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For the London theatre now known as His Majesty's, see <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_London" title="His Majesty's Theatre, London">His Majesty's Theatre, London</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">His Majesty's Theatre</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:His-majestys-theatre-aberdeen-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/His-majestys-theatre-aberdeen-logo.svg/220px-His-majestys-theatre-aberdeen-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/His-majestys-theatre-aberdeen-logo.svg/330px-His-majestys-theatre-aberdeen-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/His-majestys-theatre-aberdeen-logo.svg/440px-His-majestys-theatre-aberdeen-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="82" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_Rosemount,_Aberdeen.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Rosemount%2C_Aberdeen.JPG/220px-His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Rosemount%2C_Aberdeen.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Rosemount%2C_Aberdeen.JPG/330px-His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Rosemount%2C_Aberdeen.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Rosemount%2C_Aberdeen.JPG/440px-His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Rosemount%2C_Aberdeen.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; 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-2.1049</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_City_Council" title="Aberdeen City Council">Aberdeen City Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Performing_Arts" title="Aberdeen Performing Arts">Aberdeen Performing Arts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Category A listed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Regional <a href="/wiki/Producing_house" title="Producing house">producing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Receiving_house" title="Receiving house">receiving</a> theatre</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">Capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,400<br />2,300 (1906)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1904–1906</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">3 December 1906<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1906-12-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Renovated</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>1933</li><li>1980–1982</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Expanded</th><td class="infobox-data">2005</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Matcham" title="Frank Matcham">Frank Matcham</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/">www<wbr />.aberdeenperformingarts<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>His Majesty's Theatre</b> in <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a> is the largest theatre in north-east <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, seating more than 1,400. The theatre is sited on Rosemount Viaduct, opposite the city's <a href="/wiki/Union_Terrace_Gardens" title="Union Terrace Gardens">Union Terrace Gardens</a>. It was designed by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Matcham" title="Frank Matcham">Frank Matcham</a> and opened in 1906. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_Aberdeen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The granite-clad theatre is the brainchild of Robert Arthur, of Glasgow, who started his group of theatres in the 1880s focusing on Her Majesty`s Theatre, Dundee,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and others in England. He took a lease of Her Majesty`s Opera House, Aberdeen <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (later named the Tivoli) in Guild Street from 1891 and started to look for a site to build one according to his own specifications. His plans for Rosemount Viaduct were submitted to Aberdeen City Council in 1901, construction starting in 1904, and completed in 1906. </p><p>Now with theatres in Scotland, and in England, such as the <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Newcastle" title="Theatre Royal, Newcastle">Theatre Royal, Newcastle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert Arthur floated his new company on the Stock Exchange in 1897. He staged the whole range of plays, opera, revues and pantomimes until the company ran out of funds in 1912. At this point Michael Simons of the <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Glasgow" title="Theatre Royal, Glasgow">Theatre Royal, Glasgow</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> chairman and founder of <a href="/wiki/Howard_%26_Wyndham_Ltd" title="Howard & Wyndham Ltd">Howard & Wyndham Ltd</a>, became chairman of the Robert Arthur group with the Arthur theatres now to be operated under the same directors and managers of Howard & Wyndham.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robert Arthur Theatres Ltd, through Michael Simons, sold the theatre in 1923 to Walter Gilbert, managing director of the Tivoli Theatre. On his death it was bought in 1932 by Councillor James F Donald, of cinema and dance hall note. James Donald refurbished the venue and introduced features such as external neon lighting, a cinema projector and a revolving stage. Gilbert`s son and the Donald family managed it until 1939 when the ownership, programming and production passed to Howard & Wyndham Ltd (of which Peter Donald became a director) continuing until the late 1960s when Peter Donald and family bought it back.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike the London theatre, and similar to <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_Perth" title="His Majesty's Theatre, Perth">His Majesty's Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth, Western Australia">Perth, Western Australia</a> the Aberdeen theatre did not change its title to <i>Her Majesty's</i> during <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a>'s reign. These two theatres remained the only two in the world to bear that name during the Queen's reign. