AUGUST - DECEMBER 2015
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Discover... FRESHLY SQUEEZED ......................................................................................PAGE 4 SINGER-SONGWRITERS .................................................................................PAGE 7 TRUE NORTH ...................................................................................................PAGE 10 BANDS ..............................................................................................................PAGE 12 TRIBUTE & PARTY BANDS ............................................................................PAGE 17 ROOTS ..............................................................................................................PAGE 20 NEW MUSIC / SOUND FESTIVAL..................................................................PAGE 24 JAZZ & BLUES.................................................................................................PAGE 26 COMEDY & SPOKEN WORD ...........................................................................PAGE 28 THEATRE ..........................................................................................................PAGE 33 DANCE ..............................................................................................................PAGE 38 NEW VOICES: NEW TALENT: NEW THEATRE ..............................................PAGE 42 ENGAGE! ..........................................................................................................PAGE 44 FAMILY..............................................................................................................PAGE 46 YACNE...............................................................................................................PAGE 49 AT A GLANCE ..................................................................................................PAGE 50 NEED TO KNOW...............................................................................................PAGE 52 Aberdeen Performing Arts is core funded by
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THE LEMON TREE - AN EXCELLENT ALTERNATIVE ARTS SCENE DISCOVER TOMORROW’S LEGENDS TODAY THE FUNNIEST COMEDY ROCKING BANDS CHILLED OUT GROOVES THOUGHT PROVOKING DRAMA FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY SEE IT ALL AT ABERDEEN’S CUTTING EDGE CULTURAL HEART…
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FRESHLY SQUEEZED ...tomorrow’s legends
Saturday 15 August
doors 7.30pm
HECTOR BIZERK SUPPORT FROM THE ILL COLLECTIVE Formed by drummer/producer Audrey Tait and Scottish battle rap champion Louie, Hector Bizerk have an insatiable desire to experiment with noise, colour, rhythm and rhyme. Their live show is a crescendo of thought-provoking music that includes elements of live visual art, b-boying and improvisation. Hector Bizerk is a celebration of modern hip hop culture with a Scottish twist, combining frontman Louie’s razor sharp poetry with incredible tribal rhythms and grooving funk basslines that encapsulates audiences.
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Sunday 6 September
ALKANES,
doors 7pm
EMILIO LARGO & COLD YEARS
Following the split of his old band Purple Divide, Guitarist/Vocalist Dale Sutherland looked to challenge himself with a new project. After experimenting with his song writing, Dale set his sights on a sound heavier than Purple Divide. With a focus on big dynamic riffs and drawing influence from bands such as Arcane Roots, Biffy Clyro, Muse, Oceansize and Marmozets, the sound of Alkanes began to develop. £6.60 LOUNGE (standing)
Sunday 11 October
doors 7.30pm
SWEET WHITE PLUS SUPPORT
Sweet White are a 5-piece indie band from Peterhead, Scotland. Things began with only 2 members writing and recording music together in a bedroom. Their sound has been described as “catchy as funk, sharp indie-rock numbers guided by pop sensibilities.” similar to bands like Foals and Peace. The band currently have a number of dates booked across Scotland this year and are currently continuing work on a second EP. £6.60 LOUNGE (standing)
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Thursday 5 November
doors 7.30pm
PRONTO MAMA ALPHAS & THE HARMONICA MOVEMENT
Pronto Mama are a past post-modern bug-eyed beatnik group from Glasgow who are just as confused as anyone else. They are soulful. They believe irreverent wordplay, clean musicianship and a dirty dedication to song-writing is how you do it. The music is built around the songs written by Marc Rooney and Ciaran McEneny, who in coughing copy-cat fashion opted for McEneny/Rooney. Keeping it alphabetical preserves good feeling and the over-arching idea you have of yourself, maybe.
£7.70
Saturday 14 November
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MIN DIESEL Min Diesel are a guitar-led three-piece from the North-east of Scotland, who shamelessly plunder the best bits from their favourite late-80s/early-90s punk, lo-fi and math-rock bands’ to create music they’ve taken great amusement from dubbing “mindie rock”. Min Diesel have shared a stage with Errors, Acoustic Ladyland, Joan of Arc, Hot Club de Paris, Sky Larkin and Paws.
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KING EIDER
HJEARTS & WENDELL BORTON
£6.60
Friday 4 December
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BOOK GROUP, THE DEPORTEES, THE WOODS & CARA MITCHELL King Eider have gained a reputation for their energetic live performances, regularly filling venues in their hometown Edinburgh, as well as playing at established venues further afield. Their Sofar Sounds video caught the attention of BBC Radio 6 producers who booked the band for the Edinburgh Festival 2014.
£7.70
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SINGER/ SONGWRITERS ...waxing lyrical
Sunday 29 November
doors 7pm
BILLY BRAGG Orator, entertainer, rabble-rouser, negotiator, pamphleteer, the fabled ‘big-nosed bard from Barking’, Billy Bragg is many things. A regular contributor to the national debate as TV pundit and newspaper columnist, he continues to sharpen his pen as a writer and songwriter. Whether it’s unionized workers, constitutional reform, bankers’ bonuses, illegal wars or the undemocratic commandeering of a portable toilet backstage at a festival, Billy Bragg will help fight your corner.
£22
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Wednesday 7 October
doors 7.30pm
JACK SAVORETTI Having quit music four years ago, Jack Savoretti made a remarkable return and is taking the UK by storm. 2011’s critically acclaimed album Before The Storm saw him turn a corner and rightfully recognised as an exceptional songwriter with gritty, soul-soaked vocals. Now with a CV that includes collaborations with Paolo Nutini, Jake Bugg and Faithless he comes to Aberdeen on the back of new album Written in Scars.
£18.15
Tuesday 27 October
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doors 8.30pm
LUCY ROSE
English singer-songwriter Lucy Rose heads out on tour in support of new album Work It Out. With a bolder, poppier sound the LP will surely please current fans and bring in new supporters. Having sung backing vocals for the Manic Street Preachers, toured with Bombay Bicycle Club and Noah and the Whale and appeared at many festivals including Hop Farm Festival (alongside the legendary Bob Dylan), Bestival, Leeds and Reading, this is a great chance to see a star on the way up.
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Tuesday 3 November
doors 7.30pm
DEAN OWENS AND THE WHISKY HEARTS
Filtering his love of Americana through a gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and established singer songwriters. Celtic Americana with a rootsy pop groove and undercurrents of wistful melancholy, his songs draw as much from his Scottish roots as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty shines through as he sings about people and places, love and regrets.
£9.90
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Sunday 8 November
doors 7.30pm
TOM ROBINSON
Inspired by the new music he has heard through his 6 Music show, Tom Robinson has returned with his first new album in twenty years Only The Now a record made with award-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist Gerry Diver. Coming off the back of a summer of festival appearances including Glastonbury, Latitude and Green Man this will be a chance to see him on his own tour spanning a 4-year career and ten studio albums. £22 LOUNGE (standing)
Monday 9 November
doors 7.30pm
RICKY ROSS In November 2015 Ricky Ross will embark on his most intimate tour yet which will see him draw from his extensive song writing catalogue. 30 years of songs, from Deacon Blue and beyond. This will be a unique opportunity to see Ricky present some of his most famous songs as they were first written, by him, sitting at a piano. And it’s a chance for Ricky to engage the audience with the stories about the people, places and ideas that influenced his song writing.
