kintore, Kemnay and Inverurie • Portlethen and Stonehaven • North Deeside Road to Peterculter and Banchory Our special buses will leave from right outside the theatre exactly fifteen minutes after the curtain comes down.

Book in advance to guarantee your seat Travel with people who like you have just seen the show No walk to the bus stop or waiting in the rain!

Enjoy a drink at the bar without worrying about the new rules

• • • •

PRICES:

• Stops within the city: £2.50 • Aberdeenshire stops: £3.50

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CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA DISCOUNTS: RSNO and SCO - U26 £6, U16 GO FREE BBC SSO - U16/STUDENT £6 (from Monday on week of performance) Aberdeen Sinfonietta - U16 GO FREE, STUDENT £5 inc. bf

Sunday 20 September

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Nicola Benedetti Italy and The Four Seasons Nicola Benedetti returns with a dynamic programme of music inspired by the spirit of Italy.

Performing with a first class ensemble of musicians, this concert includes two seminal and cherished works from the classical repertoire - Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. The evening also includes the British premiere of a new work for violin and cello by the celebrated composer Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Described by The Times as a “risk-taking performer”, Nicola has now established herself as one of classical music’s most prominent violinists. She is credited with broadening the appeal of classical music to young and new audiences through her extensive education work and appearances at events such the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony and iTunes Festival.

A multiple award winner, Nicola’s latest album Homecoming entered the top 20 pop charts, an unprecedented achievement for a classical violinist.

Don’t miss this opportunity to share in this specially curated programme.

7.30pm

★Tickets £36.85 - £22 inc. bf CGR

Friday 25 September

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Saturday 17 October

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Mahler 10

Brahms’ Symphony No 2

Glazunov Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No.10 performing version reconstructed by Deryck Cooke James Ehnes violin Donald Runnicles conductor It was the artistic equivalent of the raising of the Titanic. When musicologist Deryck Cooke completed Mahler’s unfinished final symphony, he uncovered a lost masterpiece filled with puzzles and allusions; a work where cries of love and cries of pain finally resolve in music of shattering honesty and heart-breaking beauty.

This is music that explores the great questions of life; and as Donald Runnicles guides us to the heart of Mahler’s final musical testament, there’s no more powerful way to open BBC SSO’s Aberdeen season. The songful violin concerto by “Russian Mendelssohn” Alexander Glazunov forms the brightest of contrasts, and with the glorious tone of James Ehnes, it’ll sparkle like new.

Schumann Manfred Overture Schoenberg Piano Concerto Brahms Symphony No 2 Robin Ticciati conductor Lars Vogt piano Arnold Schoenberg was a great admirer of Brahms, although his music is often not given the chance to shine.

Lars Vogt and Robin Ticciati will passionately argue the Piano Concerto as a work of tremendous rhythmic and textural variety.

The Brahms series continues with the second Symphony.

When working on it, Brahms wrote contentedly to a friend “The melodies flow so freely that one must be careful not to tread on them.” Opening the concert is the supreme and energetic Manfred Overture by Brahms’ friend Schumann.

Pre-concert talk at 6.45pm: Roger Williamson of the University of Aberdeen in conversation with Cole Bendall.

7.30pm

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Sunday 15 November

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Aberdeen Sinfonietta

Pictures at an Exhibition

Schumann’s Second Symphony

Garry Walker Simon Smith Mendelssohn

Dejan Lazic

Overture from Piano Concerto in Istrian Style Chopin Piano Concerto No2 Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition It’s all about colour. Mussorgsky painted musical pictures of witches, gnomes and chickens dancing in their shells: Ravel drenched them in sparkling colours to create one of the best-loved of all orchestral showpieces.

Under RSNO Principal Guest Conductor Thomas Søndergård, Pictures at an Exhibition will leave your ears tingling - and powerhouse performer Dejan Lazic will get your feet tapping with his own folk-inspired opener before lavishing heart and soul on the moonlit romance of Chopin’s teenage Concerto.

7.30pm

★Tickets £23 - £11.50 inc. bf CG

Friday 6 November

Mozart Symphony No.29, K.201 Haydn Piano Concerto in D Schumann Symphony No.2 Ronald Brautigam piano Markus Stenz conductor Symphonies didn’t really come naturally to Robert Schumann, but love-songs did - and with its quiet poetry, joyous sunbursts and coded messages to his beloved Clara, his Second Symphony might just be the best he ever wrote. It’s the exuberantly happy ending to a concert that begins with Mozart’s joyous twenty-ninth symphony while Ronald Brautigam brings all his brilliance, style and wit to Joseph “Papa” Haydn’s perfectly cut little jewel of a piano concerto. Guest conductor Markus Stenz and the BBC SSO bring pure sunshine to a November night.

7.30pm

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conductor piano Overture “Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage” Chopin Piano Concerto no 2 in F minor R Strauss Serenade for Wind op 7 Mendelssohn “Reformation” Symphony The acclaimed Edinburgh-based pianist Simon Smith is the soloist in Chopin’s richly poetic 2nd Piano Concerto.

Two superb works by Chopin’s friend Mendelssohn begin and end the programme, with the powerfully orchestrated “Reformation” Symphony bringing the evening to a celebratory and triumphant conclusion.

7.30pm

Tickets £12 inc. bf C

ORCHESTRA DISCOUNTS: RSNO and SCO - U26 £6, U16 GO FREE BBC SSO - U16/STUDENT £6 CLASSICAL (from Monday on week of performance) Aberdeen Sinfonietta - U16 GO FREE, STUDENT £5 inc. bf

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CLASSICAL

The Goldberg Celebration Three days celebrating the glorious Goldberg Variations.

Two startling versions of the work – the original performed on piano by the world’s leading exponent of Bach’s keyboard music, and a feast of music and movement as a top Swedish dance company join forces with one of classical music’s most exciting string ensembles. In addition, there will be talks, masterclasses and workshops themed around this seminal work.

It started life as a study for harpsichord; a simple aria, and a set of 30 variations. Today, it’s not only one of the most well-known of Bach’s works – it’s one of the most interpreted. From theories that its structure deliberately mirrors the ascent of the nine spheres of Ptolemaic cosmology, to the claim that the whole thing is a cleverly coded rebuke to a critic who had snubbed the composer, there is clearly something about this sprawling, complex piece which invites interpretation.

Thursday 19 November

Buy for both Angela Hewitt, Sat 21 November and Scottish Ensemble Goldberg Variations, Thu 19 November for £22 inc bf

Buy for both Angela Hewitt concerts for £22 inc bf

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Andersson Dance and Scottish Ensemble Goldberg Variations Ternary patterns for insomnia Now, in 2015, Jonathan Morton and Örjan Andersson have come together to create their own.

With 11 musicians and 5 dancers moving together as equal partners, the audience is given the singular experience of musician and dancer performing as one, casting a 21st-century light on the notes and the spaces between them. Should we simply listen to the music, or can we move?

7.30pm

Tickets £13 inc. bf U26 £5 U16 FREE

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7.30pm

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Angela Hewitt Bach Masterworks - Goldberg Variations Tickets £16.50 inc. bf Students/U26 £5 U16 FREE

Tuesday 15 December Monday 29 February 2016

7.30pm

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ABERDEEN CHORAL SOCIETY PRESENTS

Angela Hewitt

The Messiah

Bach Masterworks - The Art of Fugue

Get into the spirit of Christmas and come and hear Aberdeen Choral Society perform Handel’s ever popular oratorio Messiah.