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_City_Council" title="Aberdeen City Council">Aberdeen City Council</a> bought the theatre in 1975, the Council duly allocating £3.5 million to ensure the building's survival. After 23 months of closure the theatre was reopened in 1982 by <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">King Charles III</a> (then Prince Charles, <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Rothesay" title="Duke of Rothesay">Duke of Rothesay</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extension_and_refurbishment_(2005)"><span id="Extension_and_refurbishment_.282005.29"></span>Extension and refurbishment (2005)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_Aberdeen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Extension and refurbishment (2005)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Front_elevation_of_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_Aberdeen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Front_elevation_of_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg/220px-Front_elevation_of_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Front_elevation_of_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg/330px-Front_elevation_of_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Front_elevation_of_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg/440px-Front_elevation_of_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The 2005 glass and copper clad extension sitting to the right of the original building</figcaption></figure> <p>During the late 1990s, Aberdeen City Council recognised that the theatre required modernisation.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It lacked a cafe, restaurant or corporate hospitality offering, the bar and toilet facilities were inadequate and the back-of-house space did not offer any rehearsal area, dance studio or workshops.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Operational equipment, such as the <a href="/wiki/Theatrical_scenery" title="Theatrical scenery">scenery</a> hoist, and parts of the building fabric were also deteriorating.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A proposal to refurbish the existing facilities and extend the theatre was developed by the Council’s in-house architects, with LDN Architects appointed as architectural consultants and the Adapt Trust advising on <a href="/wiki/Accessibility" title="Accessibility">accessibility</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScottish_Executive200778_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScottish_Executive200778-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction of the extension began in August 2003, with the theatre closing completely in March 2004 to allow refurbishment works of the existing part of the building. The theatre reopened in August 2005, with an opening ceremony taking place on 8 September which was attended by <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Edward</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The extension is a five-storey triangular structure built on the car park to the east of the existing building, with three storeys below the level of Rosemount Viaduct.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was constructed from <a href="/wiki/Kemnay,_Aberdeenshire" title="Kemnay, Aberdeenshire">Kemnay</a> <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> to match the original building facade and features a large glass facade facing Rosemount Viaduct. The choice of a glazed structure was in response to the desire to enliven the frontage of the building and highlight the activity within. The roof is finished in <a href="/wiki/Patina" title="Patina">pre-patinated</a> <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a> to match the <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">dome</a> on the original part of the building.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Extension_to_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_Aberdeen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Extension_to_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg/220px-Extension_to_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Extension_to_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg/330px-Extension_to_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Extension_to_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg/440px-Extension_to_His_Majesty%27s_Theatre%2C_Aberdeen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1403" /></a><figcaption>The side and rear of the 2005 extension</figcaption></figure> <p>Accommodated within the extension are new <a href="/wiki/Front_of_house" title="Front of house">front-of-house</a> facilities, including a <a href="/wiki/Box_office" title="Box office">box office</a>, restaurant, coffee shop and corporate hospitality area. The <a href="/wiki/Auditorium" title="Auditorium">auditorium</a> seating was <a href="/wiki/Upholstery" title="Upholstery">re-upholstered</a> with increased leg-room provided in the stalls by replacing the rows and offsetting seats. Back-of-house facilities were also improved, with upgraded technical and audio-visual equipment installed, a new <a href="/wiki/Green_room" title="Green room">green room</a>, enhanced dressing rooms and a purpose-built rehearsal and education area.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScottish_Executive200778_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScottish_Executive200778-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A key aim of the project was to make the building fully accessible to those with disabilities and to that end, the project included the installation of two lifts, provision of accessible toilets & dressing rooms and creation of space for wheelchairs across the different levels in the auditorium.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The project cost £7.9m and was jointly funded by Aberdeen City Council, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Arts_Council" title="Scottish Arts Council">Scottish Arts Council</a> Capital Lottery Fund (£2m), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Enterprise" title="Scottish Enterprise">Scottish Enterprise Grampian</a> (£375,000) and private sponsorship.