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The Hallé: The Snowman & Shaun the Sheep at The Bridgewater Hall

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The Snowman & Shaun the Sheep

The Bridgewater Hall, City Centre
20-21 December 2025
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Time
Session Features
21 Dec 2025
11:00 am-1:00 pm
21 Dec 2025
1:30 pm-3:30 pm

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From £18.50
The Snowman & Shaun the Sheep
The Hallé
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Celebrating with the kids this Christmas? This family double bill is hard to beat.

Watch Raymond Briggs’ hand-drawn classic unfold on the big screen as the Hallé performs Howard Blake’s gorgeous score, with the Hallé Children’s Choir adding a festive cherry on top. It’s paired with Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas, whose mischief and heart guarantees giggles for kids and that warm, Christmassy grin for the rest of us. Topping it off, a burst of Julian Nott’s Wallace & Gromit: Theme and Chase brings a playful nod to Lancashire’s favourite inventors.

Julian Nott Wallace & Gromit: Theme and Chase
Howard Blake The Snowman
Tom Howe/Aardman Animations Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

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