!Voices of Wandsworth!

Name: !Voices of Wandsworth!
Start: 2026-07-25T14:30:00+01:00
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Sindh Arts & Kibo Productions present

Voices of Wandsworth

South Asian Poetry & Song

Date

Saturday 25 July 2026

Time

1:30pm – 4:30pm

Venue

Arches Lane Theatre, Battersea Power Station

Tickets

£10

Reserve your seat — £10

Includes a £5 Renard Press book voucher. Seats are limited.

Why it’s worth every penny

Nine acclaimed voices, one afternoon, ten pounds

This is a rare chance to hear a whole generation of South Asian literary and musical talent share one stage, for less than the price of a cinema ticket.

A stacked line-up

Nine poets, writers and musicians, from a Forward Prize-commended poet to the first Asian ever invited to deliver the Derek Walcott Lecture.

£5

Voucher included

Every ticket comes with a £5 Renard Press book voucher redeemable against the Third Space anthologies, half your ticket price, back in your hands.

3hrs

A full journey

From sung Sindhi folktales through the ghazal to contemporary prose and poetry, a living art form across centuries and continents.

Iconic setting

Staged inside Arches Lane Theatre at Battersea Power Station, a landmark venue, minutes from the tube.

The afternoon

What’s on the bill

Produced by Sindh Arts with Kibo Productions, and promoted as part of
the South Asian Heritage Month.

01	South Asian community mapping Charting Wandsworth’s shared history and the local geographies that shaped it.
02	The living art form South Asian poetry across traditions, including the ghazal, explored as a form still very much alive today.
03	Poetry & song Readings and live music bridging folklore and the modern day, from Sindh to South London.
04	Curated open mic Add your voice. Spaces are limited, apply via sindhartsuk@gmail.com.

The line-up

Who you’ll hear

Tap through to each bio to see the full body of work behind the afternoon.

RD Rishi Dastidar Poet & editor Chair of Wasafiri magazine and a Guardian poetry reviewer. His fourth collection, Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak, followed Neptune’s Projects, longlisted for the Laurel Prize. Read full bio →	GR Gita Ralleigh Poet, doctor & author NHS doctor turned poet and children’s novelist, with two poetry collections and Bloomsbury-published fantasy novels drawing on her family’s journeys to India. Read full bio →	RG Renu Gidoomal Singer, songwriter & producer A devotional and folk vocalist across eight solo albums in English, Hindi, Sindhi, Sanskrit and Punjabi, with performances from the House of Lords to Diwali in Trafalgar Square. Read full bio →
SS Sudeep Sen — Special Guest Poet, translator & editor Holder of the Government of India’s senior fellowship for outstanding contribution to culture, and the first Asian poet invited to deliver the Derek Walcott Lecture at the Nobel Laureate Festival. Read full bio →	SG Suman Gujral Multidisciplinary artist & poet Print, textile and poetry artist and founder of Third Space, a platform and anthology series for South Asian poets, rooted in her family’s experience of Partition. Read full bio →	AP Anita Pati Poet Her debut pamphlet Dodo Provocateur won the Rialto Open Pamphlet Competition; her first collection Hiding to Nothing was shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Read full bio →
GK Gurmeet Kaur Writer & educator London-raised writer whose poetry, essays and criticism on language and identity appear in Cordite, Sydney Review of Books and Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. Read full bio →	KB Koushik Banerjea Novelist Author of Another Kind of Concrete and Category Unknown, both written while caring for his late mother, with poetry featured in Renard Press anthologies. Read full bio →	RW Rishika Williams Poet Writes long-form narrative poetry on gender-based violence, Partition and Sindh, drawing on her family’s displacement from Hyderabad. Shortlisted for the Malorie Blackman Scholarship. Read full bio →

Come and share the magic

An afternoon that moves from sung Sindhi folktales through the ghazal to contemporary poetry and prose — with a £5 book voucher in your pocket and a landmark venue as the backdrop. Seats are limited.

Book your £10 ticket

Arches Lane Theatre · Battersea Power Station · Arches Lane, Nine Elms, London SW11 8AB
Nearest tube: Battersea Power Station

Voices of Wandsworth — produced by Sindh Arts in association with Kibo Productions.
Part of the South Asian Heritage Month celebrations.