Until We Sleep is set against the shadow of authoritarian rule, a lone nomad searching for faith while guiding a restless community through shifting realms of time. Through Seva’s distinctive fusion of hip-hop physicality and freeform movement, the dancers of Far From The Norm navigate a world shaped by struggle, resilience and the enduring pursuit of hope. Driven by a score of layered percussion and guttural textures, the choreography pulses with urgency and intensity.

Feathered costumes evoke warriors shedding former selves, while stark lighting transforms the stage into a volatile landscape where an unrelenting force looms overhead. Visceral, poetic and deeply affecting, Until We Sleep examines what we hold onto in the face of uncertainty, offering a powerful reflection on the human spirit’s determination to remain awake in a world that would rather see it sleep.

“Tremendously atmospheric and technically impressive”

— Theatre & Tonic (UK)

“A spectacle that stimulates all the senses.””

— De Limburger (NL)

Until We Sleep is a combination of Botis' rebellious earlier choreographic urges and his more recent methodological learnings and personal life maturities over the past 14 years.

What began as Mama in 2024 underwent a remarkable two-year evolution, ultimately emerging as Until We Sleep in 2025. What The Guardian (UK) described in 2024 as “difficult second-album syndrome” had, by 2025, transformed into what they called “a deep dive into the mind of an artist coming into his own.”

Until We Sleep is a work Far From The Norm is immensely proud of.

What began as an exploration of uncertainty has become a richly immersive work about resilience, revelation and the importance of self within community. Not only does it reflect Botis’ experiences of creating the work, but it also speaks to the pressures of leadership.

Until We Sleep invites audiences into a dreamlike (and sometimes nightmarish world) where struggle and hope coexist.

The Team

Choreographer: Botis Seva
Composer: Torben Sylvest
Costume Designer: Ryan Laight
Lighting Designer: Tom Visser
Executive Producer: Lee Griffiths
Production Manager: Andy Downie
Rehearsal Director: Hayleigh Sellors

Touring Production Managers: Andrej Gubanov, Chris Burr, Seth Rook Williams
Tour Manager: Gabija Cepelyte

Photography: Camilla Greenwell, Tom Visser
Film: Ben Williams
Visual Design: Daniel C Ferro

Mix & Mastering: Pär Carlsson
Music Collaborators: Pär Carlsson, Chief Chebe, Charlotte Clark, Moustapha Gadiaga, Mohamed Gueye, Eric Mauricia, Paul Shofolahan, Steph Teodor Sjöqvist, Titii Orinoko Tundama, That Colombian songbird

Costume supervisor: Rosie Whiting & Lou Petty
Costume Makers: Sophie Lincoln, Izzy Pellow, Klara Landin Larsson, Isobel Williams, Chantal Short
Prop Maker: Bek Palmer
Set Build: Matter Design

With thanks to Shiloh Seva and Lou Cope.

PREVIOUS TOUR DATES

2026

Germany

Mufathelle Munich

2025

UK, Norway, Luxembourg, Germany

The Lowry, DanceEast, Bærum Kulturhus, Sadler’s Wells EAST, Theatre de la ville de Luxembourg, Colours Festival Stuttgart

2024

The Netherlands, UK, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Belgium

scrit_tmacher festival Theater Kerkrade, Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Depot 1 Schauspiel Köln, Falkhallen, Kalamata Dance Festival, Dansenhus Stockholm, Schouwburg Concertzaal Tilburg, Musis & Stadstheater Arnhem, Theater Rotterdam, De Singel, Amare Theater

What audiences are saying…

"The exceptional choreography, fused with a visceral storyline and immaculate execution made for a finished piece full of raw, crackling energy."
"INSANE – the dancers were absolute powerhouses. The connection to the music, the story, the athleticism."
"This is my favourite thing, I’ve watched in a VERY long time!"
"You have to see it for yourself. Words don’t do it justice."
"The most memorable and emotionally touching dance production I have seen in the last decade!"
"The most phenomenal show. The Guardian rated in 4 stars...we'd have given it a 5 star."
"Breathtaking, haunting, otherworldly. An incredibly gripping and timely piece"
"I’ve never seen dancing or lighting like that before! In fact, I’ve never seen anything like it at all before!"

What the press think…

"It’s reflective of our time, the world is full of troubles and Botis Seva makes some bold choices in how he presents his tightly crafted vision."

Fringe Review, UK
"What the critic from the English Guardian could only think of as "murkily atmospheric" is a sophisticated choreography of the semi-visible, fitting for the night, for sleep, and also for memory, which can be partly conscious, known, and partly dreamed."

Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Germany
"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."

The National Herald, Greece
"It’s a charged and intense hour, freighted with myth and mysticism"

The Stage, UK
"Often, the speed at which dancers traverse the stage in parallel seems as quick as the lightening backdrop . These are dancers at the top of their game."

Picture This Post, France
"A bit like the heroic journeys you see in films. Until we sleep is a reflection on leadership, the ways in which you can fulfill it, and finding the balance between leading a community and also granting it its own responsibility."

NRC, The Netherlands
"The artistry – creative, stimulating, thrilling – readily transcends cultural boundaries.”

The Blurb, UK
"Far From The Norm, dancers move as fluidly as water, silky steps that bounce off the stage and into the imaginations of the audience to systemic racism, social deprivation."

Maygan Forbes

PREVIOUS TOUR DATES

2026

Germany

2025

UK, Norway, Luxembourg, Germany

2024

The Netherlands, UK, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Belgium

"The exceptional choreography, fused with a visceral storyline and immaculate execution made for a finished piece full of raw, crackling energy."

"INSANE – the dancers were absolute powerhouses. The connection to the music, the story, the athleticism."

"This is my favourite thing, I’ve watched in a VERY long time!"

"You have to see it for yourself. Words don’t do it justice."

"The most memorable and emotionally touching dance production I have seen in the last decade!"

"The most phenomenal show. The Guardian rated in 4 stars...we'd have given it a 5 star."

"Breathtaking, haunting, otherworldly. An incredibly gripping and timely piece"

"I’ve never seen dancing or lighting like that before! In fact, I’ve never seen anything like it at all before!"

"It’s reflective of our time, the world is full of troubles and Botis Seva makes some bold choices in how he presents his tightly crafted vision."

"What the critic from the English Guardian could only think of as "murkily atmospheric" is a sophisticated choreography of the semi-visible, fitting for the night, for sleep, and also for memory, which can be partly conscious, known, and partly dreamed."

"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."

"It’s a charged and intense hour, freighted with myth and mysticism"

"Often, the speed at which dancers traverse the stage in parallel seems as quick as the lightening backdrop . These are dancers at the top of their game."

"A bit like the heroic journeys you see in films. Until we sleep is a reflection on leadership, the ways in which you can fulfill it, and finding the balance between leading a community and also granting it its own responsibility."

"The artistry – creative, stimulating, thrilling – readily transcends cultural boundaries.”

"Far From The Norm, dancers move as fluidly as water, silky steps that bounce off the stage and into the imaginations of the audience to systemic racism, social deprivation."