Granite

Spring 2016

Overview

Granite was a major new participatory arts project presented by the National Theatre of Scotland and Aberdeen City Council. It was held across seven months from September 2015 to April 2016 and celebrated the spirit of Aberdeen’s people and explored the city’s past, present and future.

A pre-Christmas programme of pop-up events around the city centre, was followed by a large-scale theatrical finale – featuring a cast including professional performers and community participants in the quadrangle of Marischal College, the largest grey granite building in the world.

Presented by National Theatre of Scotland and Aberdeen City Council
Headline Sponsor: Deloitte
Supported by Aberdeen Inspired, Balmoral Group, Mackie’s of Scotland and Creative Scotland
Produced in association with Aberdeen Performing Arts, ACT Aberdeen, Citymoves Dance Agency, SHMU, Sound and University of Aberdeen Music.

Explore

  • A woman with a green umbrella walks down a street wearing headphones
  • A group of people with green umbrellas walk across a street
  • A group of smiling people with green umbrellas
  • A group of people stand in front of a large granite building
  • A young woman in a waistcoast, shirt and jeans dances in the street
  • A group of dancers dance in formation in the middle of a busy shopping street
  • A group of dancers dance in formation in the middle of a busy shopping street
  • A group of dancers dance in formation in the middle of a busy shopping street
  • A young woman dances in the street with her arms out stretched to the sky
  • Lukasz Leputa