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Production and Music Hire
Carrot Productions partners with exceptional creatives to produce engaging, compelling, crowd-pleasing shows. These shows are now available to hire. We offer organisations, orchestras and venues bespoke hire packages, ranging from full productions to individual films and scores.
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The Snowman™
"Sheer brilliance… a truly enchanting Christmas experience…"
"Magical! The best family event we’ve ever been to..."
Make it a Christmas to remember, with a special screening of family-favourite The Snowman, accompanied by a live orchestra.
We are thrilled to now offer The Snowman for orchestras to perform in a double bill with The Snowman and the Snowdog.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.0.0. | Timps | Perc | Piano | Celeste | Harp | Strings | Child Soloist
"Magical! The best family event we’ve ever been to..."
Make it a Christmas to remember, with a special screening of family-favourite The Snowman, accompanied by a live orchestra.
We are thrilled to now offer The Snowman for orchestras to perform in a double bill with The Snowman and the Snowdog.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.0.0. | Timps | Perc | Piano | Celeste | Harp | Strings | Child Soloist
The Snowman™ and The Snowdog
“A worthy successor to a classic. A truly enchanting tale"
For the first time ever, The Snowman and The Snowdog film is available to hire for live performance with orchestra.
The sequel to the hugely popular The Snowman, it was released in 2012 to great acclaim.
The Snowman and The Snowdog film and accompanying orchestral score are available for venues and orchestras to hire worldwide.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.0.0. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Celeste | Harp | Strings
Duration – 30 minutes
For the first time ever, The Snowman and The Snowdog film is available to hire for live performance with orchestra.
The sequel to the hugely popular The Snowman, it was released in 2012 to great acclaim.
The Snowman and The Snowdog film and accompanying orchestral score are available for venues and orchestras to hire worldwide.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.0.0. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Celeste | Harp | Strings
Duration – 30 minutes
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
"It’s another hit from Aardman animations, and the live orchestra really adds to the drama and comedy of the film."
"A truly wonderful show: a ‘ewe’-nique performance to prepare us for Christmas."
In this 30-minute special from Aardman, Shaun – the world's favourite sheep – stars in his very own winter's tale.
Timmy, the youngest of the flock, often gets into scrapes in the TV series, and this tale is no exception. When a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings goes wrong, Timmy gets carted off to the local Christmas market. The Flock spend the rest of the film trying to get him back, including piling themselves up as a multi-sheep snowman pyramid.
With no dialogue (other than the occasional ‘baa’) it is visual comedy that is wondrous to behold, and appeals to all ages.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings | Presenter
Duration – 30 minutes
"A truly wonderful show: a ‘ewe’-nique performance to prepare us for Christmas."
In this 30-minute special from Aardman, Shaun – the world's favourite sheep – stars in his very own winter's tale.
Timmy, the youngest of the flock, often gets into scrapes in the TV series, and this tale is no exception. When a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings goes wrong, Timmy gets carted off to the local Christmas market. The Flock spend the rest of the film trying to get him back, including piling themselves up as a multi-sheep snowman pyramid.
With no dialogue (other than the occasional ‘baa’) it is visual comedy that is wondrous to behold, and appeals to all ages.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings | Presenter
Duration – 30 minutes
Shaun the Sheep in Concert
"This was so magical. Shaun the Sheep with a live orchestra from Carrot Productions… elevated to a whole new level by the most amazing musicians. If you get the chance to go to a performance like this, we’d highly recommend it!"
Carrot Productions’ second collaboration with the world-famous animators, Aardman.
The show traces Shaun’s origins in A Close Shave up to his present day antics, and is a baa-rilliant romp through his life and adventures. Shaun is a sheep who doesn’t follow the flock. In fact, he leads them into all sorts of scrapes and scraps, turning peace in the valley into mayhem in the meadow! No surprises then when things go awry at the concert too, when Bitzer’s whistle suddenly goes missing.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings | Presenter
Duration – 40 minutes (70 minutes if combined with The Flight Before Christmas)
Carrot Productions’ second collaboration with the world-famous animators, Aardman.
