Dan Daw - Exxy
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Wed 06 May 20268:00PMQuays Theatre
Band A Standard £20.00 Access £18.00 Band B Standard £18.00 Access £16.00 Restricted View Restricted View £18.00 Standing Standing £10.00 -
Thu 07 May 20268:00PMQuays Theatre
Band A Standard £20.00 Access £18.00 Band B Standard £18.00 Access £16.00 Restricted View Restricted View £18.00 Standing Standing £10.00
★★★★ Truly remarkable [and] life-affirming
How do you continue to value yourself when society doesn’t value you?
EXXY (Australian slang for, ‘that’s expensive, mate’) takes us on an epic and tender
journey back to where Dan Daw began – working class, with very little.
Join Dan: A Queer crippled artist on the rise, as he transports us to the Aussie outback to talk about his imposter syndrome and fluctuating self-worth. With raw honesty and scorching stagecraft, Daw lays bare the pressure of success and the fragile balancing act of self-belief, asking what it costs to stay at the top of your game when you’ve always been made to feel on the outside.
In EXXY, Dan is joined by three extraordinary performers who move like him. Together, they echo, mirror, and multiply his presence, conjuring the tantalising possibility of blending in after a lifetime of standing out.
Visually provocative, emotionally fearless and threaded with humour, EXXY refuses to offer easy answers. Instead, it invites us into the contradictions Dan Daw embodies: bold yet insecure, triumphant yet uncertain, longing for community yet determined to be one of a kind.
Presented by The Lowry in partnership with SICK! Festival
Pre-Show Access drop-in sessions for EXXY
The Dan Daw Creative Projects (DDCP) team has developed Pre-Show Access as an added benefit for any audience members who come to EXXY who may need additional information to be comfortable in the space and enjoy the performance.
This includes, but is not limited to audience members who are visually impaired, neurodivergent, d/Deaf or audiences who identify as physically disabled.
Pre-Show Access is an informal, drop-in session before every performance. It begins one hour before the start of every show.
There is no need to book - just turn up to the Quays Theatre from 7:15PM - 7:45PM. Please note some elements of pre-show access are only available for the first 30 minutes as detailed below).
The session is run by the DDCP team and includes:
- Explanations of trigger content in as much or little detail as you need
- Demonstration of the lighting design of the show at their brightest*
- Demonstration of the sound design of the show at its loudest*
- The option to choose and reserve a seat*
- Access to the stage and set*
- Priority entry to the theatre when the doors open
- Try out our environmental noise reduction equipment to see if it might help you during the show
- Try out our tactile equipment to see if it might help you during the show
- Tutorial on the use of our Audio Describing equipment, which comes with several options to tailor your experience of the show to your preference.
- Information on the set, props and costume
- Show credits
*these elements are only available for the first 30 minutes of pre-show access until the performance space closes for the performers to warm up.
The information is available in written and digital forms for anyone who prefers not to have a conversation with DDCP staff.
If you have a question about pre-show access, you can contact us at hello@dandawcreative.com and the venue at info@thelowry.com.
Credits
Co-commissioned by Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Battersea Arts Centre, Transform, Take Me Somewhere, and Tramway for the New Dimensions commission. Additionally co-ommissioned by Kampnagel, Fabric, Edinburgh International Festival, Sadlers Wells, SICK! Festival and Les Halles. Supported by Arts Council England and Cockayne 10th Anniversary Grants for the Arts. R&D supported by an Unlimited Strategic Award 2023. Co-produced by Battersea Arts Centre.
Artistic Director DDCP, Co-Director and Performer Dan Daw
Executive Director DDCP and Executive Producer for EXXY Liz Counsell
Co-Director Sarah Blanc
Lighting Designer Nao Nagai
Set and Costume Designer Kat Heath
Costume Supervisor Izzie Byers
Video and Creative Caption Design Sarah Readman
Composer Guy Connelly
Sound Design Lewis Gibson
Dramaturg and Co-writer Brian Lobel
Production Manager Froud
Technical Stage Manager Emily Winsor
Access Support Worker Lottie Vallis
Creative Producer Fellowship Erin Clark
Access and Producing Assistant Georgie Luppi
