Aberdeen Performing Arts is a charitable trust founded in 2004 to take over the running and management of His Majesty’s Theatre, The Music Hall. In 2008, the company’s portfolio grew with the acquisition of The Lemon Tree after its brief closure. The buildings are still owned by Aberdeen City Council.

Upcoming events at Aberdeen Performing Arts
Jason Manford
Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show, A Manford All Seasons.
Jack Dee
Jack Dee has captured the imagination of audiences and critics alike with his dry humour and deadpan delivery over the last four decades.
Miss Saigon
Michael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh presents a new production of Miss Saigon as Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical is reborn.
Here & Now Musical
Here and Now the Steps Musical
Fawlty Towers The Play
Featuring your favourite scenes from the sitcom’s unforgettable twelve episodes.
20 Jan 2026 - 24 Jan 2026
Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the ‘Greatest British sitcom of all time’ (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by Caroline Jay Ranger.
Sara Pascoe
Sara Pascoe says Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night and thought something so...
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
Returns for its 30th anniversary with a 2024/25 UK tour
28 May 2025 - 31 May 2025
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake returns for its 30th anniversary with a 2024/25 UK tour.
2:22 A Ghost Story
Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam isn't having any of it. They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben. Can the dead really walk again?
Six
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the...
Derren Brown – Only Human Live
The master of mind control and psychological illusion on tour in 2025.
6 May 2025 - 10 May 2025
Prepare to be astonished! The multi award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, on tour 2025.
Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong – On Stage
Sebastian Faulks’s epic story of love and loss returns to the stage marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel.
18 Feb 2025 - 22 Feb 2025
Sebastian Faulks’s epic story of love and loss returns to the stage marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel.
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award
10 Jun 2025
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story.
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award
25 Apr 2025
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story.
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