£22
Friday 22 January 2016
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doors 7.30pm
AN EVENING WITH JAMES YORKSTON, WITHERED HAND & PICTISH TRAIL
Three of Scotland’s leading singer/songwriters on tour together, on stage together. For these special performances, all three will be onstage throughout, sharing and joining in on each other’s songs, having a laugh and a blether. All three artists have drawn great acclaim from critics and musicians alike and are looked upon as some of the finest songwriters Scotland has produced.
£16.50
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Friday 25 September
Saturday 26 September The Lemon Tree 2pm
AFTERNOON
GENERATIONS OF CHANGE
Wounded Knee £11 inc.bf PLUS PIE AND A PINT 12pm onwards Various City Venues
EARLY EVENING
OUT AND ABOUT VARIOUS ARTISTS FREE
EVENING
The Lemon Tree 1pm
Songwriters’ Circle with Rick Redbeard, Jo Anthony & Steven Milne
£11 inc.bf PLUS PIE AND A PINT Queen’s Cross Church 4.30pm
RELAXING SUNDAY
The Unthanks & Rachel Sermanni £16.50 inc.bf The Lemon Tree 8pm
OPENING CONCERT
Fatherson with The 101
£11 inc.bf
LATE NIGHT
Sunday 27 September
Music Hall
HEADLINE CONCERT
TOM ODELL with Siobhan Wilson 7pm - 11pm
PUB CRAWL VARIOUS VENUES VARIOUS ARTISTS
Music Hall 7.30pm
Long May You Run NEIL YOUNG CELEBRATION Roddy Hart, Eddi Reader, Justin Currie and more t.b.c.
£27.50 inc.bf
The Lemon Tree 11pm
The Lemon Tree 11pm
The Lemon Tree 10pm
FESTIVAL CLUB
FESTIVAL CLUB
CLOSING CONCERT
RM Hubbert
RM Hubbert
with James Blackshaw
with Malcolm Middleton
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells
£5.50 inc.bf
£5.50 inc.bf
with Kathryn Joseph
WEEKEND PASS £75
£11 inc.bf
SUNDAY PASS £49.50 inc.bf
Includes all Sunday events
inc.bf
Includes all events marked PLUS Priority booking for Tom Odell
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BANDS ...waxing ...hot to rock! lyrical
Sunday 13 September
doors 7.30pm
PINEY GIR Piney Gir hails from the American Midwest, home of wide-open plains with sunflowers that go on as far as the Earth curves. Perfectlyformed indie-pop with tuneful riffs and Piney’s lovely voice unifying it all, there is a lyrical rhyme/reason that you can’t quite put your finger on; it’s pleasing, charming and poetic.
£8.80
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Friday 4 September
doors 7.30pm
THE NEVILLE STAPLE BAND The original rudeboy and former member of The Specials comes to Aberdeen this September. Having performed with and managed the ska legends Neville has also collaborated and worked with some top names in a glittering career. Now touring with his own band you can expect to hear the classic tracks along with songs from his 2014 album Ska Crazy.
£17.60
Thursday 24 September
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doors 7.30pm
Wednesday 16 September
doors 8.30pm
THE VIEW The View rose out of Dundee back in 2007 and were second only to Franz Ferdinand in terms of popular Scottish indie-rock bands from that decade, with debut Hats Off to the Buskers topping the UK album charts and since then going on to release another three records. The band are now preparing their latest effort, with iconic guitarist of The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr. offering production.
£19.75
Saturday 3 October
LOUNGE (standing)
doors 8pm
ORKESTRA DEL SOL
BIG COUNTRY
Globally inspired; but distilled in Scotland, Orkestra del Sol’s explosive reinvention of global brass band music has captured imaginations, set pulses racing and left a trail of pummelled dance floors across continents. Ska, porro, Balkan brass, klezmer and funk combine to create a living, breathing, polkaing, pogo-ing honkstep for the 21st century, their legendary live shows bursting with anarchic humour, wildly skillful musical arrangements and a roguish sense of theatre. £14.30 LOUNGE (standing)
Big Country was originally formed in 1981 by guitar playing founder members Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson both native of the band’s hometown Dunfermline in Scotland. The band broke massively worldwide with the release of the album’s classic singles Fields Of Fire, Chance and signature song In A Big Country, which went on to become massive worldwide hits, selling over 2 million copies and driving The Crossing to 3 prestigious Grammy nominations in the USA.
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Sunday 4 October
doors 10.30am
OFF THE RECORD A series of one-day events for 14-25 year olds interested in a career in music, or the music industry, providing the basic knowledge to get started. Featuring seminars, workshops and advice sessions from key figures in the business covering essential subjects such as organising/getting gigs, promotion and releasing. Off The Record is organised by Born To Be Wide. It is supported by the Scottish Government’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) programme, which is administered by Creative Scotland. £2 STUDIO
Friday 16 October
doors 8pm
RUTS DC
The Ruts DC live show consists of songs representing their many phases - the more recent Rhythm Collision 2 - the critically acclaimed Animal Now and of course, classic versions of Ruts songs Babylons’ Burning, Staring at the Rude Boys, Jah War and others. Sounding fresh and with the songs still proving to carry an important message in these current times. The Ruts DC show is a must see.
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Thursday 15 October
doors 8pm
FROM THE JAM From The Jam, featuring original bass player Bruce Foxton, have gained a reputation for the kind of incendiary ‘live’ performances that sealed the reputation of The Jam all those years ago. Audiences can expect to hear classic The Jam hits such as Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, Going Underground, Town Called Malice and The Modern World as well as some live favourites and songs from Bruce’s solo career.
£23.10
LOUNGE (standing)
Saturday 17 October
doors 11.30am
INDEPENDENT LABEL MARKET
57° North and the Scottish Music Industry Association, alongside Comprende Records and Aberdeen Performing Arts present the second Independent Record Label Market event in Aberdeen. Building on the success of last year’s event, the market will again see some of Scotland’s best independent record labels gathering to sell their wares, all under one roof. The event will also feature DJ sets, a bar, and a few surprises. Start saving! FREE ENTRY LOUNGE
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Wednesday 4 November
doors 7.30pm
VIGO THIEVES Vigo Thieves became the first unsigned band to sell out two consecutive nights in Glasgow’s famous King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. After this they were hailed as ‘Scotland’s hottest unsigned act’ by Geoff Ellis DF Concerts CEO, which led to them packing the 3000 capacity Transmission stage at T in the Park. Having supported the likes of Status Quo, The Fratellis, The View, Glasvegas and The Twang, the band has gained a massive fan base of their own. £7.70 LOUNGE (standing)
Saturday 7 November
doors 7.30pm
THE CHRISTIANS Renowned for an endless string of soulful yet socially aware hits ...Forgotten Town, Ideal World, Born Again, Harvest for the World, Whats in a Word, Hooverville, Words and many more The Christians enjoyed huge acclaim in the late 80s and early 90s both in the UK and Europe and often confused people with their band name (in fact just the brothers surname with absolutely no religious connotation!) £19.80 LOUNGE (standing)
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Wednesday 11 November
doors 7.30pm
BEANS ON TOAST
With his career being anything but an uphill struggle this last year, everyone’s favourite irreverent drunk-folk singer, Beans On Toast, returns from his most successful year to date with a plans for a full UK headline tour and new album at the end of the year. An international man of music these days, it is no surprise that Beans has turned his world wide credentials into tunes, telling his rambling stories about the people and places visited with the help of his trademark wit and side splitting humour. £11 LOUNGE (standing)
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Friday 13 November
doors 7.30pm
Saturday 28 November
COCKNEY REJECTS
ALABAMA 3
£16.50
£22
Cockney Rejects were formed in the late seventies in East London as an answer to the art school punk that had dominated the scene up until then. Fiercely working class in stance and attitude, the band shunned the political ramblings of punk’s first wave and sang about the circumstances that surrounded them. Spotted by Sham 69’s Jimmy Pursey and signed by EMI after playing four local gigs they found themselves playing sell out tours the length and breadth of the UK.
