By Wet Mess

Co-presented by the frank theatre company and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

TESTO

February 7-8, 2026

Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8

TESTO celebrates transitions, testosterone and the edges of drag–a chaotic, heartfelt, and hilariously unhinged deep dive into the mess of becoming. Here, performance and reality blur until what’s made-up somehow feels truer than truth. Expect moustache meals, dykey desires, and a choreography of guttural sexuality that pinches at the dull flesh of everyday life until it sparkles. At once absurd and sincere, TESTO finds the magical in the mundane—the moment when laughter curdles into revelation, and fantasy becomes flesh. It’s awkward, erotic, disarming, and deeply human: a love letter to transition, embodiment, and all our leaking edges.

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Artistic Team

Creator Wet Mess

Credits Production 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 Adedamola Bajomo

PR Joy Parkinson

Commissioned by The Yard Theatre, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge Junction. Supported by Arts Council England and Here & Now.

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