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Far From the Norm: Sing Child Sing

Fri 27 Nov 2026 8:00PM
  • Fri 27 Nov 2026
    8:00PM
    Quays Theatre
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How do we protect ourselves as we learn from the past, without living forever in its shadow? Sing Child Sing is a new solo work from Far From The Norm, an unfiltered exploration of healing, identity, and the invisible legacies that drift quietly from one generation to the next. Performed by Botis Seva and rooted in his own autobiographical experiences, Sing Child Sing unravels how abandonment, frustration, and faith embed themselves in the body and how they surface as both function and fracture.
 
Audiences are drawn into an intimate, shifting portrait of Botis’ inner reality, where time folds and refolds, and the past self stands face to face with the present. Through searing physicality and unflinching emotional clarity, we witness the anatomical rebuilding of a man: a body rewiring itself, confronting generational chains, and reclaiming its power with fierce, embodied intention. What emerges is a man suspended between memory and possibility, slowly loosening the inherited patterns that have shaped him.
 
Sing Child Sing is a courageous act of transformation, an invitation to feel, to reckon, and to rise.
 

Reviews

“A major new talent” - New York Times, US 
 
“Seva has cemented himself as a heavyweight in the UK’s dance theatre world” - A Youngish Perspective, UK
 
“There is no doubt that Seva’s winning streak is continuing. His power, understanding, and passion shine on the stage” - Reviews Hub, UK

“Botis Seva, the most influential artist in contemporary dance today, is a phenomenal artist of 
unlimited emotional intelligence, innovative, demanding and exhausting physicality, but also 
unparalleled hard work that inspires the modern generations of dancers and choreographers.”
- National Herald, Greece
 
“Botis Seva has made quite a name for himself and his hip hop dance theatre company, Far From The Norm, over the past decade.” - Bachtrack, U

Additional Information

  • Age Recommendation: 12+
  • Runtime: Approx 60mins
  • Content Warning: Child Sing explores mature content. 

Credits

Director & Choreographer: Botis Seva
Composer: Torben Sylvest
Lighting Designer: Tom Visser & Chris Burr
Costume Designer: Ryan Dawson-Laight
Executive Producer: Lee Griffiths
Producer: Gabija Cepelyte
Senior Production Manager: Andy Downie
Rehearsal Director: Victoria Shulungu 
Creative Associate: Jordan Douglas 
Far From The Norm Dance Artist: Joshua Shanny Wynter

Sing Child Sing is a co-production with Dance East, Kurtheater Baden, The Lowry, Sadler’s Wells, 
schrit_tmacher Festival (NL), Tanz Köln, Theater Rotterdam, Rum för Dans and Les Théâtres de la 
Ville de Luxembourg. Sing Child Sing is commissioned by the Carmen Mateu Award.

Sing Child Sing production residency supported by Rum för Dans, and final creative residency Les 
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg.

Sing Child Sing is supported by Arts Council England.

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