The show traces Shaun’s origins in A Close Shave up to his present day antics, and is a baa-rilliant romp through his life and adventures. Shaun is a sheep who doesn’t follow the flock. In fact, he leads them into all sorts of scrapes and scraps, turning peace in the valley into mayhem in the meadow! No surprises then when things go awry at the concert too, when Bitzer’s whistle suddenly goes missing.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings | Presenter
Duration – 40 minutes (70 minutes if combined with The Flight Before Christmas)
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers
"Didn't stop smiling all night"
In this second Wallace & Gromit adventure, released in 1993, Gromit finds himself being pushed out of his room and home by a devious new lodger, Feathers McGraw. A ruthless criminal (and a penguin cunningly disguised as a chicken), he’s planning a robbery and needs to use Wallace and his mechanical remote controlled trousers to pull off the raid. However, Gromit is wise to the penguin and comes to the rescue. Will he be able to stop the feathered fiend?
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings
Duration – 30 minutes
In this second Wallace & Gromit adventure, released in 1993, Gromit finds himself being pushed out of his room and home by a devious new lodger, Feathers McGraw. A ruthless criminal (and a penguin cunningly disguised as a chicken), he’s planning a robbery and needs to use Wallace and his mechanical remote controlled trousers to pull off the raid. However, Gromit is wise to the penguin and comes to the rescue. Will he be able to stop the feathered fiend?
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings
Duration – 30 minutes
Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
"Family entertainment doesn't get better than this."
Another day dawns at West Wallaby Street and Wallace and Gromit are up with the birds, making bread for their latest enterprise – the ‘Top Bun’ bakery. With robotic kneading arms in place (another of Wallace’s madcap inventions) and a windmill on the roof, they’ve got a very professional set-up going. But there’s just one problem – the other local bakers in the town have been ‘disappearing’ one by one…could Wallace be the next one to go?
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings
Duration – 30 minutes
Another day dawns at West Wallaby Street and Wallace and Gromit are up with the birds, making bread for their latest enterprise – the ‘Top Bun’ bakery. With robotic kneading arms in place (another of Wallace’s madcap inventions) and a windmill on the roof, they’ve got a very professional set-up going. But there’s just one problem – the other local bakers in the town have been ‘disappearing’ one by one…could Wallace be the next one to go?
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings
Duration – 30 minutes
Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out
Wallace and Gromit enjoy a day out with a difference when a quest to find cheese prompts a visit to the moon. Despite a few hiccups with their homemade rocket, the duo makes a successful lunar landing, arriving just in time for lunch. But a strange, mechanical being isn’t too happy to see Wallace eating slices of moon cheese...
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings
Duration – 30 minutes
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.1.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings
Duration – 30 minutes
Peter and the Wolf
This classic musical introduction to the instruments of the orchestra is paired with a superb, brand-new animated film of the fairy tale, to further engage the audience.
The perfect addition to any family concert, this show package includes the brand-new animated film and text for narration, together with a variety of orchestral arrangements of Prokofiev's symphonic masterpiece. Peter & the Wolf can be hired in a stand-alone capacity, or combined with any of our other family content to create a full length concert.
We offer various arrangements, suitable for different orchestral forces:
Original Instrumentation – 1.1.1.1. | 3.1.1.0. | Timps | Perc | Strings | Narrator
Alternative Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.0.0. | Timps | Perc | Strings | Narrator (works perfectly alongside The Snowman)
Sextet Arrangement – 1.1.1.1. | 1.0.0.0. | Piano
Bespoke instrumentation is also possible (extra fee applies)
Duration – 18 minutes
The perfect addition to any family concert, this show package includes the brand-new animated film and text for narration, together with a variety of orchestral arrangements of Prokofiev's symphonic masterpiece. Peter & the Wolf can be hired in a stand-alone capacity, or combined with any of our other family content to create a full length concert.
We offer various arrangements, suitable for different orchestral forces:
Original Instrumentation – 1.1.1.1. | 3.1.1.0. | Timps | Perc | Strings | Narrator
Alternative Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.0.0. | Timps | Perc | Strings | Narrator (works perfectly alongside The Snowman)
Sextet Arrangement – 1.1.1.1. | 1.0.0.0. | Piano
Bespoke instrumentation is also possible (extra fee applies)
Duration – 18 minutes
The Amazing Maurice
"Absolutely fab, we all loved it! It was truly something special for my children to witness this stunning orchestra and watch a wonderful film all at the same time."
In partnership with Cantilever Rights, we proudly present the animated feature film, The Amazing Maurice, with live orchestra.
