HOT BROWN HONEY Headlines HOME Manchester's Christmas 2017 Season

Hot Brown Honey, Briefs Factory's genre-defying explosion of colour, culture and controversy, tops Home Manchester's feast of fantastic festive entertainment for Christmas 2017.

Highlights Include:

- Briefs Factory's award-winning all-singing all-dancing music and cabaret show Hot Brown Honey is an unapologetic celebration of our similarities and differences

- Australian singing sensation and cabaret performer Meow Meow presents her one-woman show Feline Intimate

- The Grammy-nominated Godfathers of alternative cabaret, The Tiger Lillies, return to Manchester with their new album, A Cold Night in Soho

- Children's theatre specialist company Little Angel Theatre return to HOME with Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, a re-working of the timeless tale, but this time told from the viewpoint of the Wolf

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CHRISTMAS CABARET

Fighting the power never tasted so sweet as it does with Hot Brown Honey, a colourful and breathtakingly exciting show from Australia's Briefs Factory, which will take to the stage for Christmas 2017 at HOME in Manchester. The talk of wherever it has played, this adults-only melange of music and dance, which promises to be one of the more explosive shows in Manchester this festive season, plays 12-23 Dec.

Post post-modern showgirl Meow Meow makes a long-awaited return to the city with her camp cabaret show Feline Intimate (6 Dec), featuring songs from 1930s Berlin to 1960s Paris. The following evening, there's another helping of music and cabaret, this time from festival favourites The Tiger Lillies, with their dark and mysterious show A Cold Night in Soho.

FILM

Film director Tim Burton has always been a favourite at HOME, and the cult director will be the subject of a short season this Christmas, kicking off with a special screening of Edward Scissorhands on Fri 8 Dec, followed by a party on the theme of this dark romantic fantasy. The other films in the season are the animated Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (9 & 13 Dec), and Batman Returns (18 Dec). The programme is completed with a season of classic movies, comprising the evergreen tear-jerker It's A Wonderful Life, screening from 9 Dec, sparkling musical Meet Me In St Louis (11 & 23 Dec), and who can resist Michael Caine in The Muppet Christmas Carol (17 and 21 Dec).

FAMILIES

Last year's Wow! Said the Owl by Little Angel Theatre was a big hit with our younger audience members, and the award-winning company return to HOME with Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, which recounts the timeless children's favourite, but this time told from the viewpoint of the Wolf. Ideal for children aged seven upwards, Red Riding Hood and the Wolf runs 7-30 Dec.

VISUAL ART

HOME's major exhibition for autumn/winter 2017, The Return of Memory, which marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution by exploring how contemporary artists are responding to the state of the 'New East' today, continues throughout the festive season, closing on Sunday 7 January 2018.

CHRISTMAS IN THE CAFÉ BAR

HOME's restaurant has announced its 2017 Christmas menu, it's the perfect venue for a Christmas party! It offers a full three-course meal, including vegetarian and vegan choices, plus coffee and petit fours, at £27 per person. Plus! Book for Hot Brown Honey, Feline Intimate, or A Cold Night in Soho and receive 10% discount off our food menu and a discounted 'Hot Brown Honey Cocktail' on the day of your visit. Bookings can be made on 0161 212 3500 or cafebar@HOMEmcr.org.

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HOME, Manchester's centre for international contemporary art, theatre, film and books, officially opened its doors over the 2015 May Bank Holiday weekend. Designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo and featuring a 500-seat theatre; a 150-seat flexible theatre; a 500m2, 4m high gallery space; five cinema screens; digital production and broadcast facilities; a café bar and restaurant.

HOME's theatres are a platform for questioning and ambitious artistic projects that involve audiences with new and extraordinary theatrical experiences. The international contemporary visual art programme is dedicated to presenting new commissions by emerging and established artists of regional, national and international significance, with a bold, proactive policy of visual, innovative storytelling with the ability to experiment and explore, probe and provoke, creating a distinct experience for both artists and audiences.

HOME's five cinemas showcase the very best in contemporary and classic cinema, screening works by artists and filmmakers both established and new. HOME is a centre for co-production, talent development and artistic creation, dedicated to learning, for people of all ages. A place for new work and playful ideas; of festivals and commissions; of artists and of audience engagement.

The patrons of HOME are Danny Boyle, former National Theatre Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner, actress SurAnne Jones, playwright and poet Jackie Kay MBE, artists Rosa Barba and Phil Collins, filmmaker Asif Kapadia, and actress and author Meera Syal CBE.

After the above productions, HOME's theatre stages Grand Finale (31 Jan - 3 Feb 2018), Winter Solstice (13 -17 Feb 2018), and Circle Mirror Transformation (2 - 17 Mar 2018); the galleries host Noor Afshan Mirza & Brad Butler: The Scar 10 Feb - 31 Mar 2018; and the cinemas will be screening Jack Rosenthal on Jack Rosenthal Street, a special season of work by the legendary Manchester screenwriter Jack Rosenthal (January 2018).

Visit www.homemcr.org or follow @HOME_mcr on Twitter for more.

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