“It was a positive sensation. The Canadian pianist is one of the reliably mesmerising musicians of the day!” The Sunday Times Canadian pianist, Angela Hewitt OC OBE, has become one of the foremost pianists of her age and regularly performs in recital and with orchestras across the globe. Following a ten year project to record all of the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach, she is now heralded as today’s leading exponent of that composer’s work, and has won a huge following. The catalogue was described by The Sunday Times as “one of the recorded glories of our age”, and she now brings two of its highlights to the stunning acoustic of the Music Hall. The Goldberg Variations and The Art of Fugue are two of the most significant works of one of the most important and influential composers of all time.

“What a pianist. What a performance. What an experience” The Herald

Tickets £16.50 inc. bf Students/U26 £5 U16 FREE

100 voices, a team of eminent soloists, including Jamie MacDougall from BBC Radio Scotland’s Classics Unwrapped, and Grampian Sinfonia under the expert baton of musical director Alistair Macdonald combine to create an evening of scintillating music in the splendid Music Hall – an opportunity not to be missed!

Thursday 17 December

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra Christmas Concert: The Snowman We’re walking in the air…it isn’t Christmas until The Snowman has taken you on his magical journey through the winter sky. Enjoy this special showing of the festive classic on the large screen, accompanied by the RSNO and narrated by a special guest star. Hosted by the irrepressible Christopher Bell, this Christmas party for the whole family is filled with seasonal favourites, carols old and new – and, of course, a chance for everyone to sing along!

Image © Snowman Enterprises Ltd 2015 7.15pm

Tickets £TBC

7.30pm

Tickets £23 - £11.50 inc. bf G

ORCHESTRA DISCOUNTS: RSNO and SCO - U26 £6, U16 GO FREE BBC SSO - U16/STUDENT £6 CLASSICAL (from Monday on week of performance) Aberdeen Sinfonietta - U16 GO FREE, STUDENT £5 inc. bf

Saturday 21 November

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CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA DISCOUNTS: RSNO and SCO - U26 £6, U16 GO FREE BBC SSO - U16/STUDENT £6 (from Monday on week of performance) Aberdeen Sinfonietta - U16 GO FREE, STUDENT £5 inc. bf

A most REWARDING Friendship Friday 18 December

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Saturday 19 December

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Christmas Classics

CPE Bach Symphony in E-flat Wq 183/2 Mozart Violin Concerto No 1 in B-flat K207 Mozart Rondo Concertante in B-flat K269 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 Alexander Janiczek Director/Violin Llyr Williams Piano Directing the Orchestra from the violin, SCO Associate Artist Alexander Janiczek continues his survey of concertos by Mozart and Beethoven. Mozart’s youthful First Violin Concerto is full of joyous high spirits, and his brief Rondo Concertante gives the violin soloist plenty of memorable melodies.

Llyr Williams joins Janiczek and the Orchestra for the startling drama of Beethoven’s turbulent Third Piano Concerto, and the concert opens with CPE Bach’s equally stormy, exhilarating E flat Symphony.

Jamie MacDougall singer and presenter Richard Balcombe conductor For its much-loved festive special, the orchestra brings a fine selection of Christmas music including carols for all the family, favourite works by Handel, Tchaikovsky, Malcolm Arnold, Irving Berlin – and many more! Once again tenor and BBC Radio Scotland presenter Jamie MacDougall holds the whole affair together with wit and panache.

7.30pm

★Tickets £21.50 - £11 inc. bf

7.30pm

★Tickets £23 - £11.50 inc. bf CG

EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS, PRIORITY BOOKING AND GREAT PARTNER OFFERS!

or give a gift membership and make it an extra special occasion

To become an APA Friend visit aberdeenperformingarts.com or pop into the Box Office

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1pm

1pm

Krysia Osostowicz (violin) & Daniel Tong (piano)

Jackie Kay

ABERDEEN PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS

Beethoven Plus 1

(writer) Jackie Kay is a phenomenally talented writer and an utterly engaging performer of her own work. She’s an award-winning novelist, poet and short story writer, and her many awards include the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Scottish Book of the Year Award. Her books include the novel Trumpet, and memoir Red Dust Road, as well as the poetry collections Fiere, Reality Reality, and The Maw Broon Monologues. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University.

Wednesday 7 October

Wednesday 4 November

1pm

Ben Okri (Writer)

in association with Jonathan Dove Ludwig Games Beethoven Violin Sonata no. 1 in D major, op. 12, no. 1 Huw Watkins Spring Beethoven Violin Sonata no. 5 in F major, op. 24,”Spring” Beethoven Plus is a Beethoven cycle with a new dimension.

Krysia and Daniel invited ten composers to each write a short companion piece inspired by one of Beethoven’s ten violin sonatas. These new pieces are heard together with the original sonatas, creating conversations between living composers and Beethoven, and shedding new light on what Beethoven’s music means to us today.

Wednesday 27 January 2016

1pm

Alec Frank Gemmill (horn) & Alasdair Beatson (piano) Ben Okri , born in Nigeria, is a world class writer, one of the finest of his generation. Novelist, poet, essayist and playwright, he won the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road.

There is a richness to his work, which is at once literary and grounded in an oral storytelling tradition. In performance he is mesmerising, a powerful presence. His other novels include Songs of Enchantment, Astonishing the Gods and most recently, The Age of Magic. His poetry collections include An African Elegy and Wild. This is a rare visit to Scotland, his first to Aberdeen, and is most definitely not to be missed.

Beethoven Horn Sonata John Casken new piece Kalevi Aho Solo X Schumann Adagio and Allegro Two of Scotland’s most promising and exciting talents perform together in an inventive programme of music for horn and piano, reflecting the diversity of the instrument and the unknown breadth of its repertoire.

CULTURE CAFE

Wednesday 2 September

Pop in during your lunch hour, take a break from shopping or meet up with some friends for a relaxing hour of classical music and writers’ talks.

Writers events are programmed and chaired by Alan Spence, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen.

Event starts at 1pm, doors will open an hour early for soup and sandwich

★Tickets £8.80 inc. bf CG Add £4 for lunch SPECIAL OFFERS Book for 4 people £20 inc. bf £36 inc. lunch Book for all 4 events £20 inc. bf £36 inc. lunch

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MUSIC HALL TRANSFORMATION

The Music Hall has been the beating heart of Aberdeen’s city centre for more than 150 years, part of the rhythm of life in the North.

Our mission is creating a spark. We’re passionate about inspiring, exploring and engaging through live performance and creative projects. We spark ideas, set ambition alight, fan the flames that create life-changing moments. Our audiences glow in the dark. If it’s buzz, bliss, joy, fun or rapture you’re after, come on in.

£7 MILLION TRANSFORMATION March 2016 Transformation begins 2016-17 Out and About programme across Aberdeen November 2017 Music Hall transformation unveiled

150 years of magic memories We know the Music Hall sparks life-long memories… meeting a hero, a first date, big event.

What’s your story? Let us share it.

Email: joyce.summers@aberdeenperformingarts.com £5 million raised from Aberdeen City Council, Creative Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic Scotland, Robertson Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation.

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CEILIDH SEASON

ROOTS

Winter

Come along and warm up those darkening nights with some of the best ceilidh bands in the North-east.

Friday 18 September

Danse McCabre Friday 9 October

Clachan Yell Friday 23 October

Shindig

BUY FOR 4 CEILIDHS

SAVE 25% EX CLUDES FRIDA Y 4 DECEMBER

Friday 27 November

Shindig Friday 4 December

Christmas Ceilidh with Clachan Yell 8pm

★Tickets £11 inc. bf C

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ROOTS

Genre-defining, ground-breaking artists from Scotland collaborate with the best roots talent from across the Northern hemisphere in these unique, exclusive Music Hall sessions. Explore the contemporary folk music of Scotland, Canada, Scandinavia, the Baltic region and more with the very best musicians from these regions.