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was recognised with a commendation in the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Civic_Trust_Awards" title="Civic Trust Awards">Civic Trust Awards</a> and was a joint winner in the major buildings category of the Society of Chief Architects for Local Authorities' Civic Building of the Year Award 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish executive">Scottish Executive</a> featured the project as a case study in its 2007 policy document on architecture, describing it as a "thoughtful integration of the old and new" with the improved facilities and comfort conditions considered to significantly increase the theatre's attractiveness as a venue for theatregoers and performers alike. The case study concluded "This is an excellent example of public architecture carried out by the City Council’s in-house team."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScottish_Executive200778_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScottish_Executive200778-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On its centenary in 2006, the theatre was "twinned" with His Majesty's Theatre in <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth, Western Australia">Perth, Western Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated65_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated65-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The '1906 Restaurant' was refurbished in 2022, with £675,000 of funding from Scottish Enterprise and Aberdeen City Council. The works included changes to the theatre foyer and circulation space.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The updated facilities were opened in December 2022, with the new bar-cafe renamed 'The Terrace'.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The refrubishment of the Terrace Bar won the project of the year; interior; and public/commercial awards at the <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Society_of_Architects" title="Aberdeen Society of Architects">Aberdeen Society of Architects</a>' 2023 design awards.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_Aberdeen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:His_Majesty%27s_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1457069.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/His_Majesty%27s_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1457069.jpg/220px-His_Majesty%27s_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1457069.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/His_Majesty%27s_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1457069.jpg/330px-His_Majesty%27s_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1457069.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/His_Majesty%27s_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1457069.jpg/440px-His_Majesty%27s_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1457069.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Detail of the front elevation of the theatre, featuring a statue depicting <a href="/wiki/Sock_and_buskin" title="Sock and buskin">Tragedy and Comedy</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The original building comprises four storeys and is constructed from Kemnay granite in an <a href="/wiki/Ashlar" title="Ashlar">ashlar</a> finish on the primary elevation and Tillyfourie granite to the sides and rear. It features a copper domed tower at its eastern end and a reinforced concrete statue of <a href="/wiki/Comedy_and_tragedy_masks" title="Comedy and tragedy masks">Tragedy and Comedy</a> at the top of the main facade. <a href="/wiki/Historic_Environment_Scotland" title="Historic Environment Scotland">Historic Environment Scotland</a> describe the building as having a "remarkable finely detailed Free <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_Revival_architecture" title="Renaissance Revival architecture">Renaissance</a> style" with a "spacious well preserved interior, handsomely treated throughout in mixed <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">baroque</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neo-Jacobean" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Jacobean">neo-Jacobean</a> <a href="/wiki/Strapwork" title="Strapwork">strapwork</a> decoration, much <a href="/wiki/Alabaster" title="Alabaster">alabaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marble</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 November 1973, the building was <a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Scotland" title="Listed buildings in Scotland">category A listed</a> as a building of special architectural or historic interest.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The theatre sits alongside the <a href="/wiki/Central_Library,_Aberdeen" title="Central Library, Aberdeen">Central Library</a> which was built in 1891 and St Marks Church dating from 1892. Together they are known locally as 'Education, Salvation and Damnation'.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Management_and_activities">Management and activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_Aberdeen&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Management and activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The theatre is managed by <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Performing_Arts" title="Aberdeen Performing Arts">Aberdeen Performing Arts</a>, on behalf of Aberdeen City council, which also runs <a href="/wiki/The_Music_Hall_(Aberdeen)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Music Hall (Aberdeen)">The Music Hall</a>, and The Lemon Tree. </p><p>The theatre is regularly visited by <a href="/wiki/Scotland%27s_national_arts_companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotland's national arts companies">Scotland's national arts companies</a> and hosts performances from other major companies. 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book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ace-cae.eu/fileadmin/New_Upload/6._Architecture_in_Europe/EU_Policy/scotland-2-report.pdf"><i>Building our Legacy – Statement on Scotland's Architecture Policy</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Executive">Scottish Executive</a>. 2007. pp. 78–79. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7559-5276-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7559-5276-2"><bdi>978-0-7559-5276-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span 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