It's the 30 year anniversary of Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers! And to mark this exciting anniversary, Carrot Productions is once again partnering with Aardman to stage performances across the UK, as part of our Snowman Tour 2023. Get tickets: carrotproductions.com/snowman

Today, Carrot Productions (world-leaders in performing live orchestral music to film) brought our wonderful live show of The Snowman & Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers to the young patients in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital & their families. We hope you enjoyed it.

🎄 Make it a magical Christmas🎄 Tickets now on sale for the heartwarming film The Bear and the Piano, with narrator Sophie Winkleman and live music by Daniel Whibley, performed by LCO and conducted by George Morton Sunday 17 December at 12pm & 1.10pm Riverside Studios

Really looking forward to my work Christmas party this year 🥳 I’m self-employed so I’ll be eating mini sausage rolls and watching telly.

The tragic terrible news has come to me that Benjamin Zephaniah's family have announced that Benjamin has died. I'm devastated. I admired him, respected him, learnt from him, loved him. Love and condolences to the family and to all who loved him too.

RIP x

It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2023 ✨

We had two fab soloists from Cardinal Vaughan Music last weekend in @StJohnsSmithSq, here’s a clip of one of them! 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Southbank Sinfonia

Throwback to last weekend - a series of family performances of The Snowman, performed by Southbank Sinfonia, in collaboration with 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀! Also featuring Daniel Whibley’s ‘The Bear and the Piano’, St John’s Smith Square was transformed into a magical winter wonderland. ☃️

Newsletter subscribers: check your inbox! 🤵 Music from the worlds of Gerry Anderson LIVE with full orchestra! 🎙️ Hosted by Jon Culshaw & Genevieve Gaunt 🗓️ Birmingham Symphony Hall, 13th July 🎟️ Tickets sales live tomorrow! 🐦 Early bird code & link emailed to subscribers!

This has been a real problem and embarrassment recently for myself and many of my colleagues so thank you to Baroness Keeley of Worsley for raising this matter!

Hi FirstGroup plc, is it ok your drivers continue driving at people crossing the road on a flashing green man (therefore flashing amber for them). When I caught up (as he stopped on double yellows to pick up a customer) he gestured like this 🥱 at me & waved 🤡Sheffield City Council

“Let me just tell you, Sir, and your colleagues, You sit with our country’s flag, You do not represent our country’s interests.” ~ Breaks for 👏 for the acting 🇪🇺 Council President & 🇬🇧 PM, Tony Blair in 2005.

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy. That’s more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding for creative arts at university level is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic

Having travelled the world & lived in other countries, one thing that's become clear is the BBC pisses all over every other national broadcaster in both news & entertainment, is why it's so respected globally. UK 'patriots' who slate it for 'wokeness' simply haven't got a clue.

Good news, Frank & Joy have returned from their holidays! Today Pete McKee repainted his iconic mural “The Snog” on the side of Fagan’s 💋 #Sheffield #SheffieldStreetArt #StreetArt

1/2 Day 5 of #SCMF24 and just like that we're halfway through! It's a day full of Saint-Saëns, with our Relaxed concert, Carnival, at 1pm and Saint-Saëns: the Renaissance Man with Ensemble 360 Ivana Gavrić Tim Williams George Morton & friends at 7.15pm. Steven Isserlis #Sheffield

Lovely piece from David Nice theartsdesk.com — includes, at the bottom, a sneak preview of the recreation of Saint-Saën's film score brought together by George Morton, amongst many other delights from our Music in the Round 40th birthday — the celebrations continue all year...

We are delighted to announce that English Touring Opera will be moving to a new home in Sheffield from Autumn 2024 as part of the Arts Council England Transfer Programme. Read more: englishtouringopera.org.uk/news/eto-makes…