Sunday 13 September

7.30pm

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Saturday 13 February 2016

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7.30pm

Julie Fowlis with Le Vent du Nord Duncan Chisholm with Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys Julie Fowlis’ exquisite voice, her interpretation of Scottish Gaelic culture and ability to bring folk music out of the past and into something contemporary, dynamic and irresistible, are what have made her a genuine and multi-award winning crossover star. Her roots may be firmly in folk music and the Scottish Gaelic culture she grew up in, but her talent and style have brought her into the mainstream.

Quebec’s Le Vent du Nord knows how to turn the lost past into intense and beautiful performances that push their roots in striking global directions. The group is blazing a path that connects their Québecois roots to the wider world, in both arrangements and on stage.

Julie Fowlis said of the collaboration “I am very much looking forward to this performance with Le Vent Du Nord. We have been friends since we first met on tour in Canada over 10 years ago. This Northern Arc concert affords us an opportunity to collaborate and explore Gaelic and Québécois music and song for this one special performance.”

Duncan Chisholm is one of Scotland’s most recognised and accomplished fiddle players and composers. Born and brought up near Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland, Duncan has spent most of his life developing his unique musical voice. Fiddle playing at its best, Duncan’s feather-light handling of dynamics and ornamentation, allied with his pure-distilled tone, lend his characteristic spine-tingling magic to his music.

Blazing hot Michigan roots ensemble Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys rest on the cusp of change, poised at that moment where everything shifts into high gear and time rushes forward. The instruments and the bedrock of the band may come from bluegrass, but the music that Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys present on their new album Ionia can best be described as Americana.

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Thursday 31 December

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From a cameo appearance at T in the Park in 2004 with The Darkness to opening the main stage in their own right in 2014, the past ten years has seen The Red Hot Chilli Pipers become the most famous bagpipe band on the planet – ever! Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a show so hot it carries its own health warning.

The band’s achievements have reached incredible heights with their ground breaking fusion of traditional Scottish music and Rock/Pop Anthems which they proudly call ‘Bagrock’.

Christmas Concert

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Phil Cunningham returns again with his Christmas songbook. Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker and Phil, will lead you through a great fun night of modern and traditional Christmas music.

Featuring Kris Drever, Ian Carr and Kevin McGuire along with a special guest Brass Band.

OIL YOUR VOCAL CHORDS AND BRING THE FAMILY!

Hosted once again by Robert Lovie, this year’s show is headlined by International opera star Richard Morrison whose father Peter was one of the best known faces on Scottish TV throughout the 70’s and 80’s. The Jonny Hardie Ceilidh Band are guaranteed to get the party going with a swing and we’re delighted to introduce one of Scotland’s finest young pipers, Calum Brown.

Finally, internationally renowned fiddler and the show’s producer, Paul Anderson will feature in a new musical collaboration with Calum Stewart (flute and pipes) and multi-instrumentalist Ali Napier (Dougie MacLean Band) in a new band called “The Doric” More special guests to be announced later.

PEATBOG FAERIES Monday 7 September

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Saturday 26 September The Lemon Tree 2pm

AFTERNOON

GENERATIONS OF CHANGE

Wounded Knee £11 inc.bf 12pm onwards Various City Venues

EARLY EVENING

ROUND AND ABOUT VARIOUS ARTISTS FREE

EVENING

The Lemon Tree 1pm

Songwriters’ Circle THREE ARTISTS T.B.C.

£11 inc.bf Queen’s Cross Church 4.30pm

WEEKEND PASS £75 inc.bf

Includes all events marked PLUS Priority booking for Tom Odell

SUNDAY CHILLOUT

The Unthanks & Rachel Sermanni £16.50 inc.bf The Lemon Tree 8pm

OPENING CONCERT

Fatherson with The 101

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LATE NIGHT

Sunday 7 September

Music Hall

HEADLINE CONCERT

TOM ODELL with Siobhan Wilson 7pm - 11pm

PUB CRAWL VARIOUS VENUES VARIOUS ARTISTS

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Long May You Run NEIL YOUNG TRIBUTE Roddy Hart, Eddi Reader, Justin Currie and more t.b.c.

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The Lemon Tree 11pm

The Lemon Tree 10pm

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CLOSING CONCERT

RM Hubbert

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with Malcolm Middleton

Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells

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APA’s Associate Artist Programme 2015

TWO OF THE UK’S MOST EXCITING ARTISTS WANT TO WORK WITH YOU! The Associate Artist Programme is a new initiative for APA, inviting artists to work in residence at the Music Hall and The Lemon Tree. The programme seeks to unite local musicians/composers/creatives from different artforms with the aim of nurturing and developing Aberdeen’s creative scene; while also supporting the artists in developing their own practice and creating new work. This year we’ve invited contemporary folk musician and composer Aidan O’Rourke and vocal sculptor Jason Singh to work with us on investigating the idea of CONNECT.

This artists residency is about creating and connecting. Jason and Aidan are here to create music on their own, together and with you. They are looking to build connections across musical genres, ages and experience. To help build new connections and new networks they are looking to work with artists and groups across the city to make new music. At the end we will share what is created in a mini-festival in January across The Lemon Tree and Music Hall.

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED Are you a musician or composer based in the Aberdeen area? Get in touch, let us know you are interested and we will make sure you are invited to sessions, drop in clinics and other open events. These will be safe, inclusive and welcoming open sessions to experiment, share, learn and most importantly have fun creating together. It doesn’t matter what genre you mostly inhabit or your age or your experience. The only essential ingredient is enthusiasm for making music. You can be actively involved in playing and improvising in the sessions or you can listen, ask questions and take inspiration home. It’s up to you!

DO YOU RUN OR ARE YOU IN A GROUP IN THE CITY? That could be a choir, a jazz group, folk collective, classical ensemble, youth theatre, rap project etc etc. Get in touch and we will try to find a time to come to you for a workshop or masterclass. And we will invite you to a day of creativity before the mini fest in January.

And finally, what if you don’t fall into either of the categories above? You can still make music with us! Jason and Aidan will be posting sounds online for you to remix, refix, add to and share with us. Be part of creating a musical online conversation from wherever you are in the world!

Find the sounds on the website http://apaconnect.wordpress.com Or if you would just like to listen, let us know and we’ll make sure you are invited to open sessions where you can participate just by using your ears.

www.facebook.com/APAAssociateArtists @assocartistsAPA #connect E: nicolacgsmith@hotmail.com

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Friday 11 September

Saturday 19 September

Saturday 10 October

Richard Thompson Electric Trio

50+ Festival

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

Bullet For My Valentine

Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of All Time, Richard Thompson is also one of the world’s most critically acclaimed and prolific songwriters.

He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for Songwriting on both sides of the Atlantic - from the Americana Music Association in Nashville to Britain’s BBC Awards and the prestigious Ivor Novello.

Ceilidh with Iron Broo The 50+ Festival comes to the Music Hall with a ceilidh featuring Iron Broo.

While targeted at those over the age of 50 it is open to all ages and will be a memorable night for everyone to enjoy.

Get healthy, get active, get learning and meet new friends!

with special guest Benny Golson There are few working musicians whose careers span the history of post war jazz quite as comprehensively as the life of jazz legend Benny Golson.

Multi-talented and internationally famous as composer, arranger, lyricist, producer and tenor saxophonist of world note, Benny has composed for everyone imaginable inc. Basie, Hampton, Goodman, Gillespie, Coltrane, and Miles Davis.

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Formed under the name Jeff Killed John, Bullet For My Valentine are a Welsh heavy metal band who have released five studio albums with their latest full length, Venom, coming out this year.

