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Voices of Wandsworth:

South Asian Poetry & Performance​

25 July 2026, 1:30pm

Celebrating the vibrant history, diversity, and cultural wealth of Wandsworth's South Asian community.

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Experience live poetry, ancestral music, and that connect South Asian roots tomodern London life.

 

This event showcases poetry as a living South Asian art form,across many traditions, from sung folktale and the ghazal to immersive work, prose and contemporary verse.

 

We travel across Sindh, Punjab, Bengal and the wider subcontinent to SouthLondon, exploring our borough's collective heritage through powerful spoken wordand song.

​​​​🎤 The Programme

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  • South Asian Community Mapping: Charting our shared history and localgeographies.

  • The Living Art Form: South Asian poetry across traditions, including theghazal.

  • Poetry & Song: Readings exploring South Asian culture and history, bridgingfolklore to the modern day.

  • Curated Open Mic: Add your voice! Spaces are limited; apply atsindhartsuk@gmail.com

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✨ Featured Line-Up

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  • Rishi Dastidar

  • Gita Ralleigh

  • Suman Gujral

  • Gurmeet Kaur

  • Koushik Banerjea

  • Anita Pati

  • Renu Gidoomal

  • Rishika Williams

 

Tickets: £10 (Includes a £5 Renard Press voucher for the Third Space anthologies)

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Produced by Sindh Arts in association with Kibo Productions.

Funded by the South Asian Heritage Month Grants 2026, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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