Saturday 12 December
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Alabama 3 is a pop band, a punk rock, blues and country techno situationist crypto-Marxist-Leninist electro band. We never went on X Factor or Pop Idol or Stooge Quest. We did it the old fashioned way; Back in 1996, we threw a big old party, invited all our friends. Geffen records bought it..! for a million dollars! We never needed a self-appointed quango of jaded vampires to tell us how to sing the blues...we got MOJO. We have the power to raise the dead. LOUNGE (standing)
doors 7.30pm
NAZARETH Scottish rockers Nazareth hit the road and will be bringing the hits to The Lemon Tree this December. With a history stretching back to 1971 and includes over 20 albums, a string of singles and even being covered by Guns N Roses this is going to be a gig to delight all fans.
£22
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TRIBUTE & PARTY BANDS ...waxing ...a crackin’ lyrical night out
Saturday 5 December
doors 8pm
THE BLOODY MARYS CHRISTMAS SHOW
Aberdeen’s first, favourite & funniest tribute act The Bloody Marys celebrate their 20th anniversary of their first sell out Christmas show at Aberdeen’s legendary Capitol Theatre. As is now something of an Aberdeen Christmas tradition, the ‘monsters of frock’ will once again revive their risqué Christmas set to delight their loyal following of fans. As well as their usual off the wall Yuletide classics, the band will of course pay tribute to the classics from Abba, The Rocky Horror Show to their legendary Take That routines (dance moves included!).
£16.50
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Saturday 5 September
doors 8pm
FUNK CONNECTION
Continuing Aberdeen’s tradition of large and horny soul and funk tribute bands Funk Connection are a 10 piece outfit established in 2004 with personnel from a long line of local Funk, Soul and R&B bands. From Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5 and James Brown to the Temptations, Sister Sledge and Chic, their musical influence is drawn from Funk and Soul classics that fill the dance floors of every venue they play. Get down on the dance floor and don’t miss the chance to boogie down memory lane.
£11
Friday 18 December
Friday 6 November
doors 7.30pm
HELLS BELLS
Hells Bells are an accomplished AC/DC Tribute Band who have performed all over the UK as well as Portugal, Austria, Russia, Belgium, Czech Republic and the Middle East. If you love AC/DC then you’ll love our high energy performance - a show not to be missed. “Never go on after Hells Bells. They’re lethal” Don Airey (Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Deep Purple)
£16.50
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MACFLOYD MacFloyd (Scottish Pink Floyd) return to The Lemon Tree in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s classic “Wish you were here” album which will see them perform this masterpiece in its entirety. The show will also include a varied mix of Floyd classics including material from The dark side of the Moon, The Wall, Animals and the newly released The endless river albums amongst others.
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Thursday 31 December
doors 8pm
HOGMANAY WITH THE LIMIT
Saturday 17 January 2016
doors 7.30pm
MOVING PICTURES
With a strong reputation as one of the North East’s premier function bands, The Limit are a professional, dynamic five piece unit that cover everything from Elvis to the Eagles, The Killers to the Kings of Leon. An experienced function band, The Limit play both Scottish set dances and a wide variety of classic tunes from every era they know how to keep the dance floor busy all night! £11 LOUNGE (standing)
A welcome return for this trio from Edinburgh performing over two hours of select classics from Rush’s repertoire, using an array of authentic instruments. A fine tribute to the iconic Candadian band best known for its musicianship, complex compositions, and eclectic lyrical motifs drawing heavily on science fiction, fantasy and philosophy. £14.30 LOUNGE (standing)
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
Julie Fowlis with Le Vent du Nord Saturday 13 February 2016
7.30pm
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BUY FOR BOTH NORTHERN ARC SESSIONS FOR £22
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ROOTS ...waxing fantastic ...folking lyrical
Tuesday 18 August
doors 7.30pm
GORDIE MACKEEMAN AND HIS RHYTHM BOYS
If ever someone was deserving of the nickname ‘Crazy Legs’, it is Gordie MacKeeman. His thrilling dance style, while simultaneously playing the violin, mixes with great close-harmony bluegrass vocals, Peter Cann’s blistering guitar solos, and the lively multi-instrumental talents of Thomas Webb and Mark Geddes. Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys are an international sensation causing standing ovations wherever they go. Not to be missed.
£15.40
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Monday 17 August
doors 7.30pm
Thursday 3 September
doors 7.30pm
BLAZIN’FIDDLES
PEATBOG FAERIES
Over the last 15 years, no other band has quite managed to capture the excitement, passion and sensitivity of Scottish music all at once. With a Blazers performance comes the rare opportunity to hear the regional expressions and individual style from each fiddler – Inverness’ Bruce MacGregor, Shetlander Jenna Reid, Nairn’s Rua Macmillan, and Orcadian Kristan Harvey – in a blend of ensemble and solo sets
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries are the figurehead trailblazers of the Celtic Dance Music renaissance. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influences from traditional jigs and reels through jazz, hip hop, reggae and more, they take traditional Scottish music and bring it fresh-faced and breathless into the 21st century.
£16.50
Monday 7 September
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doors 7.30pm
SESSION A9 Session A9 are delighted to be able to include a performance at The Lemon Tree in their one and only tour of 2015! As previous winners of Best Live Act at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards you are guaranteed an evening of outstanding musicianship and entertainment. Featuring members of Capercaillie, Treacherous Orchestra, Fiddlers Bid and many others.
£16.50
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Sunday 4 October
doors 7.30pm THE HIPPODROME FESTIVAL OF SILENT CINEMA - ‘SALT FOR SVANETIA’ FILM SCREENING WITH LIVE SOUNDTRACK BY
MOISHE’S BAGEL
Acclaimed world/folk 5-piece Moishe’s Bagel unveil their brand new score for Mikhail Kalatozov’s remarkable 1930 silent film Salt for Svanetia. The film tells the story of the harsh and occasionally disturbing way of life of the Svan people and is one of the most visually stunning pieces of the Soviet silent era. £8.80 LOUNGE (standing)
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Friday 9 October
doors 8.30pm
SKERRYVORE
When Skerryvore first formed in 2005, little did they know they’d be in a position to celebrate a decade together in 2015. Along the way, the band brought out their second album, On the Road in 2007, but it was with the release of self-titled third album, Skerryvore, that the band found themselves catapulted into the musical limelight winning a string of prestigious awards, including SNMA Record of the Year 2011 and STMA Live Act of the Year 2011, and garnering much critical acclaim. £16.50 LOUNGE (standing)
Wednesday 14 October
doors 8pm
Monday 12 October
doors 7.30pm
THE SHIRES The groundswell of interest in country music in the UK is now officially unstoppable. But one of the acts helping to make country cooler than ever on this side of the Atlantic aren’t from Tennessee or Texas, they’re from Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. They look and sound great, and they’re all set to take their country-influenced music to the world. Step forward, The Shires.