Receiving its premiere performances in April 2023 amidst the magnificence of Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, the Sky Original film is based on Terry Pratchett’s award-winning novel, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.
The Amazing Maurice film and orchestral accompaniment is now available for hire to venues and orchestras worldwide.
Instrumentation – 2.2.2.2 | 2.2.2.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Whistle (opt flute) | Strings
Duration – 93 minutes
In partnership with Cantilever Rights, we proudly present the animated feature film, The Amazing Maurice, with live orchestra.
Receiving its premiere performances in April 2023 amidst the magnificence of Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, the Sky Original film is based on Terry Pratchett’s award-winning novel, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.
The Amazing Maurice film and orchestral accompaniment is now available for hire to venues and orchestras worldwide.
Instrumentation – 2.2.2.2 | 2.2.2.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Whistle (opt flute) | Strings
Duration – 93 minutes
Stand By For Action!
"A magnificently larger-than-life creation, like Anderson’s FAB TV shows."
"It was spectacular and at times it almost beggared belief that we were hearing a live performance rather than a newly-remastered studio recording of an undiscovered take of Barry Gray's original music."
"5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Thunderbirds Are Go!"
Following the sell-out premiere concert at Birmingham Symphony Hall in April 2022, we present a unique concert in partnership with Anderson Entertainment.
Gerry Anderson’s TV series have had a seismic impact on the childhoods of many, thanks to the introduction of ground-breaking special effects, captivating characters, inspirational stories and iconic music scores. The films and music – including Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Space:1999, Terrahawks and many more – are brought to life by a full orchestra, and accompanied by exclusive film footage and newly-restored colour and high-definition content. Stand by for action!
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1 | 3.3.3.1. | Saxes x 2 | Timps | Perc | Kit | Keys | Synth | Harp | Strings
Duration – 110 minutes (plus interval)
"It was spectacular and at times it almost beggared belief that we were hearing a live performance rather than a newly-remastered studio recording of an undiscovered take of Barry Gray's original music."
"5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Thunderbirds Are Go!"
Following the sell-out premiere concert at Birmingham Symphony Hall in April 2022, we present a unique concert in partnership with Anderson Entertainment.
Gerry Anderson’s TV series have had a seismic impact on the childhoods of many, thanks to the introduction of ground-breaking special effects, captivating characters, inspirational stories and iconic music scores. The films and music – including Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Space:1999, Terrahawks and many more – are brought to life by a full orchestra, and accompanied by exclusive film footage and newly-restored colour and high-definition content. Stand by for action!
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1 | 3.3.3.1. | Saxes x 2 | Timps | Perc | Kit | Keys | Synth | Harp | Strings
Duration – 110 minutes (plus interval)
The Bear and the Piano
"One of the most beautiful performances we have ever seen."
An enchanting animated film of the award-winning book by David Litchfield.
This beautifully-illustrated tale of music, friendship, adventure and belonging was first brought to the big screen in 2017, in a film commissioned by Carrot Productions. Perfectly capturing the essence of the original book, it proved an instant hit with audiences of all ages. With mesmerising music by Daniel Whibley, this entrancing creation is quickly becoming a family favourite for the next generation.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.0.0. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings
Duration – 15 minutes
An enchanting animated film of the award-winning book by David Litchfield.
This beautifully-illustrated tale of music, friendship, adventure and belonging was first brought to the big screen in 2017, in a film commissioned by Carrot Productions. Perfectly capturing the essence of the original book, it proved an instant hit with audiences of all ages. With mesmerising music by Daniel Whibley, this entrancing creation is quickly becoming a family favourite for the next generation.
Instrumentation – 2.1.2.1. | 2.1.0.0. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings
Duration – 15 minutes
Musical Beasts!
"I can’t praise this experience enough. This has been easily one of the best experiences for our SEN pupils that I have seen."
The perfect series of shows for families, schools and SEND.
Our fun, engaging and interactive shows feature animal stories brought to life through live music, drama, dance and film. Stories include Peter and the Wolf, The Bear and the Piano, The Ugly Duckling and A Donkey’s Tale.
Costumed musicians and dancers entertain with their story-telling, performing family-friendly music superbly composed or arranged by Daniel Whibley. Children have the unique opportunity to experience world-class music-making up close. They can meet the performers afterwards - and even try out some of the instruments!
