As thousands descend on Sheffield for the snooker, we took to the streets to investigate whether the Crucible should prioritise culture or cues.

The Snooker World Championship returned to Sheffield on April 19th for the 48th competition there, and will be staying until May 5th.

Official BBC cameraman for the event, Malik Walton, 55, said: “Snooker has always been apart of Sheffield, it’s been a big part.
“To a lot of people the Crucible is snooker, not theatre.”

Although no everyone agrees.

But snooker-fan Jacob Bennet, 19, said: “We don’t need to take space away from theatre and the arts, it’s really quite disappointing.”

Do you agree? Watch here to see what the people of Sheffield think about snooker at the Crucible: