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Dan Daw Creative Projects
EXXY
Dance/Theatre (Pitch)
ABOUT THE SHOW
How do you continue to value yourself when society doesn’t value you?
Dan Daw, a Queer, crippled dance artist, is feeling the pressure to stay at the top of his game after the smash-hit world tour of his last show.
Audacious, vulnerable and tender, EXXY (Aussie slang for ‘that’s expensive mate’) is about imposter syndrome and fluctuating self-worth. Set against the backdrop of the Australian outback, EXXY takes us back to where Dan began – working class, with very little – to reflect on how far he has come.
Joined by three performers who walk and talk like him, Dan is comforted by the possibility of finally being able to blend in after a lifetime of standing out.
Co-Produced with Battersea Arts Centre. Co-commissioned by Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Battersea Arts Centre, Transform, Take Me Somewhere, and Tramway for the New Dimensions commission, FABRIC, Kampnagel, Sadlers Wells, SICK! Festival and Les Halles. R&D supported by an Unlimited Strategic Award 2023.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Dan Daw Creative Projects (DDCP) is a disabled led company who are leading the way in creating accessible international touring work that blurs the lines between theatre, dance and activism, alongside creating systemic change in institutions and the sector for d/Deaf and disabled artists and audiences through long-term partnerships and residencies.
Dan Daw Creative Projects have presented their work at Swedish Performing Arts Biennale (SWE), Sydney Festival & Rising Festival (AUS), Kampnagel and Sophiensaele (DE), SoHo Playhouse (USA), Sadler’s Wells and Battersea Arts Centre (UK) amongst others. From 2023 – 2025 the company is in residence at Kampnagel, Hamburg as Agents for Change, exploring what accessibility looks like across a venue.
Photo: Shannyn Higgins