
EXXY
Dan Daw Creative Projects (UK)
When?
Wed 22 Oct 2025 -Thu 23 Oct 2025
7–8.30pm
Where?
Courtyard Theatre, Leeds PlayhousePlayhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UP
What?
Theatre, Performance, DanceTickets
Pay What You Can £2–£35Recommended price £35
Plus booking fees
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.
Your Experience
This is a seated performance within a theatre venue. All performances are relaxed. The performance includes movement, text and sound.
90 mins (approx)
14+
English
Contains sudden loud noises and music. Flashing lights and blackouts are used. This show is still in development and further content guidance may be added ahead of the performance.
Head to the Leeds Playhouse website for more information about getting to the venue.
Access information
Contains integrated English captions.
Wed 22 Oct
Thu 23 Oct
There is step free access to the event and there are accessible toilets at the venue.
The tiered seating is high-backed.
We have an open door policy across all shows at Transform, meaning ticket holders are welcome to come and go as they need.
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.
Performances at Transform 25 co-presented by Transform and Leeds Playhouse.