Schooltime Showtime
The Snowman Tour
Guarantee an exclusive film and musical experience for your pupils, with a complete package for the whole school. Deliverable in a flexible way to cater for class or year group bubbles, our award-winning show and accompanying package of resources creates a hassle-free, joyful and memorable experience for all ages.
Embark on a magical, enchanting adventure this Christmas, with a special theatrical experience including one of the nation’s favourite festive characters – The Snowman.
Accessible throughout the whole of December, welcome in the end of term with an award-winning, toe-tapping, sing-along spectacular!
With fascinating insights into orchestral musicians, a screening of The Snowman film and a special story narrated by Joanna Lumley, this Christmassy sensation is packed full of additional learning resources, lesson ideas and creative activity ideas.
As an extra, we are also offering schools the opportunity for pupils to achieve the Arts Award at Discover level as part of the package. Digital logbooks and all resources will be provided free of charge plus teaching notes to guide you through the process.
The children were spellbound throughout.
Totally engaging, 74 wide open mouths!
Fantastic show and great resources
Much, much more than a show...
What's included
The Show
Create a theatre experience in the heart of your school as some of the UK’s finest musicians perform their highly acclaimed show, filmed to capture a fascinating close up view of the musicians and their instruments. It’s ready to stream when it suits you!
Including:
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toe-tapping Christmas Overture
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fun Guide to the Orchestra
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animation of the award-winning book, The Bear and the Piano, narrated by Joanna Lumley
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dance-along Snowman Waltz
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DVD of The Snowman
Resources
Classroom learning resources differentiated for ages 5-11 including:
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Homemade Orchestra – Videos of our musicians demonstrating instrument-making from junk (plus exclusive demonstrations on their own instruments).
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Makaton Christmas Carols – 3 videos showing how to use sign language to support singing, including backing track and sheet music for all instruments and levels.
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Dancing – Learn how to waltz in an instructive video featuring a professional dancer and our very own Snowman!
Show and Tell with a professional artist
Meet the people who make it happen with a 30-minute live, online interactive session with one of our show’s stars. Our musicians, conductors, composers and authors are on hand to make your experience truly unique and unmissable.
Only £90 per session
Unbeatable value
Schooltime Showtime includes unlimited streaming of the show and access to online resources throughout your access period, including exclusive how-to videos and much more.
Differentiated for ages 5-11, it's fully accessible across school and at home.
International bookings are charged at the exchange rate at the time of booking
Any questions?
Take a look at our FAQs for answers to our most asked questions.
If you want to ask anything, please email us and we'll reply as soon as we can!
Covid Guarantee
We’re offering a full COVID-19 guarantee in case your school closes or if classes need to learn from home. Our flexible packages can be accessed at home, or you can defer to another time that suits you – all at no extra cost.
Who are we?
Carrot Productions is the world’s leading performers of both Wallace & Gromit: In Concert and The Snowman film with live orchestra. Our musicians are handpicked from orchestra such as the BBC Philharmonic, Hallé, BBC Concert and London Symphony Orchestra. We staged a 38 show UK Wallace & Gromit tour in 2019, and our shows are scheduled worldwide including Japan, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand.
Artsmark and Arts Award
We are proud to have always placed children and young people at the heart of everything we create. As Artsmark and Arts Award Supporters, our Schooltime Showtime packages provide the perfect platform for schools to develop and celebrate their commitment to the arts and cultural education, helping them to embed creativity and to meet Ofsted’s requirement for schools to maintain a broad and ambitious curriculum.
Through our award-winning Schooltime Showtime programmes, we help schools bring learning to life through the arts, offering exciting and unique opportunities for young people to connect with our experts in the fields of music, film, animation, art and storytelling.
Our partnership ensures schools can access world-class musical performances, artists and resources, equipping pupils with the cultural capital they need to succeed in life and nurture their imagination and creativity.
All resources were brilliant! Such a timesaver for our teachers – they liked being able to choose different resources to suit their class
Absolutely LOVED it. What a brilliant way to introduce music to kids - they were captivated throughout. Funny and heartwarming
What a fabulous show. I have never seen children so enthralled listening to an orchestra.
Loved the ideas to work around a musical or arts week. Also loved the quality of the music we were able to share
That was brilliant! An absolutely fantastic experience, one we will definitely be booking again
Excellent resources and communication