TESTO

TESTO by Wet Mess + The Afters Lounge
Saturday 12 July |7.45pm - Midnight
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Tickets: £15 + booking fee / £25 Pay It Forward
BSL Interpreted

Trans Pride Hastings and Giddy Up present the full-length performance of TESTO by Wet Mess, followed by The Afters Lounge - a special late-night bar just for Trans Pride, where we can hang out, have a drink and enjoy some tantalising after-hours entertainment.

TESTO is the fever dream from drag icon and genderpunk shapeshifter Wet Mess – a chaotic, sweaty, hilarious and moving ride through transitions, testosterone and the blurry edges of drag. 

Somewhere between character and self, performance and reality, Wet Mess pulls us into a world of moustache meals, desktop dreams, dykey desires and underwhelming overwhelm. Where the magical is in the mundane, and made-up shit becomes very, very real. “Wet Mess shows are not only thrilling and wild, but somehow sweet and life-enhancing.” - The Guardian

Then the party continues upstairs at The Afters Lounge, a brand new speakeasy bar with feathers and rhinestones from cabaret favourite Nyongbella

While this event is part of  Trans Pride Hastings, everyone is invited - LGBTQ+ folks and allies, come through (and if you can, please buy a Pay It Forward ticket to support your Trans community).

Evening Rundown
Main House opens at 6:30pm
Doors for TESTO in the Studio open at 7.45pm
TESTO from 8.00 - 9.00pm
The Afters Lounge bar with performance from Nyongbella upstairs from 9.00pm - Midnight 

Limited Income Tickets: Pay What You Can tickets for LGBTQIA+ folks with limited income are available here. BOOK PAY WHAT YOU CAN TICKETS HERE

Access Information: Testo by Wet Mess will have a BSL interpreter and is for audiences 18+. The venue has step-free access, an accessible toilet and a clearly marked gender-neutral toilet. This is a relaxed performance - movement, noise and coming and going are all totally fine. 

Content Notice: TESTO contains strobe lighting, haze and moments of complete darkness. It also includes nudity, strong language and verbal references to transphobia. Some set and props are made from latex.

A Trans Pride Hastings x Giddy Up Collaboration
Giddy Up takes over the stages of Hastings with a line-up of daring, defiant performances that are queer at heart, welcoming to all. Check out the full Giddy Up 2025 lineup.

Image Credit: Wet Mess performing TESTO taken by Lesley Martin.