£14.85
Friday 30 October
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HAYSEED DIXIE
THE SHEE
Hayseed Dixie began in the summer of 2000 in the fertile valley of Deer Lick Holler, deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee USA. In this area which was completely isolated from outside cultural and musical influence, the boys grew up playing the traditional music of their forefathers on banjo, fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar and acoustic bass.
If variety is the spice of life, then The Shee’s live show has a flavour to suit every palate. Full of zest, zing and zip, unlike many of their folky contemporaries this all-female Scots-English sextet have a lot more going for them than just high-level musicianship and the ability to play fast. Subtlety, stagecraft and an inner confidence are also strengths. Whether it’s Scots, Gaelic, Bluegrass or Scandinavian music – once a tune has gone through the “Sheemachine”, it’s theirs.
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Thursday 12 November
doors 8pm
SHOOGLENIFTY
Shooglenifty’s sound springs from traditional Scottish dance music, energised by the beats and bass line of something altogether more contemporary. It is not a sit-down kind of music, it’s a join-in, and get on your feet kind of vibe.Their latest album The Untied Knot will be released in 2015 and is the first to feature song, for the most part supplied ‘puirt a beul’ vocalist Kaela Rowan, but watch out for other members of the band showing off their vocal abilities.
£16.50
Wednesday 25 November
doors 7pm
THE HIGH KINGS For centuries, Ireland was ruled by High Kings. As their reign came to an end, their deeds and stories merged into the world of legend and myth and the High Kings of Ireland were no more except in story, music and song. The High Kings are continuing to live up to their reputation as a phenomenal live band, serving up laughter, good times and even the odd sing along.
£19.25
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Friday 11 December
doors 7.30pm
TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA
Treacherous Orchestra are a powerful force in Scottish music; a huge eleven strong, folk big band that delivers epic, incendiary live performances night after night. On stage the players are hugely entertaining, mixing their original tunes up with theatrical anarchic rock attitude. Here is a band that is playing at the next level, technical, impressive and yet impossibly raw, whose shows are always vital and make the audience feel truly alive and in the moment. £13.20 LOUNGE (standing)
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NEW MUSIC
...waxing lyrical ...sounds sensational
Saturday 24 October
8pm
ABERDEEN PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS THEATRE CRYPTIC’S
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL PASSION
in association with sound JS Bach Jesu, meine Freude (Motet No. 3 in E minor, BWV 227) David Lang The Little Match Girl Passion for four voices (SATB) each playing simple percussion (2008) Josh Armstrong director and designer Nicola Corbishley, Anna Crookes (Bach only), Lucy Goddard, Christopher Watson & James Holliday singers Cryptic presents David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize winning The Little Match Girl Passion, combining Hans Christian Andersen’s heart-breaking tale with J.S. Bach’s setting of the St Matthew Passion. In a unique presentation of this previously un-staged masterpiece, the tragic story of the little match girl is brought to life by vocal ensemble and percussion. Reverent and gracious, J.S. Bach’s commemorative masterpiece Jesu Meine Freude acts as a poignant precursor to the fragile beauty of the little match girl. £13.20 STUDIO
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sound is an innovative festival of new music. From contemporary classical to electro-acoustic, improvised, experimental and jazz music, the festival brings together a wide range of musical styles in a variety of concerts, workshops, installations and talks across North East Scotland. sound encourages audiences to discover new sounds and expect the unexpected.
Friday 23 October
8pm
LUCY BOYES & THOMAS BUTLER
With the support of Aberdeen City Council’s Made in Aberdeen programme
soundCONVERSATION@8.30pm Exploring a shared interest in memory, documentary, time and place, this new dance/music work is based upon an assemblage of recollections and shared experiences of people from Aberdeen.
£9
STUDIO
Friday 23 October
10pm
RED NOTE ENSEMBLE NOISY NIGHTS
In association with New Music Scotland
Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices: a place to meet music-lovers, curious minds, musicians, composers and artists in an informal space and hear some of the best examples of brand new music. They’re fun, free and your chance to listen to (and compose for!) the musicians of Red Note.
FREE ENTRY Saturday 24 October
LOUNGE
9.30pm
IN CAHOOTS LATE NIGHT SHOWCASE In association with New Music Scotland Discover a variety of Scottish performers and composers at an informal late night event. More detail on performers will be on our website nearer the time.
FREE ENTRY Saturday 7 November LAUREN KINSELLA & THE QUIET CLUB
LOUNGE
8pm
THE LAST SIREN Music by Ian Wilson Director Ksenija Krnajski A staged work for improvising singer and sound art collective, The Last Siren is a surprising and exciting combination of myth, opera and ‘happening’ which features some of the finest talents in their respective fields. £9 STUDIO
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The Last Siren was made possible with funding through Beyond Borders from the PRS for Music Foundation, Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Ireland, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts Council of Wales.
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JAZZ & BLUES ...waxing grooves ...stylish lyrical
Saturday 23 January 2016
doors 7.30pm
PAUL JONES & DAVE KELLY These long standing co-vocalists with The Blues Band get a big buzz out of taking things down a level, simplifying the music a little, and plying their trade as a duo, thus imbuing their very own personal and individual approaches to a dynamic, rootsy and exhilarating set of Country Blues. Venues large and small have been hushed and then enraptured by the sense of ‘old times’ in the Mississippi Delta.
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£13.20 inc. bf. £11 inc. bf. concessions £5.50 inc. bf. students* (Unless otherwise stated) * Booking fees do not apply if purchased h d on th the ddoor
Thursday 3 September
Thursday 8 October
Thursday 12 November
Tina May and Nikki Iles (50+ Family Festival)
New Focus Quartet
Ben Macdonald Quartet
Thursday 15 October
Thursday 19 November
David Gordon Trio
Bangalore Dreams
(£16.50 inc. bf £13.20 inc. bf. concessions £5.50 inc. bf. students*) Thursday 10 September
Jay Kilbride Trio Ternion + Chick Lyall Thursday 17 September
Elliot Galvin Trio Thursday 24 September
Thursday 22 October
Iain Ewing, Colin Steele and Euan Stevenson’s “Skylark” Thursday 29 October
Jazz from Denmark Philip Clouts Maria Faust and Qarin Wikström Quartet Thursday 1 October Thursday 5 November Michael Janisch Samuel Eagles Quartet Quartet JAZZ & BLUES LT Brochure Pages Aug-Dec.indd 27
Thursday 26 November
Parapet Thursday 3 December
Euan Burton Quartet Thursday 17 December
AJO Xmas Show
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COMEDY & SPOKEN WORD ...a laugh a minute!
Friday 11 March 2016
TOMMY TIERNAN:
starts 8pm
OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND
Now entering his 20th year as a stand up comedian, having won every award going and still as passionate as ever about the adventure of storytelling and comedy, Irelands number one comedian is also starting to take some very exciting risks. There’s no manners on him, profound, dark, and silly too, his performance mesmerises in a way that is joyful, uplifting, inspirational and most importantly always breathtakingly funny.
