Wet Mess: TESTO
Come and discover surreal spectacles, dykey desires and a choreography of guttural sexuality in a performance combining movement with pre-recorded interviews.
Wet Mess pinches at the dull flesh of life where the magical is in the mundane and made-up sh*t becomes real.
Wet Mess is a wet mess, horny for your confusion. Let it all out and guess again at the insecure balding white man, p*ssy prince, alien baby. Have a lollygag, think about your fantasy flesh suits, call me sweet prince, and remember Roger in a robe. Choose to make some silly campy decisions, with all the hairy thems and dykey men. Mainly thinking about being more unknown than known.
Need to know
Strobe lighting and haze are used in this performance.
Creator: Wet Mess
Production: Nancy May Roberts & Lucia Fortune-Ely, (Metal & Water)
Collaborator and Production Coordinator: Miz Barber
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, Peggy-Sue Cranney
Logo Design: Bora
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, and Grandma Mess.
Thanks to: Danni Spooner, Duffy, Eve Stainton, Ursula Martinez, Anthony Simpson-Pike, Jay Miller, Ged.
Reviews
‘Wet Mess shows are not only thrilling and wild, but somehow sweet and life enhancing.’
The Guardian
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This event is held at the Purcell Room Southbank Centre
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