EXXY
About
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.
“Truly remarkable [and] life-affirming”
★★★★, The Herald
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“Searingly powerful”
★★★★, Everything Theatre
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“Hilarious, ferocious, devastating – and an incredible night out”
★★★★★, Sydney Morning Herald
Tour Dates
No Limits Festival (Berlin, DE)
11 & 12 November 2026, 8pm
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Access Information
Pre-Show Access
Pre-Show Access is free, available at every show, and open to anyone that would benefit. The session is hosted by members of the production team and is responsive to the needs of individual audience members. For more information, click here
Relaxed Performance
Every performance of EXXY is a relaxed performance. Audience members are invited to move around, leave and return, whenever they need
Captions
Every performance of EXXY is captioned. Captions are projected onto the set at the rear of the stage
Sign Language Interpreted Performance
Not every performance of EXXY has sign language interpretation available. Please check with specific venues for more information
Audio Description
Not every performance of EXXY has audio description. Please check with specific venues for more information
Seating
At venues that offer general admission, we may be able to reserve seats for those audience members who need that option at the Pre-Show Access session. There may be alternative beanbag style seating available. Please check with specific venues for more information
Quiet Spaces
We aim to have a quiet space available at every show for use during the performance. In addition we aim to have another space available after the show, with staff from the production available if needed, for quiet processing
Sensory Adapted Performances
At some venues a sensory adapted performance of the show may be available. Please check with specific venues for more information
Content Guidance
- Loud noises
- Bright, intense and flashing lighting effects
- Flashing / moving images and video
- Sudden and rapid movement of objects around the stage, towards audience
- Coins / Cuprolaminophobia
- Total blackout
- Feeling / description of being othered
- Reflection on being let down by medical services
- 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 on childhood experiences
- Swearing
- Tattoos
- Sexy disabled people
Technical Rider
Coming soon
Touring History
Edinburgh International Festival (Edinburgh, UK)
23 August 2026, 7.30pm
Auawirleben Theatre Festival (Bern, CH)
14 & 15 May 2026, 8pm
Sick! Festival / Lowry (Salford Quays, UK)
6 & 7 May 2026, 8pm
Sydney Festival / Sydney Opera House (Sydney, AU)
15 January 2026, 8pm
16 & 17 January 2026, 7pm
18 January 2026, 1pm
Kampnagel (Hamburg, DE)
11 – 13 December 2025, 8pm
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton, UK)
6 & 7 November 2025, 8pm
Transform / Leeds Playhouse (Leeds, UK)
22 & 23 October 2025, 7pm
Take Me Somewhere / Tramway (Glasgow, UK)
15 October 2025, 7.45pm
Battersea Arts Centre (London, UK)
2 – 10 October 2025, 7.30pm