Lifting the curtain on His Majesty's Theatre

Lifting the curtain on His Majesty's Theatre The Aberdonian

Originally opened in 1906, His Majesty's Theatre is a beloved arts space in Aberdeen.

It is one of only two venues that retained the His Majesty's name after the coronation of the Queen and has been serving audiences for over a century now.

This week, we're taking a look back at some of the best photos from our Aberdonian archives.

Aberdeen Opera Company has come in from the cold and taken over HMT for the first time in their eventful history to present Offenbach’s operetta La Vie Parisienne

Manager James Donald, to the right of the open door, turns disappointed fans away from HMT after the Andy Stewart Show was cancelled in September 1964 because the singer had contracted laryngitis

Workmen refurbish the Royal box at HMT in preparation for the Queen Mother’s visit

Workmen about 55ft above the ground put the finishing touches to the two-year renovation of HMT

Jim Hoggins, lime operator at HMT, allowed Sarra Mundie, 7, backstage to show her close up the workings of the lighting equipment

Linda MacKenney sets up an exhibition of 20th-Century materials from the Scottish Theatre Archive at HMT

Stars of the 1985 pantomime Dick Whittington, from left, Eric Sykes, Jan Hunt, Duncan Goodhew and Russell Hunter

Staff of HMT celebrate the first year of success after the re-opening of the theatre in September 1982

Theatre electrician Neil Newcombe in the process of putting together a massive spotlight which served the theatre for about half a century. When the theatre was renovated in 1980 the carbon arc follow spot was scrapped to make way for a high-technology spotlight

Fiona Strachan with a His Majesty’s Theatre programme from the early 1900s

Margaret Ramsey, Gray Kilgour and Helen Sinclair, who all attended the first show at HMT back in 1906

Five members of Fraserburgh Senior Arts Club in old-time costume for the theatre’s 80th anniversary, from left, Doreen Gibson, Marianne Adams, Bet Beveridge, Margaret Adams and Jacqueline Adams

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