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STUDIO
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Monday 3 August
starts 8pm
Monday 31 August
starts 8pm
LIMMY: DAFT WEE STORIES
FRANKIE BOYLE:
Come and join Daft Wee Limmy as he reads some you some of his favourite Daft Wee Stories. This is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in Limmy’s dark, surreal and absurd world, as he tells you some stories, and whatever else he thinks of, and gives you an insight into his hilarious and bizarre mind. Expect the unexpected. “A major cult favourite throughout the UK” Guardian
WORK IN PROGRESS
£16.50
Wednesday 30 September
£16.50
starts 8pm
Justin is back on the road with his brand new stand-up show for 2015 Destiny Calling doing what he does best - making people laugh up and down the country. Justin has recently appeared in the new series of Live at the Apollo (BBC1) and Coronation Street (ITV1). He is currently Champion of Champions on Fighting Talk (5Live), a familiar voice on talkSPORT as well as Radio 4’s News Quiz and winner of Celebrity Mastermind. STUDIO
Saturday 10 October
starts 8pm
HAL CRUTTENDEN: STRAIGHT OUT OF CRUTTENDEN
Host of Live At The Apollo and star of Radio 4, the great Hal is back ranting about the real evils of the modern world - over sharing on social media and the 5:2 diet. The more he complains the funnier he gets. As seen on The Royal Variety Performance, Would I Lie To You? The Great British Bake Off; An Extra Slice, Live At The Palladium and Have I Got News For You. £15.40 LOUNGE (seated)
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JUSTIN MOORHOUSE
£14.85
Frankie announces a show at The Lemon Tree to try out some brand new jokes, plus support. “Black-hearted brilliance…the chance to see him at close quarters is not to be missed.” The Guardian
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Saturday 31 October
Sunday 1 November
starts 8pm
starts 7pm
HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI:
COLIN CLOUD:
When you’ve a mouth this big, is it any wonder you get into trouble? The comedian, broadcaster, journalist and chef explains all in a brand new show, on the back of its premier at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. “Immensely funny” Daily Express
Look at your hands, your nails, and the heels of your shoes. What do you see? Nothing? Imagine someone who could look at those details and see everything. Everything. Only, you don’t have to imagine. Because this is precisely what Colin Cloud does. He’ll know what you’ve had for lunch, where you’ve been that day, what you do for a living, even your PIN code. He’ll read you like a book. He’s already sure you’re quite the page-turner. £13.75 STUDIO
BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN
£13.20
LOUNGE (seated)
Monday 2 November
Tuesday 10 November
starts 8pm
JEREMY HARDY
Jeremy Hardy begins his 4th decade as a stand-up this year. That’s a more dramatic way of saying he started 31 years ago and, without a lottery win, probably has at least another 31 years to go. Last year, the tenth series of Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation was broadcast on Radio 4. He is also well known for his appearances on The News Quiz and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. Indeed, Alan Bennett recently said he likes him “but he’s only on the radio”.
£15.40
Unemployed and students £5
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FORENSIC MIND READER
starts 8pm
ANDY HAMILTON:
CHANGE MANAGEMENT In his 60 years on this planet, comedy writer and performer Andy Hamilton has experienced many changes. For instance, he was once a 6’4”- tall professional basketball player, until a tree fell on him. But, of course, change is an inescapable part of the human condition. Why? Is that fair? Some changes are good, some bad. Andy will teach you how to cope with the changes we have seen and the changes yet to come. Contains mild peril.
£22
LOUNGE (seated)
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Thursday 12 November
starts 7pm
Saturday 14 November
starts 7pm
DAN CLARK:
NISH KUMAR:
Best known as Don Danbury from BBC3’s cult hit sitcom How Not To Live Your Life and Johnny Two Hats from The Mighty Boosh, Dan Clark is back on the road with his critically acclaimed stand-up show – about love, death and crushing loneliness. Sounds like a barrel of laughs, right? With his signature style of upbeat, occasionally rude but ultimately heart-warming comedy, this show will leave you feeling good about life. £11 STUDIO
Stand-up comedy from a clever boy. As heard on The Now Show (BBC Radio 4) and the host of Newsjack (BBC Radio 4extra), as seen on The Alternative Comedy Experience & Live at the Comedy Store, double Chortle Award nominee, a stand comedy show for people who like stand up comedy shows, great friend.
Monday 23 November
Tuesday 24 November
ME, MY SELFIE & I
starts 8pm
LONG WORD...LONG WORD...BLAH BLAH BLAH...I’M SO CLEVER
£11
STUDIO
starts 8pm
ANDY PARSONS:
ANDY KIRKPATRICK:
With four sell out national tours, three DVD releases and a special for Comedy Central already under his belt, Andy Parsons, is back on the road in 2015 and coming to The Lemon Tree. Andy’s fifth show Live And Unleashed - But Naturally Cautious will see the star of BBC2’s Mock The Week and Live At At The Apollo hit the road again delivering more sharp comedy up and down the UK. £16.50 LOUNGE (seated)
A unique story teller and comedian, Andy climbs in some of the most inhospitable places on earth. In this new tour, he takes up where his last finished, arriving in Antarctica dreaming of climbing the ‘hardest mountain in the world’, before further cold adventures in Alaska, Norway and Patagonia. Cold Mountain is a mash up of thoughts and experiences, good times and bad, laughter and maybe tears, but certainly out of this world. £16.50 LOUNGE (seated)
LIVE AND UNLEASHED - BUT NATURALLY CAUTIOUS
COLD MOUNTAIN
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Thursday 26 November
Friday 27 November
starts 8pm
JAMES ACASTER: REPRESENT
Running his mouth off about a bunch of stuff nobody even cares about – it’s James Acaster. Nifty. Snazzy. 30 years old. Doing his best to improve his imposture. Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2014, 2013 and 2012. “This is stand-up of the highest, most playful order” Guardian
£15.40
Saturday 30 January 2016
LOUNGE (seated)
CRAIG HILL:
Get snap happy with Scotland’s favourite kilted treasure for an evening of gloriously camp, no-holds-barred comedy… live and unleashed! Hot on the heels of last year’s hysterically funny, sold out national tour, don’t miss the chance to see Craig flashing his kilt pins, striking a pose and calling for ‘Lights, Camera... and, most definitely, Action!’.
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LOUNGE (seated)
DARK
£17.05
LOUNGE (seated)
Don’t miss the smash-hit new show from Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox! Daniel’s sold out 7 consecutive Edinburgh Fringe seasons, has made TV appearances including Sunday Night at Palladium, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Russell Howard’s Good News, Conan O’Brien, had his own BBC show, has toured extensively, won a few awards, released a live DVD and is currently working on his pilot for Warner Brothers Studios.
starts 8pm
DAVID O’DOHERTY:
PLAYING WITH MY SELFIE
£17.05
DANIEL SLOSS:
Friday 5 February 2016
starts 8pm
starts 7.30pm
WE ARE ALL IN THE GUTTER, BUT SOME OF US ARE LOOKING AT DAVID O’DOHERTY David O’Doherty, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé, is delighted to present a new hour of talking and songs played on a stupid keyboard from 1986. Life is like a box of chocolates, but one where somebody else has eaten all the chocolates. And replaced them with mouse heads and dishwasher tablets. £17.60 LOUNGE (seated)
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THEATRE ...the story of our lives
Thursday 10 & Friday 11 September
starts 7.30pm
PACHAMAMA PRODUCTIONS, REGULAR & NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND PRESENT
JANIS JOPLIN: FULL TILT
On stage a woman stands, the greatest rock singer of her generation. Standing around her is the hottest band that a record company can buy. In front of her, an audience of thousands of expectant fans. She is Janis Joplin. She is utterly alone. A celebration of a sound, a scream of protest at the universe. Full Tilt Boogie. First produced at Òran Mór as part of A Play, A Pie and A Pint.