They have built up a formidable live reputation and were named by Kerrang! as best British band for three years in a row.

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Sunday 18 October

Saturday 24 October

Saturday 31 October

Steve Hackett

Go West & Nik Kershaw

The World Famous Elvis Show

Catfish & The Bottlemen

Acolyte to Wolflight The Steve Hackett 2015 UK tour is Acolyte to Wolflight with a sprinkling of Genesis.

The set will span his history, from earliest album Voyage of the Acolyte celebrating its 40th anniversary to his new rock album Wolflight out in the early Spring, with addition of Genesis songs.

Steve enthuses... “I’m hugely excited about the new album and incorporating it into next year’s tour, which will involve both classic and contemporary, with several surprises!”

with very special guest T’pau

Three critically acclaimed stars of the 80s come together for a major UK Tour.

Together with very special guest T’Pau, Go West and Nik Kershaw will be performing together in concert for one night only in Aberdeen.

Come along and listen to hits such as We Close Our Eyes, Wouldn’t It Be Good? and China in Your Hand.

starring Chris Connor Chris Connor, stars with his live 9 piece energetic band The Steels, with the Sweet Harmonies. Re-creating 2 huge concerts from Elvis in the 70’s, That’s The Way It Is and Madison Square Gardens.

Catfish and the Bottlemen are a Welsh indie rock band that formed in Llandudno, North Wales in 2007.

The band derives its name from McCann’s first childhood musical memory: that of a Sydney, Australia street busker playing beer bottles strung to a wire who went (and still goes) by the name Catfish the Bottleman.

Selling out in theatres world wide this show respectively and authentically recreates ELVIS at his very best. You will simply feel that you have been transported back in time.

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Monday 9 November

Thursday 12 November

Saturday 14 November

All Star 60s Show

The Waterboys

The Matt Munro Story

Magic of Motown

Bringing you all their hits and more in one show are the fabulous Gerry and the Pacemakers, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, The Troggs, Badfinger featuring Bob Jackson and The Ivy League.

Relive the swinging sixties with this unforgettable show whch will have you rocking in your seats.

A freewheeling rock and roll record with a southern soul edge, Modern Blues was recorded in Nashville by a line-up including Muscle Shoals legend David Hood on bass, Austin guitarslinger Zach Ernst, and Memphis keyboard wizard Brother Paul.

The Matt Monro Story is an inspired performance by Matt Monro jr making this unforgettable show a unique evening of music, warmth and love, keeping the memory of his father and his music alive.

Britain’s biggest smash-hit spectacular embarks on its 2015 nationwide tour with an all-new, all-star show celebrating its 12th incredible year with more chart toppers than ever before

From Born Free to Walk Away to Potrait of My Love be prepared to be transported in time by this tribute to one of britain’s most popular and endearing singers named “the singer’s singer” by his peers.

Featuring the music of the Four Tops, Supremes, Temptations, Jackson 5, Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie and many more.

plus special guests

They join Mike Scott, Irish electric fiddle great Steve Wickham and ace drummer Ralph Salmins at a time when the relevance and popular reach of The Waterboys has never been greater.

The show is enhanced by audio visual and narration.

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7.30pm

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Wednesday 18 November

Friday 20 November

Wednesday 25 November

Nils Lofgren

Vampires Rock

After touring with Bruce Springsteen as a long-time member of the E Street Band on both the 2012-13 Wrecking Ball tour and the 2014 High Hopes tour Nils Lofgren is back to perform his own legendary live show.

Ghost Train

The Johnny Cash Roadshow

Aberdeen’s Singing Chorus Sing It With Flowers

Known for his world-class guitar playing, and his on-stage acrobatics, Nils Lorgren is a true Rock legend in his own right.

A superb front-man, both with Grin and under his own name.

As Club Live and Let Die burns to the ground, Barron Von Rockula played By Steve Steinman flees the ill fated club with his band of blood sucking vampires in search of a new home. Eventually they come across an old abandoned fairground ride The Ghost Train where they take refuge and make this their new home.

Clive John is back as The Man In Black.

From his first hits in the 1950s right up to the 1990s American Recordings revival.

This is no ordinary concert as you will be treated to a feast of sound and vision with the band closely replicating the unmistakable sound of Johnny Cash accompanied with a visual backdrop containing hundreds of evocative images and clips taken during his lifetime.

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After 12 years and over a million tickets sold Steve Steinman returns as Barron Von Rockula in the all new Vampires Rock Saga The Ghost Train.

Supported by Common Good Fund With 300 singers this is the largest community choir in Scotland. People from all walks of life, with a love of singing, come together to sing and have fun for a ten week period culminating in a Concert at the Music Hall.

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Wednesday 2 December

Thursday 3 December

Thursday 10 December

Magic of The Beatles

Evening Express Carol Concert

Glitz, Blitz & 70s Hitz

Abbamania

Don’t miss The UK based band performing the ultimate tribute to the sights and sounds of the worlds’ greatest group.

This highly acclaimed show is currently touring worldwide appearing at various theatres, festivals and corporate events and picking up thousands of rave reviews from Beatles fans and music critics along the way! The two hour spectacular features all of the classic songs of the fab four from Love Me Do to Let It Be.

This annual concert traditionally heralds the start of the festive season. Join in the carols and enjoy the music performed by Aberdeen schools. All money raised goes to local charities.

Glitz, Blitz & 70s Hitz: Sweet & Mud 2 and special guests The Rubettes featuring Alan Williams.

Legendary British rock band Sweet announce their last ever UK tour! Three of the greatest, most exuberant, live bands of the seventies team up for Glitz, Blitz & 70s Hitz!

ABBA tribute band Abbamania, the UK’s original ABBA tribute are widely regarded as one of “Europe’s Premier ABBA tribute Bands”.

Their sensational LIVE concerts have taken them all over the World.

ABBAMANIA’s tribute to ABBA at the height of their popularity is incredible, and their performance is of the highest quality. Re-live the memories of ABBA with this the Official tribute Show; the wonderful, catchy songs, melodies and lyrics, indeed, the music that has sold millions of records worldwide.

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Sunday 13 December

Sunday 20 December

Sunday 17 January 2016

Aberdeen Music Centre Christmas Concerts

Grampian Hospitals’ Christmas Carol Concert in aid of CLIC Sargeant Cancer Care for Children

One Night of Queen

The Classic Rock Show

Featuring some of Aberdeen’s finest young musicians in two concerts of festive music by bands, orchestras and choirs.

Performed by Gary Mullen and The Works Gary Mullen won ITV’s Stars In Their Eyes Live Grand Final, with the largest number of votes ever received in the shows history. He then formed a band The Works, to pay tribute to rock legends Queen. Since then, Gary Mullen and the Works have performed throughout the UK, USA, Europe, South Africa and New Zealand to sell-out audiences. They have also twice rocked the prestigious BBC Proms in the Park. One Night of Queen is a spectacular live concert, recreating the look, sound and showmanship of arguably the greatest rock band of all time.

Top 20 Greatest Guitar Riffs Of All Time – LIVE! ‘Part 2’ For 2016 Classic Rock Show will focus on a new batch of rock gems best known for their irresistible hooks, instantly recognisable songs that have earned a golden status in the history of classic rock music. Celebrating their sixth year, this critically acclaimed show will toast the occasion in the best possible fashion, with some of the greatest moments in rock guitar history.

1pm (Junior Concert) & 7pm (Senior Concert)

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7.30pm

7.30pm

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Wednesday 24 February 2016

Tuesday 8 March 2016

The Circus of Horrors

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac

HMT Thursday 19 May 2016

Jason Donovan

The show that stormed into the finals of Britain’s Got Talent & now a West End smash is back to mark its 21st Anniversary in spectacular style.

