1 hour | 18+ | English | Audio Description available | BSL TBC

In TESTO, Wet Mess wet-messifies the messiness of life with teeth and one chin hair; exploring transitions, testosterone, the edges of drag, the blurry line between performance and reality, character and self, and the magical in the mundane. Meet them at the computer of confused edges, for some guttural sexuality, and too many images, where the made-up shit becomes real.

Wearing our insides on the outsides and waiting for the hateful crunchy key change. Expect moustache meals, desktop dreams, dykey desires, underwhelming overwhelm, trotting, lolling, humping, titting, farting, pinching at the dull flesh of life here and here and here and here and here and here.

“It's quite like, uh... I just back away, I... don’t perceive me, I'm in the wall.”

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About the artist

WET MESS is a drag and dance artist who works across cabaret, film, performance and theatre. They performed as part of Sound of the Underground at the Royal Court by Travis Alabanza and Debbie Hannan 2023. In November 2021 they won Not Another Drag Competition at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. In 2019 WET MESS produced the dance film Sissy Fatigue which was funded by Jerwood Arts and screened at Thunderdance, Raindance and London Short Film Festival, winning multiple awards.

Created & Performed: Wet Mess
Production: Nancy May Roberts & Lucia Fortune-Ely (Metal & Water)
Collaborator & Production Coordinator: Miz Barber
Costume Design: Lambdog1066
Sound Design: Baby
Set Design: Ruta Irbīte
Lighting Design: Joshie Harriette
Dramaturg: Travis Alabanza
Interviewees/Inspirations: Trans Punk Elder, Baby, Angel, Shrek666, Santi Sorrenti, Danni Spooner, Sue Maclaine, Svar Simpson, Felix Mufti, Ben Vyle, Envy the Queen, Grandma Mess
Thanks to: Danni Spooner, Duffy, Eve Stainton, Ursula Martinez, Anthony Simpson-Pike, Jay Miller, Ged, Raze Collective Poster Design: Josh Quinton
Trailer: Kunstraum Productions, Stefan Venturi
Logo Design: Bora
Audio Description: Ade Oluwatosin Bajomo

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