POST Exploring Aberdeen Culture

10/09/2026

Currently showing at Aberdeen Art Gallery until 10 Jan 2027, Elevated Dreams marks the creativity of Antonia Jabloner, an Austrian refugee who settled in the North East during the Second World War.

Sculpture, film and music built around sketchbooks she produced during long-term psychiatric confinement.

More 👇🏼
https://sites.aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM/whats-aberdeen-art-galleries-and-museums/elevated-dreams

10/09/2026

The Singer follows a struggling musician and his deaf friend, exploring how music can be felt as much as heard, with original songs by KT Tunstall and an interactive BSL lesson woven into the show.

Mitchell Reid caught it at the Lemon Tree and loved it.

⭕ Catch his review on POST

Thought-provoking gig theatre at the Lemon Tree that teaches BSL and rethinks sound.

10/09/2026

Jen Brister brings Reactive to the Tivoli Theatre next week, 16 Sep.

This is her first tour since selling out across the UK in 2022, built around the premise that not everything requires a response, even when it very clearly does.

You in?

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/jen-brister-reactive/

09/09/2026

The Little Kicks are putting on a gig for their old friend Kev McBeath at Drummonds on 20 Nov, following his recent MND diagnosis. Kev played guitar with them in their first band together.

The Killing Tide and Bob Will of Right Hand Left join the bill, with every penny raised going straight to Kev and his family.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/gig-for-kev-little-kicks-plus-special-guests-the-killing-tide-bob-will/?ref=postabdn.com

09/09/2026

Aberdeen five-piece Monza Express return to Drummonds on 25 Sep, with support from Kaleidoscope and Sister October.

Three local acts, one night.

Kaleidoscope are current Eruption champions while Sister October are new on the scene.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.skiddle.com/e/42468116

09/09/2026

Oliver Richard recorded Will the Circle Be Unbroken live in one take inside the empty swimming pool at Bon Accord Baths, just voice, guitar and the building's natural echo. It's out this Friday.

The B-side, a version of Blind Lemon Jefferson's See That My Grave Is Kept Clean, was recorded moving between the sauna and the Turkish plunge pool.

⭕ Now on POST

Will The Circle Be Unbroken strips a hymn back to just voice, guitar and that unmistakeable echo.

08/09/2026

GANS are at the Tunnels on 8 Oct. The Black Country duo have built something genuinely distinct from industrial rock, alternative and techno since forming in 2023.

Live, the intensity builds and doesn't let up across the set.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/gans-the-tunnels-tickets/14940913

08/09/2026

Aberdeen artist Clive Ramage painted the official commemorative work for last summer's Tall Ships Races.

This week he got in touch to tell us how it came about, and his story is on POST now.

The Story Behind Festival of Sail: The Tall Ships Races

08/09/2026

Twenty years on from Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh's P***o catches up with Renton, Sickboy, Spud and Begbie at the Tivoli Theatre on 14 Sep.

This West End adaptation has the same sweary, chaotic energy as the source material. IYKYK.

Tickets 👇🏼
https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/irvine-welshs-porno/

08/09/2026

We're just reading that Rainbow City Taxis have pledged £30,000 to the Save Aberdeen Arts Centre campaign, spread across a three-year partnership. A huge boost for their fundraising drive.

That'll help keep grassroots arts, touring productions and the centre's artist development programme running.