Aberdeen Student Show
| Aberdeen Student Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Musical Comedy or Revue |
| Show type | Annual student charity |
| Date of premiere | 1921 |
| Location | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Creative team | |
| Various | Changes annually |
| Official website | |
Aberdeen Student Show is a musical and theatrical show, usually with a strong comedy element, staged every year in Aberdeen, Scotland. Its purpose is to raise money for charity, as part of the Aberdeen Students' Charities Campaign.
The Student Show has been held annually every year since 1921. From the start it has involved a number of young writers, performers and musicians who have gone on to greater renown in the fields of theatre, media and the arts.
It is normally staged in one of Britain's major professional theatres. It usually reflects the distinctive humour, culture and character of people living in North-east Scotland.
The Student Show is traditionally performed by students involved in tertiary education in Aberdeen. It is generally written and produced by students, or former students, of the city's universities or colleges of further education.
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In 1920, at the prompting of the authorities at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the Students' Representative Council (SRC) of Aberdeen University established a series of fund-raising events in aid of local hospitals; central to which was the annual Gala Week. In 1921 the Gala Week opened with the first Student Show, a mock trial (of a breach of promise case) held in the Aberdeen University Debating Chamber ("The Debater") at Marischal College. The Gala Week Committee then invited the University Debating Society to stage an annual musical comedy or revue based on student life. The first of these, in 1922, ‘Stella, the Bajanella’ was written by then undergraduate Eric Linklater with music by JS Taylor. The Show then became an annual event, performed in various venues in Aberdeen, including the Training Centre Hall in St. Andrew Street, the Aberdeen College Hall and the Palace Theatre in 1927 and 1928, before finding a home in His Majesty's Theatre in 1929. Since then it has occasionally been performed elsewhere in the city, when His Majesty's Theatre was unavailable – the Aberdeen College of Education in 1981 and 1982, the Music Hall Aberdeen in 2004 and His Majesty's Theatre – Hilton (the former College of Education theatre) in 2005.
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