Photo by Hugo Glendinning
A New Dimensions commission.
Co-presented by Take Me Somewhere and Tramway.
EXXY
Dan Daw
(UK/Australia)
15 October 2025 | 7.45pm — 9.30pm
£15 | £10 (Concession)
Recommended for age 14+
Tramway, T1 (Directions)
Captioned / Relaxed* / Subpacs Available / Audio Described / BSL Interpreted / Touch Tour Available
How do you continue to value yourself when society doesn’t value you?
EXXY (Aussie 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.
Told through a combination of remarkable stagecraft, movement and storytelling, EXXY propels Dan into the spotlight on an audacious and vulnerable quest to live in the world fearlessly.
Joined on stage by three performers who walk and talk like him, watch as Dan finds comfort in the possibility of finally blending in, after a lifetime of standing out.
“Certainly, Daw’s show is unlike anything else you are likely to see” ★★★★ Guardian
“Unapologetic, vulnerable, brilliant” ★★★★ The Stage”
Crip Coffee Morning
Dan Daw Creative Projects will host a Crip Coffee Morning, an informal space for d/Deaf, Disabled or Neurodivergent artists to gather together, make some space for each other and meet one another – it’s a chance to talk about what you want to talk about or simply be in a shared space with fellow d/Deaf, Disabled or Neurodivergent artists.
Post-Show DJ Set
Join us in the Tramway foyer after the show for a DJ set from Glasgow’s Wheelman.
With mixes under his belt for Crack Magazine and Mixmag, festival slots at Field Manoeuvres and Otherlands plus a back catalog of releases on labels like Belters, Don't Be Afraid, Studio Barnhus and his own Stereotone, he's a seasoned player and much loved figure on the underground UK DJ circuit.
Access Notes
A pre-show access table run by Dan Daw Creative Projects Access Team will be available in Tramway foyer from 5 pm - 7:45 pm, offering drop-in pre-show access services. More detail here.
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This performance has Integrated Closed Captions
This performance will be Creatively Audio Described via headsets
A Touch Tour is available at 19:15; email laura@takemesomewhere.co.uk to book onto it.
This performance will have British Sign Language interpretation by Karen Forbes.
Sub Pacs are available from Tramway Box Office. Subpacs are wearable vests that convert sound and bass into vibrations.
This show embraces some elements of a Relaxed Performance. For EXXY, this means that content, sound, or light levels have not been changed, but there is a more relaxed atmosphere for audiences. Including:
Audiences can leave and re-enter the theatre
Audiences are welcome to move, tic, stim or make noise
There is a Visual Guide detailing the performers here.
A breakout space will be available pre, during and after the show
Ear Defenders, Ear Plugs and Dark Glasses will be available to borrow
Sensory Notes:
There will be some sudden loud noises and sounds.
There will be music at the same time as people talking.
There will be flashing/moving lights.
There will be a sudden blackout.
Haze will be used.
The performers may make eye contact with you whilst talking and ask a question of the entire audience but will not single out any one person to answer a question.
If you are bringing a guide dog or assistance dog into the performance space, please let us know!
Language: English
Venue and Seating:
T1 - Tramway (ground floor). Wheelchair accessible. Tramway venue access information.
Seated - Seating Bank with flip down, padded seats with arms. 1 row step free. Wheelchair spaces available to reserve via Tramway Box Office.
Changing Places Toilet - On 15 October, Tramway will have a portable Changing Places toilet.
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Visit our Festival Access Page.
Audio Description Pre-show Audio Notes
Listen below for the introductory notes for EXXY by Dan Daw Creative Projects, co-directed by Dan Daw and Sarah Blanc (transcript).
Content Notes
Theme of the show: finding a way to value yourself when society doesn’t. Explored; ideas around self-worth, self-doubt, community, resilience, self-acceptance.
Dan communicates to the audience and you can choose whether to respond or not.
There will be discussion of upsetting topics - these are all handled with sensitivity, and the intention is to raise awareness and care, rather than to shock or upset
The show is made up of several short dance pieces, including solos, duets and a group performance.
One of the performers briefly speaks in Spanish and then French.
Content warnings
Loud Noises
Bright, intense and/or flashing lighting effects
Flashing/moving images and video
Sudden and rapid movement of objects around the stage, towards audience
Coins
Total black out
Reflection on being let down by medical services
Feeling/description of being othered
Excessive and up close drool or spit
Haze
Descriptions of sexual experiences
Reaching physical exhaustion
Scenes that can be interpreted as the performers being in pain
Thinking back to childhood experiences
Swearing
Tattoos
Pre-Show Access Table 5pm - 7:45pm
Pre-Show Access is an informal, drop-in session before the performance, for audience members who would benefit from additional information to be comfortable in the space and enjoy the performance.
It’s delivered by the DDCP Team from 17:00 - 19:45 at the TMS Access Table in the Tramway Foyer. There is no need to book - just turn up!
This includes:
• Explanations of trigger content in as much or little detail as you need
•Information on the set, props and costume
• Show credits
• 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.
And until 7:15 pm
• Access to the stage and set
• Demonstration of the lighting design of the show at its brightest
• Demonstration of the sound design of the show at its loudest
• The option to choose and reserve a seat in the auditorium
The Foyer will be busy with the festival launch from 7 pm. We recommend anyone who would prefer a quieter environment for Pre-Show access to come between 5 - 7 pm.
A BSL Interpreter, Karen Forbes, will be present to support anyone who requires BSL.
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 DDCP at hello@dandawcreative.com and Take Me Somewhere’s Access Coordinator, Laura, laura@takemesomewhere.co.uk
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-commissioned by Fabric, Kampnagel, 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.
