"(The) Filipino Non-Binary Creative Powerhouse "

Timeout.com
"One of Naarm's most singular performers and distinctive writers."

— Theatre Matters
2025 Creative Excellence Award by Trans Visibility Awards

Trans Gender Victoria
Best Performer in a Play for Melbourne, 2023

Broadwayworld.com
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role, 2024

Praise Dionysus for Transwoman Kills Influencer
Outstanding Conrtibution to the Arts, Finalist 2026

Victorian Pride Awards
"Melbourne's most exciting creative voices..."

-Q News
"Carnay comes in, ferociously making a place for herself in a genre that's ignored her."

Theatre Matters
“Carnay is nevertheless an open and vulnerable performer and by shows end they are standing in their full power”

Theatre Travels
“Carnay is not afraid of the fraught social topics surrounding gender expression, however she is much more concerned with the human beings who sit underneath all of that fear and confusion.”

whatdidshethink.com
"Carnay-Hanrahan brings intensity as leading lady ..."

Suzygoessee.com
“Carnay, in particular, is a gifted comic actor.”

Theatrereds.com
“A piece like this is an invaluable reminder of how we might best connect with our audiences.”

Theatrereds.com for Chasing dick
“Dax Carnay’s latest entry in the Trans/Scripts series doesn’t just push boundaries; it pirouettes over them in stilettos.”

Theatre Travels for Chasing Dick
“The writing is immaculate, sharp, and heartfelt.”

Australian Arts Review for 6 guys
“Always captivating, masterclass in storytelling.”

Australian Arts Review for 6 guys
“Their stage presence is unlike that of most people you will see on stages in Melbourne.”

-Praise Dionysus
"Carnay set the stage ablaze..Carnay’s craft commanded all the attention"

-The Dialog

Victorian Pride Awards Finalist 2026

A poster or digital display for the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), featuring names of artists Dax Carnay-Hanrahan, Samuel Gaskin & Johnny Hamilton, and Timothy Ryan, along with mention of beat entertainment and scratch arts.

THANK YOU, MISTRESS

By Louisa Panucci.

Directed and dramaturged by Dax Carnay-Hanrahan. Melbourne Fringe 2026. The Motley Bauhaus, 12 to 18 October.

Poster for a theatrical production titled 'Thank You, Mistress,' featuring a woman in glamorous attire with jewelry, and smaller silhouettes of two people kissing, with details about the show dates (October 12-18) and location (Motley Bauhaus).

A dom and a sub, and a negotiation that was never just about sex. Louisa Panucci's two hander strips a power exchange down to what is actually being traded: time, labour, permission, need. I am directing it as a play about class, because every contract in that room runs on the same logic as every contract outside it. Somebody sets the terms, somebody agrees, and we all pretend it was freely chosen. Edgy, sexy, and quietly devastating, with Louisa Panucci and Marc Opitz. A companion radio play lands October 2026.