11 & 12 Jun 2025
Loading Bay
TESTO
Wet Mess
Wet Mess, Wet Messified transitions, testosterone and the edges of drag.
Drag icon Wet Mess brought their wild and extraordinary new take on cabaret to Loading Bay.
In TESTO by Wet Mess, Wet Messified transitions, testosterone and the edges of drag. Expect dykeydesires, moustache meals and choreography of guttural sexuality pinching at the dull flesh of life where the magical is in the mundane and made up shit becomes real.
Wet Mess shows are not only thrilling and wild, but somehow sweet and life-enhancing.”
Genderpunk at its finest – watching it feels like taking my first deep breath in a very long time.”
About the artist
Wet Mess is a London-based artist who works across drag, movement, cabaret, nightlife, theatre and live art. The winner of Not Another Drag Competition at London’s legendary Royal Vauxhall Tavern in 2021, their solo and collaborative works have been shown in the likes of Tate Britain, Southbank Centre, Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Royal Court Battersea Arts Centre, The Place and Shoreditch Town Hall.
Visit Loading Bay
Loading Bay is a brand new pop-up arts venue in Bradford City Centre for Bradford 2025.
Join us on Duke Street as we bring a true Bradford 2025 buzz to the heart of the city.
With support from Arts Council England, Battersea Arts Center, Quench Gallery, Queercall Folkestone, Colchester Arts Centre, Raze Collective. Presented as part of Here & Now Showcase 2024.
TESTO is co-presented with Castles In The Sky. Part of Proud:BD.
Castles In The Sky is the home of LGBTQ+ arts and heritage in Bradford. They produce new work, provide residencies, reveal hidden histories and throw a really good party. Best known as the brains behind OUT OUT- the drag king project and Bradford Queer Film Festival Castles In The Sky are also lead programmers for Proud:BD.
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