£13.20
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Accessible to deaf and hearing audiences
Sunday 13 September
starts 7pm
Tuesday 15 & Wednesday 16 September
starts 7pm
SOLAR BEAR PRESENTS
NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND PRESENTS
KIND OF SILENCE
OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR
Devised and directed by DANNY KRASS Design by KAI FISCHER Kind of Silence explores senses and the way we communicate. This production will place sound at the heart of this performance for deaf and hearing audiences. The exploration of music in a deaf context will form the heart of this work. Danny Krass and Kai Fischer will use new technologies so that deaf and hearing performers will feel the same vibrations and rhythms that will inspire this piece of visual and physical performance. £13.20 STUDIO
Tuesday 22 September
starts 7pm
Based on The Sopranos by Alan Warner, adapted by Lee Hall. Funny, Sad and Raucously Rude. A play about singing, sex and sambuca. Six girls on the cusp of change. Love, lust, pregnancy and death all spiral out of control in a single day. A musical play about losing your virginity and finding yourself. £13.20. STUDIO
Tuesday 29 September
starts 7.30pm
TAMASHA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
CUMBERNAULD THEATRE PRESENTS
MY NAME IS...
WHAT GOES AROUND
By SUDHA BHUCHAR Directed by PHILIP OSMENT Discover the story behind the story that hit headlines in 2006. When Gaby disappeared from her Scottish home, it was assumed that her Pakistani father had kidnapped her and the spiralling headlines were only momentarily silenced when it emerged that Gaby may have fled of her own accord. To her mother Suzy’s distress, Gaby declared, “my name is Ghazala” and turned her back on ‘Gaby’ and seemingly, the West. £13.20 STUDIO
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BY LIZ LOCHHEAD Directed by TONY COWNIE It’s been day one of rehearsals of La Ronde, that sophisticated, worldly, once-forbidden hundred-year-old classic, oft called ‘a sexual daisy chain’. An actor and an actress, strangers till this morning, sit down together for a drink to break the ice. One thing leads to another... Two actors play seven characters in this sparkling contemporary sex comedy that’ll entertain and make you think.
£13.20
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Accessible to all audiences
Monday 5 October
starts 7pm
Tuesday 27 October
starts 7pm
SOLAR BEAR PRESENTS
EDEN COURT, COMAR & ED LITTLEWOOD PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
TRIBES
HECTOR
By NINA RAINE Directed by GERRY RAMAGE Tribes is a poignant yet biting drama about love, family and finding one’s voice. Billy is a young man born deaf into a loud opinionated hearing family who never bothered to learn sign language. When Billy meets Sylvia a young deaf woman, he suddenly feels confident – he belongs to a ‘tribe’. Accessible to all audiences. Every performance will be captioned. Recommended age 14+ £13.20 STUDIO
Monday 2 November
Military mastermind. Scottish hero. Victorian idol. Media martyr. Based on the true story of a crofter’s son who became a Knight of the Realm and Queen Victoria’s favourite general - this touching drama shines new light on the Scottish legend and fallen hero Sir Hector MacDonald. But was he guilty? Or was he the victim of a plot fabricated by an English Establishment to remove a Gaelic-speaking upstart who got above himself? £13.20 STUDIO
starts 7pm
RAPTURE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
THE LAST YANKEE
To celebrate the centenary of Arthur Miller, Rapture Theatre is producing one of the legendary writer’s last great plays. Leroy Hamilton, a descendant of one of America’s founding fathers and “The Last Yankee”, lives a modest life as a carpenter and has eschewed the pursuit of the American Dream. Humorous and ultimately uplifting, The Last Yankee is classic Miller that is not to be missed.
£13.20
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Not enough drama in your life? Top up after work. A Play, A Pie and A Pint returns - a tasty bite, your favourite tipple and top new theatre. Aberdeen Performing Arts and Oran Mor present
Tuesday 29 September Saturday 3 October
Tue-Fri 6pm, Thu & Sat 1pm
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
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CREATING A SPARK
Did you know Aberdeen Performing Arts was the FIRST and remains the ONLY arts organisation in Scotland to have the Customer Service Excellence award? 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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DANCE ...we’ve got the moves
Saturday 10 October
starts 7pm
JABUTI THEATRE / A BLANK CANVAS PRESENTS
IN HER SHADOWS
Directed by CORA BISSETT
A dance-mindscape featuring aerial and physical theatre which is supported by stunning visual projections and haunting music. Two female performers tell the story of Amy, who after being overseas for years, returns home to Scotland to face challenges. Amy is tested, pushed and thrown into her own mental turmoil. £5, £10 and £15 tickets available (inc bf) STUDIO
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COLETTE SADLER
CURIOUS SEED
WE ARE THE MONSTERS
CHALK ABOUT
£7.15
£7.15
No two people - or monsters - are exactly the same! Come along and meet some scratchy creatures and multi-coloured mini monsters, playing and interacting with one another, their arms and legs moving in strange and impossible ways. Followed by a one-hour workshop for children aged 4-9. Free workshop available at 1pm (booking required).
12.15pm STUDIO
A playful, funny and moving look at how we see ourselves, featuring dance, chalk, chat and one perfect scene containing everything you could wish for. We ask some BIG questions about the meaning of life. What makes us who we are? Where we are from? How we talk? Or is it the way we dance? Free workshop available at 4.50pm (booking required).
2.45pm STUDIO
Saturday 19 September Buy tickets for two daytime shows – £11 Buy tickets for two evening shows – £16.50
PIONEERS OF PERFORMANCE A day long festival of thought-provoking, lively and fun performance and dance theatre, created by independent artists working in Scotland. The shows have been chosen based on their outstanding quality and broad appeal - this really is the best work of its kind. There’s something for all age groups, with a show for young children in the morning, older children in the afternoon, and two shows for adults in the evening. Make the most of it by taking the kids along by day and returning at night with a friend. Enjoy!
ROBBIE SYNGE
ANNA KRYZSTEK
DOUGLAS
FACE ON
Douglas is a solo performance that stems from actions imagined by Robbie Synge while working and performing various daily tasks, indoors and outdoors, at home in The Highlands. One man interacts, through movement, with a roomful of everyday objects, and a kind of human, environmental and psychological ecology emerges. £9.90 6.50pm STUDIO
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Face On is based on the premise of waiting. Waiting, in all of its forms, is experienced by everyone, every single day. In this piece, a figure is waiting. At once both immediate and distant, her choreographed motifs are juxtaposed with the time, space, vivid soundscore and monochrome video images that surround her. £9.90 8.30pm STUDIO
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Tuesday 13 October
starts 7.30pm
CULTURED MONGREL AND TAMSYN RUSSELL PRESENT
QUADRUPLE BILL
In a special performance for DanceLive 2015, Citymoves Dance Agency has commissioned Tamsyn Russell & Cultured Mongrel to re-author and re-choreograph an existing work from each others repertoire.
In the Hearts of Humans by Tamsyn Russell
#TRANS by Cultured Mongrel Dance Theatre
In the Hearts of Humans and #TRANS alongside the two new works will form the centre of an evening which will also see each artist choreographing a new work for Fusion Youth Dance Company.
£5, £10 and £15 tickets available (inc bf)
STUDIO This work is an extract from The Gadfly Project, produced by Dance House Glasgow as part of the 2014 Cultural Programme and celebrating Get Scotland Dancing, first performed with full live orchestra as part of Go Dance 14 at Theatre Royal Glasgow.
