Gallery: Break a leg! Celebrating times Aberdonians have taken to the stage
In the gallery we see actors in Aberdeen sink their teeth into some classics of the stage including Death of a Salesman, Grease and The Importance of Being Earnest.
1978 - Members of the Strichen WRI team who were taking part in the Aberdeenshire Federation SWRI Drama Festival at Inverurie Town Hall were, from left, Chrissie Simpson, Cynthia Beaton, Pat Imray, Doreen Brown and Mabel Forman; and, front, Fay Brydon, left, and Irene Marshall.
Amateur drama groups and youth theatre have been a key part of the arts scene in the Granite City for decades.
The likes of River City star Joyce Falconer and West End actor Jenna Innes made their start in local theatre.
In the gallery below we see actors in Aberdeen sink their teeth into some classics of the stage including Death of a Salesman, Grease and The Importance of Being Earnest.
A love of drama, performing and putting together productions has seen the city be home to many different theatre groups over the years from light opera at Pro Arte to the ACE drama club.
Despite constant cuts to arts spending in Aberdeen, there continues to be quality local productions on show every year – with an Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre productions of the Legally Blonde musical set for a short run at the Tivoli Theatre at the end of March.
1978 – From left, producer Helen Whyte with Isabella Swanson, Anne Miller and Aline Mowat, who were appearing in Murder at the WI at the College of Education Theatre.
1978 – The judge, played by Graham Lawson, right, with members of the cast of The Trial of Harry Mann, performed by the Pro Arte Players in the SCDA Festival at Aberdeen Arts Centre
1974 – A tense moment in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, seen here being rehearsed by Aberdeen University Dramatic Society.
1978 – Members of Mannofield Players face the camera – and a gun – before they presented The Shop at Sly Corner at Mannofield Church Hall.
1976 – Longacre Players Team were appearing in a one-act play festival at Aberdeen Arts Centre.
1973 – Lady Provost Mrs Smith presents the trophy to the cast of Baptie’s Lass, the comedy by Aberdeen College of Education, which won the Scottish Community Drama Association Festival in the college’s theatre.
1978 – Members of the Stonehaven Townswomen’s Guild drama team pose outside Aberdeen Arts Centre where they were competing in the North-east of Scotland Federation of Townswomen’s Guilds Rally Drama Groups.
1978 – Dress rehearsal of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, by members of the Aberdeen College of Education Drama Group. In the scene, from left, are Shonagh McDonald (sitting), Graham Sangster, Sandra Morris, John Struthers, Chris Begg, Norma Davidson and Barbara Weir.
1978 – Members of the Strichen WRI team who were taking part in the Aberdeenshire Federation SWRI Drama Festival at Inverurie Town Hall were, from left, Chrissie Simpson, Cynthia Beaton, Pat Imray, Doreen Brown and Mabel Forman; and, front, Fay Brydon, left, and Irene Marshall.
1977 – Acrobatics from Catherine Stewart and Mike Faltin, two of the Aberdeen Arts Centre Theatre Group cast of Grease.
1974 – Dress rehearsal of An Edwardian Entertainment, a production from Aberdeen College of Education’s drama department.
1978 – Members of the ACE Drama Club who performed Full Moon in March at the SCDA Festival of One-Act Plays at the Arts Centre, Aberdeen.
1974 – Arts Centre Theatre Group members Wendy Mackay, Derek Anderson and David Malcolm rehearse for a performance of Rattle of a Simple Man.
1978 – Members of the ACE drama club who were performing The End of the Beginning.
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Gallery: Break a leg! Celebrating times Aberdonians have taken to the stage
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