Slimey's Slimetastic World

Slimey’s Slimetastic World is a chaotic, absurd adult comedy theatre show heading to the Wellington Fringe Festival, and we’re raising funds to bring it to a wider audience. Set inside a brightly coloured children’s-show-style universe, the show follows Slimey, who is feeling inexplicably sad. Is it a lack of ice cream? Or is it… late-stage capitalism?

Blending puppetry, live music, slime, and letters from fans, audiences are invited on a song-filled adventure alongside unforgettable characters like Sally the Socialist Sock and Monsieur Sticky. What begins as playful fun slowly slips into something a little more serious, as Slimey repeatedly teeters on the edge of an on-stage existential crisis.

Originally developed for Toi Whakaari’s 2024 Solos Season, this campaign will support the creative team, materials, and production costs needed to further develop and present this slimy, heartfelt, and hilariously unhinged exploration of being an existential adult.

The team behind Slimey’s Slimetastic World is made up of current second and third year Toi Whakaari students, working together as a small, passionate creative team. The project brings together a writer/performer, director, producer, set and props designer, and a lighting and sound designer/operator, all collaborating closely to bring Slimey’s strange and wonderful world to life.

This is a fully self-produced work, offering us the opportunity to step beyond the structure of our training and put our skills into practice in a professional context. Through a deeply collaborative process, we are developing our voices as emerging theatre-makers while gaining hands-on experience in producing, designing, and presenting work for a wider audience. With the support of Wellington Fringe and our community, this project allows us to grow sustainably while sharing bold, playful, and slightly unhinged theatre with the world.

The funds raised through this Boosted campaign will go directly towards essential production costs such as:

- Venue Fees

- Set, props and costume materials

- Music Licensing

- Marketing and printing expenses

When our team is properly supported, we can create Slimey’s Slimetastic World safely, sustainably, and to the highest standard.

Slimey’s Slimetastic World is an original adult comedy theatre work that uses puppetry, live music, slime, and heightened theatrical play to explore what happens when existential dread sneaks into a brightly coloured performance universe. Framed as a children’s-show-style experience hosted by Slimey the Slime, the world promises fun, friendship, and a slimetastic time, yet beneath the surface, something isn’t quite right.

As the show unfolds, Slimey is joined by a cast of strange and delightful companions, including Sally the Socialist Sock and Monsieur Sticky. Together, they sing songs, read letters from fans, and attempt to keep the show running smoothly, even as cracks begin to appear. Moments of joyful chaos collide with sudden sincerity, as Slimey repeatedly edges toward an on-stage existential crisis, awkward, uncomfortable, and impossible to ignore.

We are making Slimey’s Slimetastic World because it speaks to a generation of existential adults who grew up with children’s television, bright optimism, and the promise that happiness was achievable if you followed the rules. Many of us now find ourselves navigating burnout, disillusionment, and systems that feel increasingly absurd. By placing serious questions inside a playful, slime-filled world, the show creates space to laugh at the discomfort while also sitting honestly with it.

At its heart, this project is about trying to hold joy, silliness, and meaning at the same time. It asks what happens when performance becomes a coping mechanism, when optimism becomes exhausting, and when the host of the show is no longer sure they believe in the world they’re presenting. Developed from its original season in Toi Whakaari’s 2024 Solos, Slimey’s Slimetastic World continues to grow through collaboration, experimentation, and mess. Our aim is to create a show that is chaotic, heartfelt, and deeply funny. Offering audiences a space to laugh, cringe, and recognise themselves in the slime.

Slimey’s Slimetastic World invites audiences to laugh loudly, feel unexpectedly seen, and maybe squirm just a little. Beneath the slime, songs, and children’s-show chaos is a very real exploration of what it feels like to be an adult who is trying their best and still not quite okay. The show uses humour and absurdity to gently open up conversations about burnout, sadness, and the strange pressure to stay upbeat in a world that often isn’t.

This is a show that truly comes alive in the room. Slime is unpredictable. Puppets misbehave. Songs go off the rails. Slimey sometimes has an existential crisis at the worst possible moment. The live, communal nature of the performance means audiences aren’t just watching the mess unfold, they’re part of it. Each performance becomes a shared experience of chaos, laughter, and recognition that simply can’t exist anywhere else.

Supporting Slimey’s Slimetastic World means backing emerging artists who are learning how to make work with care, collaboration, and a lot of heart. As current Toi Whakaari students self-producing independent theatre, this project gives us the chance to take creative risks, build sustainable practices, and bring ambitious ideas to life outside the classroom. Your support directly helps us resource our team properly so we can make the show safely, joyfully, and to the standard it deserves.

By donating to this campaign, you’re helping bring a slimey, silly, and surprisingly sincere piece of theatre to the stage. One that celebrates mess, embraces vulnerability, and reminds us that it’s okay not to have it all figured out (even if you’re the host of the show).