Creepy Boys: SLUGS, the underground smash of the Edinburgh Fringe is an anarchic comedy-music-clown-puppet nightmare about nothing at all.
SLUGS is a late-night high-energy dystopian hit from the award-winning slimeballs S.E. Grummett and Sam Kruger, creators of 2023 cult smash Creepy Boys.
Tumble into their technicolour acid trip, where you’ll meet puppet Joni Mitchell, a two-person horse, and every body part the pair has. It’s a frantic, infectious, and deliriously funny show for everyone who is burnt out from scrolling, exhausted by headlines, and suspects their best days are behind them.
It’s time to party whilst the world burns. But in a cute way.
“brilliantly smart and beautifully stupid…In a world so unruly, theirs seems the only sane response”
★★★★ – The Guardian
S.E. Grummett and Sam Kruger proudly make joyful, deliciously funny, big-hearted, queer comedy and theatre for the intrigued.
SLUGS is created in collaboration with Governor General Award-winning playwright Caleigh Crow, interactive comedy icon Deanna Fleysher (Butt Kapinski), Juno-nominated musical comedian Shirley Gnome, and Julie Taymor Fellow puppet-wizard Zach Dorn.
Praise for Creepy Boys: SLUGS
“A gleefully transgressive underground discovery”
★★★★ – Financial Times
“existentialist theatre for the meme generation…stupidly funny”
★★★★ – The Scotsman
“The more anarchic, the more niche, the more willfully repugnant they become, the more outrageously transcendent SLUGS is.”
★★★★★ – To Do List London
“an hour of nonstop, unhinged, manic, perfectly executed comedy”
★★★★★ – North West End
“A must-see show for our times”
★★★★★ – The Spy in the Stalls
“A work of messy, knowing, DIY, zeitgeisty genius”
★★★★ – Fest
“An impish and eccentric antidote to the horrors of modern life”
★★★★ – The Skinny
“Never has ‘nothing’ been so visceral”
★★★★ – Chortle.
Soho Theatre, Dean St (Soho Upstairs), Monday 16 – Saturday 21 February 2026, 9pm.
Ticket price from £18
The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol, Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 February 2026, 7:30pm
Ticket price from £14
SLUGS Content Warnings:
Age Recommendation: 18+. Flashing lights, audience participation, full nudity, scenes of a sexual nature, strong language/swearing, use of prop firearms, sudden loud sounds, strong themes.
About Creepy Boys
S.E. Grummett (they/them) – Co-Creator / Performer
Grumms has produced a diverse body of original queer work and has toured it internationally, reaching audiences in Canada, the US, the UK, Europe, and Australia. They are the co-creator of several notable productions, including “SCUM: A Manifesto,” “Girl in the Box,” “Pack Animals,” and “Creepy Boys.” Their solo show, “Something in the Water,” has also toured worldwide, captivating queer audiences of all ages.
Grumms received the 2022 RBC Outstanding Award for their contributions to the queer and trans community throughout Saskatchewan. They also recently won the inaugural 2SLGBTQIA+ Multidisciplinary Artist Award, presented by the Sask Foundation for the Arts.
Sam Kruger (he/him) – Co-Creator / Performer
Sam is a performer, writer, and theatre maker. He is a recent immigrant to Canada, and his solo theatre works, as well as Creepy Boys, have toured throughout Canada, Australia, and the UK since 2018, to much critical acclaim. He has won numerous awards.
Kruger focuses on creating original theatre that incorporates elements of Lecoq-style physical theatre, Gaulier-inspired clowning, performance art, and surrealism. His work often explores themes such as isolation, loneliness, and the performativity of everyday life. Kruger’s performances are characterised by humour, physicality, absurdity, sincerity, and a unique, playful quality that embraces the strange.
