The Dan Daw Show
A show about care, intimacy and resilience, about letting go and reclaiming yourself.
After having spent a lifetime being an inspiration to others, Dan is finally seizing the moment to inspire himself. Taking ownership of the beautiful mess that encompasses all that he is, Dan lets go of who he once was to make room for who he wants to be.
Dan is joined in an intimate evening of play by performer and collaborator Christopher Owen (Joe Moran, Scottish Dance Theatre) where Dan takes back the power by being dominated on his own terms.
Nominated for the 2021 National Dance Awards, the 2022 UK Theatre Achievement in Dance Award, and directed by Mark Maughan (The Claim, Petrification), The Dan Daw Show is a peep into the shiny and sweaty push pull of living with shame while bursting with pride.
Supported using public funding from Arts Council England, Co-commissioned in 2019/20 by Sadler’s Wells, Arts House Melbourne, DanceHub Birmingham, The Lowry, Déda, Cambridge Junction, DanceXchange and Dance4. Supported by Shoreditch Town Hall, Candoco Dance Company and I’m Here, Where Are You? Festival. Research supported by Jerwood Choreographic Research Project II.
⭐ “ONE OF THE FIVE BEST DANCE SHOWS OF 2022” ⭐
Sarah Crompton | The Guardian
★ ★ ★ ★Certainly, Daw’s show is unlike anything else you are likely to see
★ ★ ★ ★Unapologetic, vulnerable, brilliant
Dan Daw & Christopher Owen
Performers & CollaboratorsUseful information
- Venue: Theatre
- Pay What You Choose £5 / £10 / £18 / £25 / £30
- 1hr 20mins (no interval)
- Ages 18+
Contains depictions of sexually explicit content, including references to the kink experience and submissive and dominant behaviour. Strong language, loud noises and haze.
Access Tip
The Dan Daw Show has Captioned, Relaxed, Signed and Audio Described performances.
This show is part of MAYFEST, Bristol's international festival of contemporary theatre and live performance.