Friday 16 October
starts 7.30pm
INDEPEN-DANCE 4 PRESENTS
TRIPLE BILL
A fresh, new inclusive dance ensemble creating inspirational and challenging dance!
EXTRACTS FROM THE GADFLY PROJECT featuring Step Forward YOU ET VOUS Choreographed by George Adams GOLDFISH Choreographed by Lucy Bennett and Chris Pavia of Stopgap Dance Company
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Sunday 18 October
starts 7pm
CAROLINE BOWDITCH PRESENTS
FALLING IN LOVE WITH FRIDA Caroline Bowditch presents her intimate and enticing show exploring the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Falling in Love with Frida is the reclaiming of a disabled artist, a love like obsession, an enquiry into how we shape what we are remembered for. Affinities and parallels are drawn and the tale of ‘the great concealer’ is skillfully revealed through powerful yet fragile bodies. We recommend this piece for people ages 16+. The piece contains, themes of an adult nature, sexual references and swearing.
£5, £10 and £15 tickets available (inc bf)
STUDIO
ALSO APPEARING AS PART OF Friday 9 & Saturday 10 October
Fri & Sat 7.30pm
Monday 19 October
7.30pm
SCOTTISH BALLET
COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR
Elsa Canasta and Motion of Displacement
Atomos Tickets £23 - £17
Tickets £23 - £17
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:NEW VOICES: :NEW TALENT: :NEW THEATRE:
SCAN HERE TO FIND OUT MORE Supported by
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 co-commission 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.
REHEARSED READING Saturday 23 January 2016
by Aberdeen Performing Arts’ Senior Youth Theatre
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
NORTHERN LIGHTS 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.
Tuesday 20 - Saturday 24 October
Tue-Fri 6pm, Thu & Sat 1pm 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.
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ARTIST EXCHANGE 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. http://sarahrosegraber.com
Thursday 29 October 6pm, The Lemon Tree Studio
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.
10ft TALL Wednesday 29 July 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.
SCRATCH NIGHTS HTS The Lemon Tree’s e’s Scratch Nights showcase the work of writers basedd in or from the North East and beyond. Join us to hear what the writers have to say, and take partt in the discussion afterwards to havee yours.
Thursday 8 Octoberr
7.30pm
My Aberdeen rdeen 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 2016
7.30pm
Stars In Their Eyes Tonight who are you going to be? Share with us your talent show act, your superstar dreams, the person you most want to be.
£5.50
SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS to these Scratch Nights are open to anyone with each script no longer than ten minutes and written for between one and three actors. Contact helen.milne@aberdeenperformingarts.com for details.
Deadlines: My Aberdeen, Mon 21 September Stars In Their Eyes, Mon 11 January 2016
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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. 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. Bursary places are available in each class for those who qualify for them. Please contact us for more details.
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
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
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!
(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
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INSPIRING EXPLORING ENGAGING SECONDARY 1 - 6
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
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:
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
(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 Industries
(Age 14 - 19 years) 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
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DISCOVER...
FAMILY ...one for the kids
Monday 21 September
starts 5.30pm
Monday 21 September
starts 7pm
TECHFEST PRESENTS
TECHFEST PRESENTS
HOLLYWOOD SCIENCE
THE SCIENCE OF BREAKING BAD
Based on the BBC / OU TV series Hollywood Science. We ask how realistic is the science behind some of Hollywood’s classic movies and stunts? We will take a number of Hollywood Films and look in more detail to find out. Depending on time films will include; SPEED, The Score, Waterworld, UP, Moon, Angels and Demons...
£8.80
LOUNGE
Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White a High School Chemistry teacher. Learning he has terminal cancer Walt decides to use his considerable chemistry expertise to make and sell crystal meth to make money fast. In the talk Jonathan will explore the use and abuse of meth amphetamine, acid bath disposal of bodies, exploding crystals, poisonous gases and much more from the series.
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Sunday 11 October
starts 3pm & 6pm
MOXIE BRAWL PRESENTS
WINDIBOPS
Windibops is a 50 minute rib-tickling, inclusive and fun dance theatre piece for children and their families aged 5 - 100. Volta Flatulence, Caroline Windybottom and Daisy Parphead invite you into the Windibops laboratory to investigate flatulence (yes we mean farts) and if it has an impact on global warming. Three talented performers manoeuvre in this comical, fun world to combine high quality dance, humour and some strange sounds, smells and amusing characters.
£5.50
Sunday 25 October
STUDIO
starts 2pm
Saturday 7 November
starts 11am
TERRA INCOGNITA ARTS PRESENTS
SHONA REPPE PRESENTS
MY FRIEND SELMA
MAGIC SHO(W)
My Friend Selma is the remarkable real-life story of one girl’s journey from war in Bosnia to safety in the UK. It is the tale of an incredible journey, a world turned upside down, loss, friendship, courage and conkers. “It has already created that unforgettable image - of the exuberant life-force of children, facing down a terrible war.” Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman Suitable for ages 8+ £7.15 STUDIO
ABRACADABRA! Magic Sho waves her magic wand and a small white rabbit suddenly appears. She saws the rabbit in half, She levitates him under a silk handkerchief, She puts him into a velvet bag and smashes him into a million pieces with a hammer before (magically) making him whole again*. It’s all going really well - so why does the rabbit look so unhappy? A new show for 5-8 year olds featuring a rabbit who never misses a trick and a magician who sometimes forgets to say the magic word.. £7.15 STUDIO
FAMILY
*Please note: no rabbits (not even toy ones) are harmed in this show
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Monday 7 - Thursday 24 December
Sat - Thu 10.30am & 1.30pm
VISIBLE FICTIONS AND ABERDEEN PERFORMING ARTS PRESENT
A LADDER TO THE STARS
DON’T MISS THE LEMON TR EE
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 . . . she wishes she could dance with the stars. 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.
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Ad lt £11 Children Adults Child £8.80 £8 80 Family ticket £33 (weekend performances only)
Schools £6.60 (midweek until 17 December only)
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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.” Supported by
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
Or you can email
@YACollectiveNE with the hashtag #LetsTalkArtNE
creativelearningl@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
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DISCOVER THE LEMON TREE...
