KNDS Fairey Band

World premiere programme

World premiere

Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave

Shaun’s first adventure, played live for the first time.

A Close Shave joins the live-to-film catalogue in a new Fairey programme featuring Julian Nott’s score — performed live for the first time anywhere, in a new band arrangement by the band’s own solo trombone, Rebecca Lundberg.

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Wallace and Shaun the Sheep with the sidecar from A Close Shave
© and TM Aardman Animations Ltd
World premiereSunday 1 November 2026 · Alexandra Palace, London

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Photograph shared by The KNDS Fairey Band with its update, “𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲…”.
Photograph shared by The KNDS Fairey Band with its update, “𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲…”.
Photograph shared by The KNDS Fairey Band with its update, “𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲…”.
Photograph shared by The KNDS Fairey Band with its update, “𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲…”.
Photograph shared by The KNDS Fairey Band with its update, “𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲…”.
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𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲…

𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 of the Academy Award-winning Wallace and Gromit - '𝗔 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲' is coming to London's 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 —…