50 Ways to Kill a Slug

50 Ways to Kill a Slug

by Dre Spisto & Joana Nastari

When: Saturday 10th October
Time: 7:30pm
Where: The Stables Theatre, The Bourne, Hastings TN34 3BD
Ticket Price: £15 General Admission / £10 Concession

In a pristinely manicured garden, amidst the bucolic borders, lurk two shameful pests…

These horny slimeballs just want to chomp, chew, spit, live, lust and die freely in an ever more hostile home.

50 Ways To Kill A Slug is a multi-sensory celebration of slugs as the anarchic icon we’ve been waiting for: soft, unruly and disgusting. As slugs, the artists explore the slowness, silliness and sensuality needed to sustain their resistance across generations. 

Joana (Fuck You Pay Me, My Uncle is Not Pablo Escobar) and Dre (El Dizzy Beast, Butch Princesa) are award-winning theatre makers whose love for the slug as the ultimate underdog has brought them together to make this ecstatic exploration of radical rest, toxic productivity and belonging.  

This show is nonverbal and we invite audiences who would benefit from watching shows without spoken language.

“A fantastic gift for capturing the full sensory experience.”
★★★★ London City Nights on Joana Nastari

“Euphoric.”
★★★★★ The Hive on Joana Nastari

“So unique it takes the category box and smashes it into oblivion.”
★★★★ The List on Dre Spisto

“Stunning.”
★★★★ The Scotsman on Dre Spisto

• The Artists

  Dre Spisto is an award nominated neuro-queer theatre maker, producer and director. Dre’s 2023 show El Dizzy Beast was nominated for the Filipa Braganca Awards and had a sold out run at Soho Theatre. Dre is currently in the award nominated co-collaborative autistic Directed film The Stimming Pool in cinemas March 2025.

  Joana Nastari is a critically acclaimed dramaturg, performer, and writer for stage and screen. Her debut play F*ck You Pay Me and surrounding community projects won the Vault Festival People’s Choice Award, a Sexual Freedom Award, Wilton’s Musical Hall Award, was an OFFIE finalist and adapted by Joana for television. Her radio play WORK was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award.

• Credits

  Creators and Performers – Joana Nastari and Dre Spisto
  Producer – Stef Felton
  Outside Eyes – Claud Palazzo and Ursula Martinez
  Creative Captioner – Ben Glover
  Sound Designer – Xana
  Set Designer – Malena Arcucci
  Costume Designer – lambdog1066
  Technical Stage Manager – Florian Lim
  
  Lead Image – Kaleido Shoots

  Supported by: Arts Council England, Shape Arts and NDMAC.

• Access and Venue Information

  Performance

  • This performance is non-verbal and does not contain spoken language.

  Facilities

  • A gender-neutral toilet is available.
    

  Venue

  • There is step-free access from the street to the venue.

  • Accessible parking is available in the car park, subject to availability on the day.

  • The Stables has seats available in Rows A and B for audience members with mobility, visual or hearing impairments and their companions.

  • Wheelchair spaces are available in Row A and can be accessed without using stairs. Please book these seats through the Box Office on (01424) 423221 so the venue can best support any additional access requirements.

  • Platform lifts provide access to the first-floor bar for wheelchair users or anyone unable to use stairs.

  • A wheelchair-accessible toilet is available on the ground floor.

  Contact

  If you have any questions or access requirements before your visit, please contact Hannah Rose at hannahrose@homeliveart.com.

• Giddy Up 2026

  Giddy Up takes over the stages of Hastings with a line-up of daring, defiant performances—queer at heart, welcoming to all.
  
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  Giddy Up is co-presented by local producer Hannah Rose Fox, Home Live Art & Marlborough Productions as part of New Queers on the Block.

  New Queers on the Block is a programme powered by Marlborough Productions. Supported by Arts Council England, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, and Garfield Weston Foundation.

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