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Dan Daw

The Dan Daw Show
VIERNULVIER & CAMPO
  • Wed 11.12
    20:30 - 21:50
    CAMPO Nieuwpoort, Gent
    Nieuwpoort 31/35
    Past event
  • Thu 12.12
    20:30 - 21:50
    CAMPO Nieuwpoort, Gent
    Nieuwpoort 31/35
    Past event

For this show, you can also use your 5XCAMPO card: book your ticket via campo.nu.

Anyone with access requirements can access the pre-show access session.

Intimate portrait of a queer body with a disability

After having spent a lifetime being an inspiration to others, Dan Daw 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.

sparkling encounter

relaxed performance

“Certainly, Daw’s show is unlike anything else you are likely to see” — ★★★★, The Guardian

“Unapologetic, vulnerable, brilliant” — ★★★★, The Stage

Pre-show access

The Dan Daw Show offers Pre-Show Access Drop-In for anyone with access requirements who would benefit from being in the space and finding out more about the show before the performance commences.

These Pre-Show Access sessions are free and open to all ticketholders of The Dan Daw Show and will start one hour prior to each scheduled performance start time. Each Pre-Show Access session will be facilitated by The Dan Daw Show team, who you will be able to find outside the auditorium wearing high-visibility clothing. 

The aim of these Pre-Show Access Sessions is to offer a flexible, individually tailored response to
anyone who needs support in order to access the show.

Resources and opportunities available in each Pre-Show Access session are:

  • Access to members of The Dan Daw Show team if you want to ask any questions about the
    show
  • Access to the space, stage and props if you need to for access reasons
  • Speak to the team to get an explanation of any of the triggers from our Trigger Menu.
  • Images of the performers and their costumes.
  • Experiencing the brightest lighting of the show.
  • Experiencing the loudest sound within the show.
  • Arrange priority entry to the auditorium - if you would benefit from taking your seat
    before other audience members enter the auditorium, please let one of The Dan Daw
    Show team or venue staff know, and they will happily arrange this for you.

People who may benefit from this drop-in include:

  • People with physical access needs.
  • Neurodivergent people.
  • Anyone who is anxious about the content of the show or visiting a performance space.

You can also find the full list of show triggers on the Dan Daw Creative Projects website here. Please note some of this information may include spoilers regarding show content. Plus, if you would benefit from taking your seat before others enter the theatre, please let one of The Dan Daw Show team members know, and they will happily arrange this for

If you would like to attend these pre-show sessions: mail manuel@campo.nu and come to CAMPO Nieuwpoort on 11 or 12 December from 19.30 onwards. The show starts at 20.30

Trigger warnings: depictions of kink experiences, suffocation, humiliation and dominant behaviour; sexually explicit depictions and language; loud noises; flashing lights and sexy disabled people.  

Supported using public funding from Arts Council England through project grants, 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.

Creative Team

Performers & Collaborators: Dan Daw & Christopher Owen - Artistic Director: Dan Daw - Director: Mark Maughan - Movement & Rehearsal Director: Sarah Blanc - Designer: Emma Bailey - Lighting Designer: Nao Nagai - Composition & Sound Design: Guy Connelly - Dramaturg: Brian Lobel - Artistic Peer Support: Dr Kate Marsh - Assistant Director: Thyrza Abrahams 

Production Team

Production & Stage Manager: Froud - Executive Director for Dan Daw Creative Projects and Producer for The Dan Daw Show: Liz Counsell

With thanks to Invincible Rubber, Katie Vine and Tsubi Du, Phil Hargreaves.