Stage Version The section for Stage Version states The Snowman has also been made into a stage show It was first produced by Contact Theatre Manchester in 1986 4 The Wikipedia article for Howard Blake states that His famous song Walking in the Air for which he also wrote the lyrics was the success that launched Aled Jones in 1985 whilst his concert version for narrator and orchestra is now performed worldwide as well as the full length ballet of the same name launched in 1997 and in 2008 celebrating its 11th consecutive Christmas season for Sadler s Wells at The Peacock Theatre The Stage Version section omits the ballet mention in the Howard Blake Article Shouldn t the Wikipedia articles be consistent