AT A GLANCE AUGUST Mon 3 Aug Limmy Lounge Sat 15 Aug Freshly Squeezed with Lounge Hector Bizerk & The Ill Collective Mon 17 Aug Blazin Fiddles Lounge Tue 18 Aug Gordie Mackeeman Lounge and his Rhythm Boys Mon 31 Aug Frankie Boyle Lounge
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SEPTEMBER Thu 3 Sep Fri 4 Sep Sat 5 Sep Sun 6 Sep Mon 7 Sep Thu 10 Sep Fri 11 Sep Sun 13 Sep Tue 15 Sep Wed 16 Sep
Sat 19 Sep
The Peatbog Faeries Lounge The Neville Staple Band Lounge Funk Connection Lounge Freshly Squeezed with Lounge Alkanes, Emilio Largo, & Cold Years Session A9 Lounge Janis Joplin...Full Tilt Lounge Janis Joplin...Full Tilt Lounge Piney Gir Lounge Kind of Silence Studio Our Ladies of Studio Perpetual Succour The View Lounge Our Ladies of Studio Perpetual Succour DanceLive We are the Monsters Studio Chalk About Studio Douglas Studio Face On Studio
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Mon 21 Sep Techfest presents Hollywood Science & The Science of Breaking Bad Tue 22 Sep My Name Is... Thu 24 Sep Orkestra Del Sol Fri 25 Sept True North – Fatherson Hubby & Friends Pt1 Sat 26 Sep True North Generations of Change Songwriters’ Circle Hubby & Friends Pt2 Sun 27 Sep True North Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat with Kathryn Joseph Tue 29 Sep PPP - One in a Million What Goes Around Wed 30 Sep PPP - One in a Million Justin Moorehouse
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PPP - One in a Million Lounge PPP - One in a Million Lounge PPP - One in a Million Lounge Big Country Lounge The Hippodrome Festival Lounge of Silent Cinema Salt for Svanetia’ Off The Record Studio Tribes Studio Jack Savoretti Lounge My Aberdeen Scratch Night Studio Skerryvore Lounge
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OCTOBER Thu 1 Oct Fri 2 Oct Sat 3 Oct
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Sun 11 Oct Sun 11 Oct Mon 12 Oct Tue 13 Oct Wed 14 Oct Thu 15 Oct Fri 16 Oct Sat 17 Oct Sun 18 Oct Tue 20 Oct Wed 21 Oct Thu 22 Oct Fri 23 Oct
Sat 24 Oct
Sun 25 Oct Tue 27 Oct Fri 30 Oct Sat 31 Oct
Hal Cruttenden DanceLive In Her Shadows Windibops Freshly Squeezed with Sweet White The Shires Dance Live - Quadruple Bill Hayseed Dixie From The Jam Ruts DC Dance Live - Triple Bill Indie Label Market Falling in Love with Frida PPP - The Wakeful Chamber PPP - The Wakeful Chamber PPP - The Wakeful Chamber PPP - The Wakeful Chamber Sound Festival Red Note Ensemble Sound Festival Lucy Boyes & Tom Butler PPP - The Wakeful Chamber Sound Festival In Cahoots The Little Match Girl Passion My Friend Selma Lucy Rose Hector The Shee Hardeep Singh Kohli
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DECEMBER Lounge 36 Studio 25 Studio Studio Lounge Studio Lounge Lounge
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NOVEMBER Sun 1 Nov Colin Cloud Mon 2 Nov Jeremy Hardy The Last Yankee Tue 3 Nov Dean Owens and the Whisky Hearts Wed 4 Nov Vigo Thieves Thu 5 Nov Freshly Squeezed with Pronto Mama, Alphas, The Harmonica Movement Fri 6 Nov Hells Bells Sat 7 Nov The Christians Magic Sho(w) Sound Festival The Last Siren Sun 8 Nov Tom Robinson & Band Mon 9 Nov Ricky Ross Tue 10 Nov Andy Hamilton
Wed 11 Nov Beans On Toast Thu 12 Nov Shooglenifty Dan Clark Fri 13 Nov Cockney Rejects Sat 14 Nov Freshly Squeezed with Min Diesel, Hjearts & Wendell Borton Nish Kumar Tue 17 Nov PPP - The Course of True Love Wed 18 Nov PPP - The Course of True Love Thu 19 Nov PPP - The Course of True Love Fri 20 Nov PPP - The Course of True Love Sat 21 Nov PPP - The Course of True Love Mon 23 Nov Andy Parsons Tue 24 Nov Andy Kirkpatrick Wed 25 Nov The High Kings Thu 26 Nov James Acaster Fri 27 Nov Daniel Sloss Sat 28 Nov Alabama 3 Sun 29 Nov Billy Bragg
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Lounge Lounge Studio Lounge
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Sat 5 Dec Mon 7 Dec Tue 8 Dec Thu 10 Dec Fri 11 Dec Sat 12 Dec Sun 13 Dec Mon 14 Dec Tue 15 Dec Wed 16 Dec Thu 17 Dec Fri 18 Dec Sat 19 Dec Sun 20 Dec Mon 21 Dec Tue 22 Dec Wed 23 Dec Thu 24 Dec Thu 31 Dec
Freshly Squeezed with King Eider, Book Group, The Deportees, The Woods & Cara Mitchell The Bloody Marys Xmas show A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars Treacherous Orchestra Nazareth A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars Macfloyd A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars A Ladder to the Stars Hogmanay Party with The Limit
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NEED TO KNOW... BUYING TICKETS In person: at the Music Hall or HMT (Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm) or take a chance on the door, The Lemon Tree box office opens just before every show. On the phone: call 01224 641122 Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm. Online: aberdeenperformingarts.com has all the latest listings and ticket info.
WHERE IS IT? You will find The Lemon Tree right behind Marischal College on West North Street – just in case you’re not sure, here’s a map:
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Bon Accord Harriet St Car Park
By bus: there is a bus stop right outside and we’re just round the corner from Union St, King St and Broad St so lots of buses By car: try the car parks at Frederick St, Marischall College and Gallowgate.
Street Union
HOW MUCH? We’ve printed the whole price of ticket in the brochure, this includes the booking fee (the only extra you’ll have to pay for is postage, but why not print your own at home?) – there could well be discounts for students, children, over 60s or APA Friends – just ask or check online.
DO I SIT OR STAND? A bit of both – we try and create the right atmosphere for each gig, some will have seats, some won’t – we’ve tried to list it where we can here.
If it says ‘doors’ then that’s when the doors open and you get inside for a drink. If it says ‘start’ that’s when the show starts. Some shows have support acts, we can’t always confirm this until nearer the time and ‘start’ can mean the start of the support act, not the main act
HOW OLD DO I HAVE TO BE? All ages are welcome, but under 16s must be accompanied by an adult, and under 18s can’t be near the bars.
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Aberdeen Performing Arts is a charity registered in Scotland. No: SCO33733
WHAT DO THE TIMES MEAN?
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Return address: Aberdeen Box Office, Aberdeen AB10 1QS
NEED TO KNOW... BUYING TICKETS In person: at the Music Hall or HMT (Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm) or take a chance on the door, The Lemon Tree box office opens just before every show. On the phone: call 01224 641122 Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm. Online: aberdeenperformingarts.com has all the latest listings and ticket info.
t duc Via
Schoolhill
Street Union
et King Stre
St rth t No Wes
t oun em Ros
Bon Accord Harriet St Car Park
WHERE IS IT? You will find The Lemon Tree right behind Marischal College on West North Street – just in case you’re not sure, here’s a map: By bus: there is a bus stop right outside and we’re just round the corner from Union St, King St and Broad St so lots of buses By car: try the car parks at Frederick St, Marischall College and Gallowgate.
HOW MUCH? We’ve printed the whole price of ticket in the brochure, this includes the booking fee (the only extra you’ll have to pay for is postage, but why not print your own at home?) – there could well be discounts for students, children, over 60s or APA Friends – just ask or check online. A bit of both – we try and create the right atmosphere for each gig, some will have seats, some won’t – we’ve tried to list it where we can here.
WHAT DO THE TIMES MEAN? If it says ‘doors’ then that’s when the doors open and you get inside for a drink. If it says ‘start’ that’s when the show starts. Some shows have support acts, we can’t always confirm this until nearer the time and ‘start’ can mean the start of the support act, not the main act
HOW OLD DO I HAVE TO BE? All ages are welcome, but under 16s must be accompanied by an adult, and under 18s can’t be near the bars.
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Aberdeen Performing Arts is a charity registered in Scotland. No: SCO33733
DO I SIT OR STAND?
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