Ember & the Vixens: Festive Foxes at Manchester Art Gallery

Kristy Stott, Theatre Editor

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Ember & the Vixens: Festive Foxes

Manchester Art Gallery, City Centre
16 December 2023
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16 Dec 2023
7:00 pm

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Ember & the Vixens: Festive Foxes at Manchester Art Gallery
Image courtesy of Selina Helliwell Productions.
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Following a sell-out event earlier this year at Manchester Art Gallery, Ember & the Vixens are back with their festive and foxy adults-only Christmas Cabaret.

Bringing all the glamour, yuletide sparkle and a heady dose of female empowerment, prepare to see the beautiful atrium of Manchester Art Gallery transformed into a lavish cabaret-style winter wonderland when Ember & the Vixens present a Christmas-themed edition of their popular night. Festive Foxes promises to be an extra special and glitzy evening event with enchanting music, captivating burlesque, punchy spoken word and much more.

Ember & the Vixens: Festive Foxes at Manchester Art Gallery
Image courtesy of Selina Helliwell Productions.

With jazz music filling the air and glitter and sequins a-plenty, the world of showbiz takes over the gallery’s atrium. As always, Ember Travixen will be taking to the stage, and the much-loved MC Jas Nisic will be singing and hosting, introducing a variety of amazing performers from the burlesque, music, poetry and circus worlds. You can expect more than a few festive touches too – including a Christmas favour at every place setting.

Created by the multi-award-winning theatre maker Selina Helliwell, Ember & the Vixens have built a loyal following and enjoyed a string of sell-out shows. The company experienced huge success with their previous burlesque takeover of Manchester Art Gallery in April and more recently, have brought a ‘Belated Birthday Special’ cabaret and a Halloween-themed ‘Creepy Cabaret’ to thrilled audiences across the city. Now, this December, we’re poised and ready for Festive Foxes – an exquisite evening guaranteed to get everyone into the Christmas swing of things.

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