The latest incarnation Welcome to the Carnevil is set in Victorian London in 1899, Jack the Ripper was still at large & this was the age of the Freakshow, a young girl dreamt of running away to join the Circus only to see her dream become a nightmare in a decrepit & corpse ridden Carnevil, plagued by a swamp of Killer Klowns, Sword Swallowers, Demon Drawfs, Death Deifying Aerialists and lots lots more, a show ruled by the undead & climaxing in an awesome flaming apocalypse.

World Tour

The Ultimate Tribute To One Of Rock and Roll’s Most Remarkable Groups Having performed to over a million fans since they formed over a decade ago, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac returns to the Music Hall. Recognised internationally as the world’s leading Fleetwood Mac tribute show, and with the priceless golden seal of approval from founding member Mick Fleetwood, this stunning new show takes you on an epic musical journey.

The band perform all the classic hits live including Black Magic Woman, Albatross, Go Your Own Way, Dreams, Gypsy, Say You Love Me, Sara, Oh Diane, Little Lies, Everywhere and much much more.

By popular demand, star of stage and screen, Jason Donovan is returning to his roots for a solo tour of his debut 5x platinum, 1989 album Ten Good Reasons and Greatest Hits.

Ten Good Reasons became the biggest selling album of 1989 and remains a massive fan favourite with two solo No.1 singles Too Many Broken Hearts and Sealed with a Kiss. It also featured a duet with Kylie Minogue, Especially for You, which reached No.1.

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Sunday 13 September

PINEY GIR Thursday 24 September

ORKESTRA DEL SOL Saturday 7 November

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Thursday 1 October

Tuesday 13 October

Ben Fogle

Alex Ferguson

Tim Vine

Monday 19 & Tuesday 20 October

Call of the Wild

Leading

Ben Fogle has rowed the Atlantic Ocean, crossed Antarctica on foot, run across the Sahara and crossed the Empty Quarter on camel. He has presented numerous hit programmes on the BBC, ITV and Channel 5 including, New Lives in the Wild, Extreme Dreams and Through Hell and High Water.

In Call of the Wild, Ben will recount how the self-confessed urbanite became drawn to, and so enamoured with, adventure, travel and the harsh challenges associated with a life in the wilderness, from his first adventures travelling across South America as a younger man, to some of the toughest trials known to man. Call of the Wild will be an audio/visual supported show.

A rare opportunity to hear Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful football manager of all time talking about the leaderships skills he learned during his 38 record-breaking years of management.

Sir Alex will be in conversation, talking about the key tools he used to deliver success both on and off the field, the pivotal leadership decisions of his extraordinary career and how these leadership lessons can be applied far beyond the football pitch. Sir Alex Ferguson is now a visiting Fellow at Harvard Business School.

Tickets include a copy of his new book, Leading.

Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim To You

Bill Bailey Limboland

Filming and photography are not allowed at the event.

First stand-up tour in 4 years, the punslinger returns with lots of new jokes, silly songs and twitchy dancing.

Joke, joke, joke. Prop, prop, prop. Song, song, song. (Sorry the laptop’s jammed.)

It’s time to put the satire on hold and watch a grown man act the goat. Come along and enjoy the nonsense. WARNING: This show will contain wobbly props, one reference to a panda and a song about getting water in your ear after you’ve been swimming.

“Vine is a supreme punmeister.”

Time Out “Must-see manic hilarity.” ★★★★★ Edinburgh Reporter

Best known for his live performances and tours Dandelion Mind, Tinselworm, Bewilderness and Part Troll, Bill Bailey’s television work has included his own shows like Bill Bailey’s Birdwatching Bonanza, Baboons With Bill Bailey and Bill Bailey’s Jungle Hero, as well as captaining a team on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, a starring role in the award-winning Black Books and guest appearances in Spaced, Doctor Who, QI, Jo Brand’s Big Splash and many others.

He has appeared at the O2 for Channel 4’s Comedy Gala and followed that with an appearance as Farmer Macreadie in Emma Thompson’s feature film, Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang.

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Thursday 5 November

Saturday 7 November

Friday 13 November

Nina Conti

Gino D’Acampo

Paddy McGuiness

Chris Ramsey

Gino’s Italian Escape

Daddy McGuiness

Fun-loving Gino will take the audience on a journey through Italy, demonstrating how to cook some of his favourite dishes from his popular series, Gino’s Italian Escape – a third series of which will be on our screens later this year.

He also plans to put audience members through their paces as selected fans are invited to join him on stage. One thing is for sure with Gino…you can expect the unexpected!

After numerous sell out tours and best-selling DVD’s one of the UK’s bestloved and popular comedians Paddy McGuinness returns for another hotly anticipated live tour, Daddy McGuinness.

Back this year with a huge 50- date run of shows all over the UK he brings us one of the biggest stand-up tours this year.

Over 14s only, under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

In Your Face She’s won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, and made a BAFTA nominated film - all without moving her lips.

This year, Nina will create a new show each night by plucking inspiration from the audience. Strap into the mask as Nina gets in your face. With the help of Monkey and a bag of tricks, truly anything can happen in this unmissable improvised adventure of hilarious witchery.

“Uproariously hilarious” The Scotsman “Put simply, Nina Conti is a genius” Mirror “A gem… funny, poignant, novel” Guardian

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Following sell-out runs of his last three UK tours, Chris is back with a brand new show for 2015.

Join him as he explores getting older, finding yourself, taking responsibility, realising you are no longer a child and all of the other terrifying realisations that come with being dragged kicking and screaming into modern adulthood.

“A mainstream hit, a cult favourite or almost anything in-between” Sunday Times

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Tickets £26.95 inc. bf VIP Tickets £82.50 inc. bf

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Friday 11 December

Friday 26 February 2016

An evening with

Stewart Francis

Ed Byrne

Thursday 18 Saturday 20 August 2016

Noel Fielding Noel Fielding (The Mighty Boosh, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Luxury Comedy) is embarking on his first live tour in five years. Expect a magical mix of Noel’s unique brand of stand up comedy, live animation, music and some of Fielding’s best known TV characters (such as The Moon and Fantasy Man).

Fielding’s comedy has seen him perform in venues all over the world, win numerous awards and appear on TV shows such as Michael Mcintyre’s Roadshow, Big Fat Quiz Of The Year and QI. There will also be muscular support from the loose stylings of Mike Fielding (Naboo/ Smooth) and the physical lunacy of Tom Meeton (The Mighty Boosh/ Oram & Meeton).

Pun Gent Tour The star of Mock The Week, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and Live At The Apollo, embarks on a brand new stand up tour with a fantastic and hilarious new show!

“A brilliant comic brain... this stand-up cracks some of the best one liners I’ve ever heard” Guardian “Perfectly crafted gags” Sunday Times

Outside, Looking In

Sarah Millican

That bloke. You know. The Irish guy. No, not the bald one. The other one. You know him. The one Carol from work really likes.

Wait, that might be Jason Byrne. Anyway.

Funny chap. Has a new show!

“Comedy’s holy grail.... Go see!”

The Sunday Times “Hilarious anecdotes! l assure you Ed Byrne is one comedian you should DEFINITLEY see” Edinburgh Festival Magazine “Jokes come so fast that hecklers don’t have a chance to get a word in edgeways” The Times “Byrne is at the top of his game” Sunday Telegraph For ages 12+

In the past when you put Sarah Millican outside, she asked things like: ‘Why? Where is the taxi? Do I need a cardie?’ and said things like: ‘There’ll be wasps. I’ve nothing to sit on. Is that poo?

