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 me at the computer of confused edges, for some guttural sexuality, 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.
Hoping you will understand,
Sincerely Wet xx
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Wet Mess (UK) creates performances and film works that move between drag, cabaret, performance and choreography. TESTO is a solo performance about testosterone, non-binary transition and how drag can be used to find, create and recreate ourselves on stage. Wet Mess is represented by Metal and Water.
“TESTO is genderpunk at its finest – it embodies so perfectly the feeling of seizing your autonomy.” The Skinny
“Wet Mess shows are not only thrilling and wild, but also somehow sweet and life enhancing.” The Guardian
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Creator: Wet Mess
Collaborator and Production Coordinator: Miz Barber
Production: Lucia Fortune-Ely & Nancy May Roberts, Metal & Water
Costume Design: Lambdog1066
Sound Design: Baby
Set Design: Ruta Irbīte
Lighting Design: Joshie Harriette
Dramaturg: Travis Alabanza
Poster Design: Josh Quinton
Trailer: Kunstraum Productions, Stefan Venturi
Logo Design: Bora
Photo: Lesley Martin
Audio Description: Adedamola Bajomo
BSL development: Grace Buckle
PR: Joy Parkinson
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
Commissioned by The Yard Theatre, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge Junction
Recommended age: 18+. Contains moments of complete darkness, strobe lighting, smoke effects, nudity, strong language, physical references to sex, and verbal references to transphobia.
