A event held at Bristol Old Vic on Friday 17th May. The event starts at 19:30.
All remaining tickets for The Dan Daw Show can be booked via the Bristol Old Vic website: https://bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/the-dan-daw-show
The Dan Daw Show by Dan Daw Creative Projects
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. This is a show about care, intimacy and resilience, about letting go and reclaiming yourself.
“Certainly, Daw’s show is unlike anything else you are likely to see” ★★★★, The Guardian
“Unapologetic, vulnerable, brilliant” ★★★★, The Stage
Age: 16+
Duration: 85 minutes, no interval
ACCESS INFORMATION
For any access bookings, please get in touch with Bristol Old Vic directly at [email protected]
All performances are relaxed and have integrated captions.
Pre Show Access Drop In
There will be a free Pre-Show Access drop-in at the venue, open to anyone that would benefit from being in the space before the show and finding out more about the show before the performance commences. This will take place at 6.30pm before the show on both nights. Further information will be sent to you via email in advance of the show.
Relaxed Performance
Every performance of The Dan Daw Show is a relaxed performance. Audiences are invited to move around, leave and return, whatever you need.
Captions
Every performance of The Dan Daw Show is captioned. Captions are projected onto the arch at the rear of the stage
British Sign Language Interpretation
The performance on Friday 17th May at 7.30pm will have British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation provided by Sherrie Eugene-Hart.
Audio Description & Touch Tour
A touch tour will be available from 6.30pm on Saturday 18th May.
Audio Description written by Liz Lea and Monique Smith-McDowell with consultation from Nic Meyer. Script updated and delivered live for Mayfest 2024 by Sophia Knox-Miller. To book your audience description and Touch Tour, email us at [email protected]
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.
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
Wellbeing Practitioner Available
If you find that you have an overwhelming emotional response, be it positive or negative, and would like to check in with somebody, there will be a trained wellbeing practitioner available during and after the performances at the venue. Please ask a member of our welcome team and they will take you to them.
Please email [email protected] if you need any additional information.
Easy Read
There is an Easy Read guide about this performance on this link: https://shorturl.at/bcl01
Content guidance
Find out more about the show's content and trigger warnings at https://dandawcreative.com/productions/the-dan-daw-show/
Venue Information
This event will take place on the Main Stage of Bristol Old Vic. Further information about the venue can be found on their website: https://bristololdvic.org.uk/your-visit/access/general-access-information
This performance is part of Mayfest: Bristol's international festival of contemporary theatre and live performance, curated and produced by MAYK. Check out the full programme at mayk.org.uk/mayfest, @mayfestbristol.
Credits
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.
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 & Stage Manager: Froud
Executive Director: Liz Counsell
Access Coordinator: Zed Lightheart
With thanks to Invincible Rubber, Katie Vine and Tsubi Du, Phil Hargreaves.
About Dan Daw:
Dan is the Artistic Director/CEO of Dan Daw Creative Projects. Based in the UK, Dan Daw Creative Projects is a disabled-led company that works collaboratively with a growing network of companies and artists to develop and tour new performance work that blurs the divide between theatre and dance.
Dan Daw Creative Projects have presented their work at British Dance Edition (UK), Swedish Performing Arts Biennale (SWE), Sydney Festival (AUS), Sophiensaele (DE), SoHo Playhouse (USA) and Sadler’s Wells (UK).
Dan’s work explores what it means for his disabled body to occupy, and be unapologetic in, non-disabled spaces. He is interested in the function access, care, consent and interdependence has in those spaces.
Working as Internationale Tanzmesse NRW Associate Curator (2021 – 2024), Associate Artistic Director of Candoco Dance Company (2021), Sadler’s Wells Summer University Artist (2015 – 2018) and Associate Director of Murmuration (2015 – 2022), Dan continues to work at the forefront of disability-led performance making and international performance programming.
www.dandawcreative.com
Facebook: @dandawcreativeprojects / https://www.facebook.com/dandawcreativeprojects/
X/Twitter: @dandawcp / https://twitter.com/dandawcp
Instagram: @dandawcreative / https://www.instagram.com/dandawcreative/
#Mayfest
@mayfestbristol
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayfestbristol
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayfestbristol/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mayfestbristol
Entry requirements: 16+
The Dan Daw Show by Dan Daw Creative Projects
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. This is a show about care, intimacy and resilience, about letting go and reclaiming yourself.
