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Three charitable arts organisations will receive a share of £3 million of additional funding as part of the ongoing emergency coronavirus (COVID-19) support.

Aberdeen Performing Arts has teamed up with local creatives and a host of well-known artists to produce an advent calendar with a difference this festive season. While His Majesty’s Theatre, the Music...

A series of free to view virtual events will represent this year’s True North Music Festival.

We can now confirm that this year’s pantomime production of Beauty and the Beast at His Majesty’s Theatre has been postponed. Following discussions with our producing partner, Qdos Pantomimes, it was...

Strictly Come Dancing champion comes to Aberdeen

Aberdeen Performing Arts has unveiled a string of new shows at His Majesty’s Theatre, Music Hall and Lemon Tree.

Scenes for Survival launch night on 27 May 2020 at 9pm on BBC online and National Theatre of Scotland social media channels.

The National Theatre of Scotland has today announced further details of its online activity during the current COVID-19 crisis, including a call-out for writers

Our theatre is dark at the moment and we need your help to keep the lights on! Here’s how…

The fourth outing of Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s International Crime Writing Festival, came to a close with organisers delighted with its success.

Panto audiences at His Majesty’s Theatre have raised more than £20,000 for The Archie Foundation at Aberdeen Royal Children’s Hospital.

A Monster Calls launches The Monster Challenge: A creative writing challenge

Charities invited to see Snow White at His Majesty’s Theatre

Surprise appearance from music mega-stars delights HMT audience at The Band

As we countdown to the Music Hall reopening here is our latest Music Hall Newsletter.

Kirsty Robertson is our Music Development Co-ordinator. She has been very busy with our Summer Schools and getting ready for our various classes over the next y

The latest season of new shows at His Majesty’s Theatre and The Lemon Tree is announced today, and headlined by two award-winning dramatic titles

People of Aberdeen and surrounding areas are being asked to share their family connections to World War One as part of a national project commemorating the centenary of the conflict. Critically accla...

An opportunity for some of the North-east’s most talented up-and-coming writers to read extracts from their noir fiction alongside some of the festival’s top crime authors. If you’re a North-east Scot...

Tenaris has become the latest sponsor to join a campaign to support the Music Hall Transformation Project. The 1822 Club, named after the year the historic city centre landmark opened, is a corporate...

People of Aberdeen and surrounding areas are being asked to share their family connections to World War One as part of a national project commemorating the centenary of the conflict. Critically accla...

Aberdeen’s award-winning music festival True North will, this year, see rockers Mogwai take to the stage at His Majesty’s Theatre in what is set to be an unmiss

Summer is upon us, and with it comes weeks of endless opportunities – for family fun, and

Have you always fancied having a peek behind the scenes at His Majesty’s Theatre? Now is your chance – and with extra weekday dates now available throughout the

This year we had our inaugural Light the Blue Festival which was a huge success. We had our Music Hall Ambassador Rory McIver there and he has kindly written a review of the launch event. Light the B...

We have a Q&A with the Flying Pigs ahead of their Now That's What I Call Methlick Best of Show. Can you tell us a little about the show? The show is a greatest hits, or 'glaikit hits', featuring ou...

It's been a hectic year for the 101's, one of Aberdeen's hottest new acts. What you might not know is that the 101's are alumni of our Project Band Iniative, run by our Creative Learning Department.....

Welcome to your new website!  We’ve been working long and hard to get the site up and running and we certainly hope you like what you see.  Have a good look through and take in the new features such a...