50 Ways to Kill a Slug

Dre Spisto & Joana Nastari

3 May

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Times: 6pm

Tickets: Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £10)*

*all orders subject to a transaction fee of £2

Running Time: 60 mins (no interval)

Age Recommendation: 16+

This event takes place in person in our Members Bar.

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

See 4 Shows for the Price of 1

Purchase a ticket for 50 Ways to Kill a Slug and have the option of seeing three other Bloom shows for the reduced price of £20 with our Saturday Day Ticket.

Offer available to add to basket at checkout.

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

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.

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

‘A fantastic gift for capturing the full sensory experience’ ★★★★ London City Nights on Joana Nastari

’Stunning’ ★★★★ The Scotsman on Dre Spisto

‘Euphoric’ ★★★★★ The Hive on Joana Nastari

‘So unique it takes the category box and smashes it into oblivion’ The List on Dre Spisto

ABOUT BLOOM

Bloom is our annual programme of work developed from our Making Space residencies. We offer in-kind rehearsal space all year round for artists to engage with in any way they choose.

Bloom showcases this Making Space offer to provide a supportive, celebratory, and generative environment to present their work publicly.

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Biographies

Dre Spisto

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

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

Supported by Battersea Arts Centre, Arts Council England, Casa Festival, Quench Gallery, and Shape Arts.

Performed and Created by Dre Spisto and Joana Nastari
Producer Stef Felton
Outside Eyes Ursula Martinez and Claud Palazzo
Set Designer Malena Arcucci
Costume Designer Lambdog

Access

PRE EVENT INFORMATION

This event takes place in person in our Members Bar. This space is on the first floor, with step-free access via a lift.

If you have booked a ticket you will receive an email from us before your performance detailing important information about your visit.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT/COMPANION TICKETS

If you require the assistance of a friend or helper to attend, we can make a free ticket available for your companion. You can book access companion tickets online or contact the Box Office to book by emailing access@bac.org.uk.

To book a free access companion online:

log in to your account here
go to ‘Other preferences’ and tick ‘I require a personal assistant/companion’.
Choose the performance, date and seats you would like and if you add at least 2 tickets to your basket, then one of these will automatically become free.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

This performance will be captioned.

This performance will be Relaxed. We invite you to make yourself comfortable and move around if you need to and if you need to leave the performance at any point you will be allowed to return to the space when you feel ready.

VISIT OUR ACCESS PAGE

We want our shows to be as accessible to as many people as possible.

We offer tickets to most shows on a Pay What You Can basis throughout the year.

Tickets for Bloom performances in 2025 start at £4, and we have recommended pricing to help you choose a price that works for you.

We know that ticket price is a huge barrier for some. If you can afford to pay the recommended price or more, choosing to do so supports those that can’t. It makes it possible for us to continue to offer Pay What You Can and welcome those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend.