Theatre / Performance

Far From the Norm: Sing Child Sing

Pier 8, The Quays

Fri 27 Nov · 20:00

Theatre

About this event

Sing Child Sing explores how we carry the past within our bodies and what it takes to loosen its hold. Rooted in autobiographical experience, Botis Seva traces how abandonment, faith, and frustration become physically embedded, surfacing as both function and fracture. How do we protect ourselves as we learn from the past, without living forever in its shadow? Performed by Seva and created with Far From The Norm, this new solo work is an unfiltered exploration of healing, identity, and the invisible legacies passed from one generation to the next. Set within a shifting interior landscape, part room, part memory, animated by sound and light, Botis’ distinctive movement language, merging hip hop and contemporary practice, becomes a site of recalibration. An intimate, evolving portrait unfolds as time folds and refolds, bringing past and present selves into dialogue. Through searing physicality and emotional clarity, the body confronts inherited patterns and begins to rewire itself, reclaiming power with fierce, embodied intention. Sing Child Sing is a portrait of a man suspended between memory and possibility, anatomically rebuilding himself as he loosens the patterns that have shaped him. It 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 alsounparalleled 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