“Certainly, Daw’s show is unlike anything else you are likely to see” ★★★★, The Guardian
“Unapologetic, vulnerable, brilliant” ★★★★, The Stage
Age: 16+
Duration: 85 minutes, no interval
ACCESS INFORMATION
For any access bookings, please get in touch with Bristol Old Vic directly at [email protected]
All performances are relaxed and have integrated captions.
Pre Show Access Drop In
There will be a free Pre-Show Access drop-in at the venue, open to anyone that would benefit from being in the space before the show and finding out more about the show before the performance commences. This will take place at 6.30pm before the show on both nights. Further information will be sent to you via email in advance of the show.
Relaxed Performance
Every performance of The Dan Daw Show is a relaxed performance. Audiences are invited to move around, leave and return, whatever you need.
Captions
Every performance of The Dan Daw Show is captioned. Captions are projected onto the arch at the rear of the stage
British Sign Language Interpretation
The performance on Friday 17th May at 7.30pm will have British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation provided by Sherrie Eugene-Hart.
Audio Description & Touch Tour
A touch tour will be available from 6.30pm on Saturday 18th May.
Audio Description written by Liz Lea and Monique Smith-McDowell with consultation from Nic Meyer. Script updated and delivered live for Mayfest 2024 by Sophia Knox-Miller. To book your audience description and Touch Tour, email us at [email protected]
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.
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
Wellbeing Practitioner Available
If you find that you have an overwhelming emotional response, be it positive or negative, and would like to check in with somebody, there will be a trained wellbeing practitioner available during and after the performances at the venue. Please ask a member of our welcome team and they will take you to them.
Please email [email protected] if you need any additional information.
Easy Read
There is an Easy Read guide about this performance on this link: https://shorturl.at/bcl01
Content guidance
Find out more about the show's content and trigger warnings at https://dandawcreative.com/productions/the-dan-daw-show/
Venue Information
This event will take place on the Main Stage of Bristol Old Vic. Further information about the venue can be found on their website: https://bristololdvic.org.uk/your-visit/access/general-access-information
This performance is part of Mayfest: Bristol's international festival of contemporary theatre and live performance, curated and produced by MAYK. Check out the full programme at mayk.org.uk/mayfest, @mayfestbristol.
Credits
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.
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 & Stage Manager: Froud
Executive Director: Liz Counsell
Access Coordinator: Zed Lightheart
With thanks to Invincible Rubber, Katie Vine and Tsubi Du, Phil Hargreaves.
About Dan Daw:
Dan is the Artistic Director/CEO of Dan Daw Creative Projects. Based in the UK, Dan Daw Creative Projects is a disabled-led company that works collaboratively with a growing network of companies and artists to develop and tour new performance work that blurs the divide between theatre and dance.
Dan Daw Creative Projects have presented their work at British Dance Edition (UK), Swedish Performing Arts Biennale (SWE), Sydney Festival (AUS), Sophiensaele (DE), SoHo Playhouse (USA) and Sadler’s Wells (UK).
Dan’s work explores what it means for his disabled body to occupy, and be unapologetic in, non-disabled spaces. He is interested in the function access, care, consent and interdependence has in those spaces.
Working as Internationale Tanzmesse NRW Associate Curator (2021 – 2024), Associate Artistic Director of Candoco Dance Company (2021), Sadler’s Wells Summer University Artist (2015 – 2018) and Associate Director of Murmuration (2015 – 2022), Dan continues to work at the forefront of disability-led performance making and international performance programming.
www.dandawcreative.com
Facebook: @dandawcreativeprojects / https://www.facebook.com/dandawcreativeprojects/
X/Twitter: @dandawcp / https://twitter.com/dandawcp
Instagram: @dandawcreative / https://www.instagram.com/dandawcreative/
#Mayfest
@mayfestbristol
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayfestbristol
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayfestbristol/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mayfestbristol
Entry requirements: 16+
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