The Concert Project

Ahead of performing of 'Dear Evan Hansen', A TO Z are supported by Aberdeen City Council in this new concert about community connection.
About this Event

Titled ‘The Concert Project’ - named to resonate with “The Connor Project” from ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ - will be a new production premiered in Aberdeen, addressing youth mental health, social isolation and the importance of community connection. It is hoped that the concert will spark a city-wide conversation through song, dialogue and dance about loneliness, the impact of social media and raise awareness of mental health challenges. The concert is set to take place at the Craig Centre for Performing Arts at Robert Gordon’s College: a vastly appropriate location to stage a new production about potential teenage mental health struggles at school, and also positions the production in the heart of the City Centre.

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ explores social anxiety and the search for belonging, and this is what A TO Z is all about. We are a new theatre group for young adults who provide a safe, creative, environment that builds resilience for performers of all experience levels. Whilst the Granite City has always had a wealth of amateur performing groups to support, many young adults find themselves “locked out” of oversubscribed companies, leading to their passion for the arts to dwindle.

What is 'The Connor Project'?

In the musical Dear Evan Hansen, 'The Connor Project' is a student-led mental health awareness group and memorial campaign for a student lost to suicide. A video of Evan's speech about his fictional friendship with Connor Murphy goes viral online, causing Evan and his friends to launch the initiative as a student organisation.

Why call it 'The Concert Project'?

Besides tying the concert into the show:

• A TO Z are providing a space for young adults to share their stories, continue their passions, and find themselves within a new theatre company.
• The concert will feature examples of mental health outreach, raising the audience's awareness of supports available across the North East by consulting charities.
• Accessible ticket prices from the concert will be carried forward and fundraise for 'Dear Evan Hansen', similar to the Connor Project's Orchard Fundraiser.