Can we go home?’

But things have changed. Now she has outside slippers. She can tell a chaffinch from a tit (hey). But she still can’t tell if it’s an owl or her husband’s asthma.

Sarah Millican is venturing outside. Bring a cardie.

“To watch Sarah Millican is to watch a box of comedy fireworks going off” The Independent Suitable 16+

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Saturday 31 October

NEW TO SEASON

Thursday 2 - Saturday 11 June 2016 FLYING PIG PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

Dreich Encounter Aberdeen’s own comedy team, the Flying Pigs have been entertaining ever growing audiences since 1998, and enjoyed sell out runs at HMT with Desperate Fishwives, How To Look Good Glaikit and Finzean in the Rain.

They’ve also made 3 radio series, a Hogmanay special and a TV pilot for BBC Scotland. Nae bad for a bunch of chancers!

Now the “punk ‘Scotland the What?’ are back with a brand new show, packed with laughs and their distinctive North-East flavour. Whether you’re a toonser, a teuchter or an inabootcomer, we guarantee the best laugh you’ll have in ages.

But don’t take our word for it…

“Father Ted meets The Broons” Scottish Daily Express “A hoot, pure genius” Evening Express “Hilarious...” The Scotsman “...albeit lowbrow” The Herald Tue - Fri 7.30pm, Sat 5pm & 8.30pm

Tickets £28.50 - £17 inc. bf CGR ★APA Friends 2 for 1 opening night and both Sat performances £2 off other performances

MH Sunday 22 November

Love Fashion Trend Magazine and Premiere Productions are proud to introduce our exclusive new joint venture Love Fashion. This catwalk presentation will showcase the best of the Aberdeen and surrounding area’s independent and big brand retailers and will feature emerging Scottish fashion and textile talent. The show will also incorporate and promote live entertainment, with local musicians, singers and dancers taking to the stage throughout the event. During the afternoon ‘Exhibits Aberdeen’ will host an exhibition in the foyer areas of the music hall, displaying a variety of art, vintage, craft and fashion treasures.

For more information visit www.trendmagazine.co.uk

HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI

COMEDY / SPOKEN WORD

ALSO COMING TO THE MUSIC HALL

Thursday 12 November

DAN CLARK Saturday 14 November

NISH KUMAR

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Opening times

UPPER CIRCLE DRESS CIRCLE

Front-of-house facilities include a restaurant, a café bar, stunning corporate hospitality facilities and a box office in the glass foyer.

Enjoy our bars, a café, corporate hospitality facilities and a box office, which has a separate Union Street entrance and is open from 9.30am to 6pm Monday to Saturday, and re-opens at 6.30pm on show nights.

BALCONY

The Music Hall is open from 9.30am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday, and for evening performances, opens about 45 minutes before the show starts.

15 16 16 17 18 20 21 20 21 20 22 23 24 23 24 24 24 23 23 21 22 16 16

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HMT STAGE

12 13 13 14 15 17 18 17 18 17 19 20 21 20 21 21 21 20 20 18 19 13 13

11 12 12 13 14 16 17 16 17 16 18 19 20 19 20 20 20 19 19 17 18 12 12

10 11 11 12 13 15 16 15 16 15 17 18 19 18 19 19 19 18 18 16 17 11 11

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W

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8 9 9 10 11 13 14 13 14 13 15 16 17 16 17 17 17 16 16 14 15 9 9

7 8 8 9 10 12 13 12 13 12 14 15 16 15 16 16 16 15 15 13 14 8 8

WHEELCHAIR SPACES 6 7 7 8 9 11 12 11 12 11 13 14 15 14 15 15 15 14 14 12 13 7 7

5 6 6 7 8 10 11 10 11 10 12 13 14 13 14 14 14 13 13 11 12 6 6

4 5 5 6 7 9 10 9 10 9 11 12 13 12 13 13 13 12 12 10 11 5 5

3 4 4 5 6 8 9 8 9 8 10 11 12 11 12 12 12 11 11 9 10 4 4

2 3 3 4 5 7 8 7 8 7 9 10 11 10 11 11 11 10 10 8 9 3 3

1 2 2 3 4 6 7 6 7 6 8 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 7 8 2 2

1 1 2 3 5 6 5 6 5 7 8 9 8 9 9

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1 2 4 5 4 5 4 6 7 8 7 8 8 9

1 3 4 3 4 3 5 6 7 6 7 7 8 8 8

2 3 2 3 2 4 5 6 5 6 6 7 7 7

1 2 1 2 1 3 4 5 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6

1 1 2 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5

1 2 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3

STALLS

16 17 17 18 19 21 22 21 22 21 23 24 25 24 25 25 25 24 24 22 23 17 17

1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2

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37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 A 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 A 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 B 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 B 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 C 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 C 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 D 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 D 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 E 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 E 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 A 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 A 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 B 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 B 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 C 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 C 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 D 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 D 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 E 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 E F 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 F 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 A 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 B 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 B 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 C 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 C 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 D 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 D 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 E 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 E 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 F 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 F 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 G 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 G 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 H 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 H 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 I 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 I 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 J 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 32 31 30 29 28 27 J 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9

UPPER CIRCLE DRESS CIRCLE

UP PE ROY R LEF AL T B BO OX X

STALLS

Opening times HMT is open from 9.30am Monday to Saturday and on Sundays we open if there is a performance on, please check productions for details.

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BALCONY

WHEELCHAIR TRANSFER SEATS

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30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29

31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31

30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

ENTRANCE EXIT 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33

32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32

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A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28

ENTRANCE

1 66 43 2 67 44 10 3 4 17 11 12 5 68 6 18 69 24 19 13 14 7 30 25 26 20 21 15 1 8 9 31 27 22 6 26 25 BLO 32 33 3 28 29 23 4 CK 26 25 F 26 25 TOILETS 26 25 26 25 26 25 26 25 26 25

STAIRS

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26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26

S T U V W X Y Z

25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25

24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24

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22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22

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STALLS

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5 5 5 5 5 5 5

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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

1 43 2 3 44 4 11 10 5 7 6 13 12 18 1 7 14 4 9 8 01 52 9 16 15 21 2 26 2 1 30 2 27 2 3 2 2 1 23 9 28 33 3 C 2 34 2 1 CK BLO 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6

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G H 14 13 14 13 14 13 14 13 14 13 14 13 14 13 14 13

14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13

12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

S T U V W X Y Z

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

7 7 7 7 7 7 7

A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R

8 7 6 5 4 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

BALCONY

11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

7 J 7 K 7 L 7 M 7 N 7 O 7 P 7 6 5

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4

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Pillar

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2 2 2 2 2

1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0

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2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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3 3 3 3 3 3 3

2 2 2 2 2 2 2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B C D E F J K L M N O P R S

Bon Accord Harriet St Car Park

Schoolhill

Street Union

Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen AB25 1GL

Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS

ENTRANCE

BLOCK D BLOCK E

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B C D E F G H J K L M N O P

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MUSIC HALL STAGE

t oun em Ros

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BLOCK A

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

5 West North Street, Aberdeen AB24 5AT

STAIRS

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About our venues We welcome you to our venues and hope that your visit is perfect!

If you would like to comment, compliment or tell us how we can improve our services then let us know, by completing one of our Comment Cards, speaking to a member of staff or emailing feedback@aberdeenperformingarts.com

Access Our venues are designed to be as accessible as possible. We have an access guide with full details of all facilities available online, by email or at our box offices. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in our venues, and our box offices are fitted with induction loop systems.

If you have any special access requirements please inform the box office team on 01224 641122 or get in touch via email: access@aberdeenperformingarts.com

Public transport

His Majesty’s Theatre

Parking and wheelchair access

Car parking is available at a special reduced rate at Bon Accord Harriet Street car park.

