Representations of homosexuality are still something of a taboo in South Asian literature despite homosexual themes and scenes permeating the great scriptures, tales and novels over centuries.
Join journalist and playwright Iman Qureshi, film and theatre producer and writer/director Aleem Khan, writer Sharmila Chauhan, theatre maker Bobby Tiwana and Fiez Mughal as they read from their work and discuss where the vitriol for this ‘controversial’ subject matter come from, and how intersecting identities of race, religion, culture, gender and sexuality play out in British theatre and film today.