Chess

His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, Wed-Sat

Aberdeen Opera Company Productions perform Tim Rice’s hit show, with music by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, and featuring songs such as I Know Him So Well, One Night In Bangkok, Anthem and Pity The Child.

This is a love story set amid the tensions of a world championship chess match, the Cold War and a frenzied media circus.

Two world class chess players, an American and a Russian, fight for supremacy both on the chess board and for the love of the same woman.