Further parking available at Denburn car park and Chapel Street (multi-storey). There is disabled parking on Union Terrace and outside Aberdeen Art Gallery on Schoolhill. Level access is available through the Donald Entrance on Rosemount Viaduct. There is also a drop-off point in front of the theatre.

Car parking is available at a special reduced rate at Bon Accord Harriet Street car park.

Further parking is available in Golden Square and Chapel Street (multi-storey). Disabled parking is available in Golden Square and South Silver Street. A wheelchair lift is situated in the Box Office entrance, or level access is gained by ringing the doorbell at the first door on Golden Square.

Sound enhancement

Sound enhancement

There is an infra-red system for hearing impaired customers.

Headsets for volume control or necklace-type receivers (for use with hearing aids) are available from customer service staff in the foyer.

An infra-red sound enhancement system (supported by BT and Aberdeen Choral Society) is available for customers with impaired hearing. Headsets or necklace-type receivers (for use with hearing aids) are available from customer service staff in the foyer.

Signed, lip reading and audio-described performances Certain performances are British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted and/or audio described. Seats are reserved for lip readers at the BSL performance and deaf customers for up to four weeks before the performance. Look out for these symbols in the brochure.

show chat P S C Pre/Post PSC indicates a pre or post-show chat with cast or creative

Most buses come along Union Street. Aberdeen Railway Station is just a few minutes walk from all our venues. For information visit firstgroup.com

team is available at one or more performances. Please contact box office for more details.

Children

Enjoy a drink in our stalls or dress circle bars, which are open 45 minutes before performances. Interval drinks can be pre-ordered. Tea and coffee are also available.

We welcome all children of all ages, unless a specific performance has an age restriction.

Children under two go free as long as they are seated on your knee! If children or babies disturb a performance, we can ask that you leave to be fair to other customers and the performers.

Photography and recording Photography, sound and video recording are not allowed during any performance.

Latecomers The performance spaces open half an hour before the start time; if you are late, you will have to wait to be seated, which may be at the interval.

Music Hall

Parking and wheelchair access

Refreshments

1906 Restaurant and Café The restaurant is located upstairs from the Box Office in the Donald entrance. Open for lunch and dinner, the restaurant offers a la carte and pre-theatre menus with a strong focus on fresh and simple classic dishes.

Drop in to the café bar for coffee and cake, a light lunch or a snack. Reserve your restaurant table direct with the box office when buying HMT tickets or direct at the number below.

Deaf alerter A Deaf Alerter fire alarm warning and messaging system is installed for the deaf and hearing impaired.

Refreshments Enjoy a leisurely drink in our Concert Bar, which offers drinks half-an-hour before the performance and at the interval. Interval drinks may be pre-ordered. Tea and coffee are also available.

The Lemon Tree Parking and wheelchair access Car parking is available at a special reduced rate at Bon Accord Harriet Street car park.

Further parking is available at West North Street car park. Level access is available via Shoe Lane by ringing the doorbell.

Refreshments Enjoy a leisurely drink in our Concert Bar, which offers drinks half-an-hour before the performance and at the interval. Interval drinks may be pre-ordered. Tea and coffee are also available.

Private hospitality room also available Email: restaurant@aberdeenperformingarts.com Tel: 01224 337677

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Ticket information

Thank you for your support If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.

If you can dream it, you can become it...

Your support is vital to deliver our ambitious vision for the future.

Online aberdeenperformingarts.com Buy your tickets securely and safely at a time that suits you.

Over the phone Tel: 01224 641122 - Mon to Sat 9.30am to 6pm Lines can get busy but calls are answered in the order received, as quickly as possible.

In person HMT & MH Box Office - Mon to Sat 9.30am to 6pm For that personal touch visit our Box Offices, which are open late on performance nights. The Lemon Tree Box Office opens 30 minutes before the performance start time.

Print @ home Purchase and print your tickets at home for selected shows at APA venues.

16+ 18+ U16+A BAL

Age restrictions Recommended age guidance.

U16+A BAL - Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult, balcony seating only.

APA Friends Discounts available (excludes balcony seating).

£

Groups & schools welcome

£ OFF SCHOOLS OFFER GROUPS 8+

The more the merrier as far as we are concerned, discounts are available for groups of 8+. Book early to get the best seats and discounts – some shows feature much greater discounts if you confirm and pay for your tickets earlier - email groups@aberdeenperformingarts.com or call 01224 337605 to speak to our groups team for more details.

£

£ OFF

Concessions

If you are a student, under 16, over 60, disabled or companion, job seeking or a Young Scot you may be entitled to reduced price tickets – remember to ask. Standby tickets are subject to availability at £11 inc. bf for some HMT shows (maximum of two per booking, eligible concession holders only – can be withdrawn at any time).

CONCESSIONS

£1 of the ticket cost for this show will go towards the APA Restoration Fund, the current priority of which is to improve the seating in our three venues Where booking fees apply they are shown as inc. bf and are included in the ticket price.

• Bring the best nationally and internationally renowned companies to Aberdeen • Nurture the next generation of artistic talent coming out of the North East • Grow our flourishing young peoples theatre company • Offer transformational opportunities for young people and communities to participate in the arts • Create and commission unique, home grown productions • Invest in our stunning cultural venues, the Music Hall, The Lemon Tree and His Majesty’s Theatre To get involved contact Charlotte Bird Tel: 01224 337643 or email charlotte.bird@aberdeenperformingarts.com

Thanks to these companies for support during the redevelopment of HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE: Prime Sponsor Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Major Sponsor Shell U.K. Limited

Major Sponsor The Press and Journal

Key Sponsor Qdos

Key Sponsor Rizza’s of Huntly

Keep your tickets in a safe place Once purchased, tickets are non-refundable but may sometimes be exchanged up to 24 hours before the date of the performance. Please put your tickets in a safe place! Lost tickets can only be reprinted on the night for reserved seated performances. Please note exchanges or ticket reprinting is subject to an admin fee of £2 per ticket (to a maximum £10 per booking).

RUNNING TIME Please note all running times are approximate.

Other Formats

We have made every effort to ensure that the information in this brochure is correct but it is subject to change. Latest listing information can be found online, and remember that casts are subject to availability and can change. All discounts are subject to availability and exclude the balcony at HMT and certain days of the week. All ticket prices printed relate to bookings made in advance of the performance. Occasionally event promoters request an increase in price for any tickets purchased at the venue directly before the performance. Please contact the box office for further details.

This brochure is available in BSL on our website, on CD or in large print.

Please call 01224 337642.

CAP Accessible Performances

We’re committed to making our shows as accessible as possible.

For information on Signed, Captioned, Audio Described and other accessible shows please visit aberdeenperformingarts.com, or call 01224 641122.

