the six guys an immigrant trans person of colour will date in melbourne

A new work by Dax Carnay, a transfeminine, non-binary writer and performer from Manila on life, love and dating as an immigrant trans person of colour in Melbourne, the seven-time voted “most liveable city in the world”. Part of La Mama Theatre’s 2023 Midsumma Season.

From Dax
“I am still trying to wrap my head around the thought that people believe in this little thing that resulted in my one-week manic slash existential crisis. Why the fuck would you be interested, more so (in the case of the team) band together to make this shit happen. The things I wrote here are nothing new. Well, to me. To be honest, the lived experiences where this play is based from, I am starting to get sick of it. It’s tough, rude, harsh and plain old stupid. I totally get why some people get over it sooner than expected.

But it is here, and obviously, a story people want to hear.  This is good because at least people are willing to listen to someone who are not them. Go beyond the comfort of the echo chamber that this their close-knit social circles.  Social media is not the real world, people. So I appreciate you putting your phones down and seeing the world with your actual eyes.“