Musical Beasts! and More Musical Beasts! are available as family concerts and also work brilliantly in both mainstream and special school settings. In addition to the performance, we offer educational settings preparatory in-school workshops and/or online experiences, together with a package of supporting resources. These can enable schools to achieve Arts Award Discovery.
Available to promoters to hire as a complete performance staged by our musicians.
Duration – 50 minutes
The perfect series of shows for families, schools and SEND.
Our fun, engaging and interactive shows feature animal stories brought to life through live music, drama, dance and film. Stories include Peter and the Wolf, The Bear and the Piano, The Ugly Duckling and A Donkey’s Tale.
Costumed musicians and dancers entertain with their story-telling, performing family-friendly music superbly composed or arranged by Daniel Whibley. Children have the unique opportunity to experience world-class music-making up close. They can meet the performers afterwards - and even try out some of the instruments!
Musical Beasts! and More Musical Beasts! are available as family concerts and also work brilliantly in both mainstream and special school settings. In addition to the performance, we offer educational settings preparatory in-school workshops and/or online experiences, together with a package of supporting resources. These can enable schools to achieve Arts Award Discovery.
Available to promoters to hire as a complete performance staged by our musicians.
Duration – 50 minutes
Wallace & Gromit in Concert
"What a marvellous show. I have never seen children so enthralled listening to an orchestra!"
"Absolutely perfect in every way. It hits all the right notes!"
Our first collaboration with Aardman, in 2019, Wallace & Gromit in Concert is an award-winning, action-packed, and totally unique show that has been designed to appeal to all ages.
The second half features The Wrong Trousers film with live orchestra, but there’s so much more to enjoy before that in the first half.
We see Wallace & Gromit on the big screen via a video link to their dressing room backstage, where the pair interact with the presenter on the stage through an invention called a Maestromatic. This fantastical contraption comes complete with a plate of cheese and crackers and a chute for receiving letters and compositions from Wallace.
Instrumentation – 2.2.2.2. | 2.2.2.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings | Presenter | cello or violin soloist
Duration – 70 minutes (plus interval)
"Absolutely perfect in every way. It hits all the right notes!"
Our first collaboration with Aardman, in 2019, Wallace & Gromit in Concert is an award-winning, action-packed, and totally unique show that has been designed to appeal to all ages.
The second half features The Wrong Trousers film with live orchestra, but there’s so much more to enjoy before that in the first half.
We see Wallace & Gromit on the big screen via a video link to their dressing room backstage, where the pair interact with the presenter on the stage through an invention called a Maestromatic. This fantastical contraption comes complete with a plate of cheese and crackers and a chute for receiving letters and compositions from Wallace.
Instrumentation – 2.2.2.2. | 2.2.2.1. | Timps | Perc | Keys | Harp | Strings | Presenter | cello or violin soloist
Duration – 70 minutes (plus interval)
Pride Classical
"Truly unforgettable...a night filled with vibrant colours of unity, diversity and sheer delight"
"Ground breaking"
Experience the best Pride anthems of the past 50 years, brought to life by a world-class 32-piece orchestra and sensational headline artists. Pride Classical is a groundbreaking celebration of Pride, uniquely performed and produced by a majority LGBTQ+ cast of artists.
This extraordinary event is produced by Carrot Productions, a multi-award-winning orchestral production company. Carrot Productions collaborates with passionate creatives and educators from the LGBTQ+ community to create this first-of-its-kind musical extravaganza.
Premiered in June 2023, Pride Classical graced the iconic stages of Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and The Tower Ballroom in Blackpool to universal acclaim. Join us in this unparalleled celebration of music, love, and pride. Discover more about this unique event and how it’s redefining the celebration of Pride through music.
"Ground breaking"
Experience the best Pride anthems of the past 50 years, brought to life by a world-class 32-piece orchestra and sensational headline artists. Pride Classical is a groundbreaking celebration of Pride, uniquely performed and produced by a majority LGBTQ+ cast of artists.
This extraordinary event is produced by Carrot Productions, a multi-award-winning orchestral production company. Carrot Productions collaborates with passionate creatives and educators from the LGBTQ+ community to create this first-of-its-kind musical extravaganza.
Premiered in June 2023, Pride Classical graced the iconic stages of Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and The Tower Ballroom in Blackpool to universal acclaim. Join us in this unparalleled celebration of music, love, and pride. Discover more about this unique event and how it’s redefining the celebration of Pride through music.
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