Honorary friend Robertson Construction Eastern Ltd Honorary friend ExxonMobil

THANKS TO THESE COMPANIES FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT Anderson Anderson & Brown • Aberdeen Harbour • ASPC • Belhaven • Capture • Core • Duncan and Todd • ENI Saipem • Evening Express • Grampian Police Federation • Kudos Financial Services • Lloyd’s Register • MAC • Red Spider SPEX • Strategic Resources

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AT A GLANCE

Plan your next great experience

Date

Show

Venue Page

Tue 1 Sep

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Culture Café Jackie Kay The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Richard Thompson Electric Trio The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing 50+ Festival Ceilidh with Iron Broo Dirty Dancing Northern Arc Julie Fowlis & Le Vent Du Nord Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing

HMT

18

HMT

18

MH HMT

47 18

MH

55

Thu 17 Sep Dirty Dancing Fri 18 Sep Dirty Dancing Ceilidh with Danse McCabre Sat 19 Sep Dirty Dancing SNJO with Benny Golson Sun 20 Sep Nicola Benedetti Mon 21 Sep Dirty Dancing Tue 22 Sep Dirty Dancing Wed 23 Sep Dirty Dancing Thu 24 Sep Dirty Dancing Fri 25 Sep Dirty Dancing BBC SSO Season Sat 26 Sep Dirty Dancing Mon 28 Sep Dirty Dancing Tue 29 Sep Dirty Dancing Ben Fogle Wed 30 Sep Dirty Dancing

HMT

18

OCTOBER

HMT

18

HMT HMT HMT HMT MH

5 5 5 5 55

HMT MH

5 50

HMT HMT HMT

5 5 5

AUGUST Date

Show

Venue Page

Tue 18 Aug Wed 19 Aug Thu 20 Aug Fri 21 Aug Sat 22 Aug

Dreamboats & Miniskirts Dreamboats & Miniskirts Dreamboats & Miniskirts Dreamboats & Miniskirts Dreamboats & Miniskirts

HMT HMT HMT HMT HMT

4 4 4 4 4

SEPTEMBER

Wed 2 Sep Thu 3 Sep

Fri 4 Sep Sat 5 Sep Tue 8 Sep Wed 9 Sep Thu 10 Sep Fri 11 Sep Sat 12 Sep Sun 13 Sep Mon 14 Sep Tue 15 Sep Wed 16 Sep

Date

Thu 1 Oct

Show

Dirty Dancing Sir Alex Ferguson Fri 2 Oct Dirty Dancing Sat 3 Oct Dirty Dancing Wed 7 Oct Culture Café Ben Okri Fri 9 Oct Scottish Ballet Elsa Canasta & New Work Ceilidh with Clachan Yell Sat 10 Oct Scottish Ballet Elsa Canasta & New Work Bullet For My Valentine Mon 12 Oct Shawshank Redemption Tue 13 Oct Shawshank Redemption Tim Vine

HMT HMT MH

5 5 49

HMT MH MH HMT HMT HMT HMT HMT MH HMT HMT HMT MH HMT

5 55 42 5 5 5 5 5 42 5 5 5 62 5

Venue Page

HMT MH HMT HMT MH HMT

5 62 5 5 47 28

MH HMT

49 28

MH HMT HMT MH

55 19 19 62

Wed 14 Oct Shawshank Redemption Hello Kitty Thu 15 Oct Shawshank Redemption Fri 16 Oct Shawshank Redemption Steve Hackett Sat 17 Oct Shawshank Redemption Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sun 18 Oct Go West & Nick Kershaw plus T’Pau Mon 19 Oct Atomos Bill Bailey Tue 20 Oct Bill Bailey Thur 22 Oct Scottish Opera Carmen Royal Scottish National Orchestra Fri 23 Oct Scottish Opera Carmen (UNWRAPPED) Ceilidh with Shindig Sat 24 Oct Scottish Opera Carmen The World Famous Elvis Show Mon 26 Oct Rebecca Tue 27 Oct Rebecca Wed 28 Oct Rebecca Thu 29 Oct Rebecca Fri 30 Oct Rebecca Fri 30 Oct Nina Conti Sat 31 Oct Rebecca Catfish & The Bottlemen

HMT MH HMT HMT MH HMT MH

19 36 19 19 56 19 42

MH

56

HMT MH MH HMT MH

29 62 62 40 43

HMT

40

MH HMT MH

49 40 56

HMT HMT HMT HMT HMT MH HMT MH

20 20 20 20 20 63 20 56

For behind the scenes info and competitions follow us

/aberdeenperformingarts, @apawhatson

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Date

Show

Venue Page

Tue 3 Nov

And Then There Were None All Star 60s show And Then There Were None Culture Café Beethoven plus And Then There Were None Gino D’Acampo And Then There Were None BBC SSO And Then There Were None Paddy McGuiness The Waterboys Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar The Matt Monro Story Jesus Christ Superstar Chris Ramsey Jesus Christ Superstar Magic Of Motown Aberdeen Sinfonietta Noel Fielding Nils Lofgren White Christmas Vampires Rock White Christmas Scottish Ensemble Goldberg Variations

HMT

21

MH HMT

57 21

Wed 4 Nov

Thu 5 Nov Fri 6 Nov Sat 7 Nov Mon 9 Nov Tue 10 Nov Wed 11 Nov Thu 12 Nov Fri 13 Nov Sat 14 Nov Sun 15 Nov Mon 16 Nov Tue 17 Nov Wed 18 Nov Thu 19 Nov

MH

47

HMT

21

MH HMT

63 21

MH HMT

43 21

MH MH HMT HMT HMT MH HMT MH HMT MH MH MH MH HMT MH HMT MH

63 57 6 6 6 57 6 63 6 57 43 64 58 7 58 7 44

White Christmas The Johnny Cash Roadshow Sat 21 Nov White Christmas Angela Hewitt Goldberg Variations Wed 25 Nov Aberdeen Singing Chorus Fri 27 Nov Ceilidh with Shindig Sat 28 Nov Peter Pan The Magic of the Beatles Sun 29 Nov Peter Pan

HMT MH

7 58

HMT MH

7 45

MH

58

MH HMT MH HMT

49 34 59 34

Thu 10 Dec Fri 11 Dec Fri 11 Dec Sat 12 Dec Sun 13 Dec

Tue 15 Dec Wed 16 Dec Thu 17 Dec

DECEMBER Date

Show

Venue Page

Tue 1 Dec Wed 2 Dec

Peter Pan Peter Pan Evening Express Carol Concert Peter Pan Glitz, Blitz & 70s Hitz Peter Pan Christmas Ceilidh with Clachan Yell Peter Pan Red Hot Chilli Pipers Peter Pan

HMT HMT MH

34 34 59

Fri 18 Dec Sat 19 Dec

HMT MH HMT MH

34 59 34 49

Sun 20 Dec

HMT MH HMT

34 51 34

Thu 3 Dec Fri 4 Dec Sat 5 Dec Sun 6 Dec

WHAT ABOUT THE LEMON TREE CHRISTMAS SHOW...

Monday 7 - Thursday 24 December

A LADDER TO THE STARS Tue 8 Dec Peter Pan Wed 9 Dec Peter Pan Thu 10 Dec Peter Pan

HMT HMT HMT

34 34 34

Mon 21 Dec

Tue 22 Dec Wed 23 Dec Thu 24 Dec Sat 26 Dec Sun 27 Dec Mon 28 Dec Tue 29 Dec Wed 30 Dec Thu 31 Dec

ABBAMANIA Peter Pan Stewart Francis Peter Pan Aberdeen Music School Peter Pan CLIC Sargent Carol Concert Peter Pan The Messiah Peter Pan Peter Pan Royal Scottish National Orchestra BBC SSO Peter Pan Scottish Chamber Orchestra Peter Pan One Night Of Queen Peter Pan Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Concert Peter Pan Peter Pan Peter Pan Peter Pan Peter Pan Peter Pan Peter Pan Peter Pan Peter Pan Hogmanay Concert

MH HMT MH HMT MH HMT MH

59 34 64 34 60 34 60

HMT MH HMT HMT MH

34 45 34 34 45

MH HMT MH

46 34 46

HMT MH HMT MH

34 60 34 51

HMT HMT HMT HMT HMT HMT HMT HMT HMT MH

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AT A GLANCE

Fri 20 Nov

NOVEMBER

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Aberdeen Performing Arts is a charity registered in Scotland, No.SC033733

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