Adipat Virdi Presents SANGAT: We Are, Other - an immersive workshop experience
Medway Little Theatre, 256 St. Margarets Banks, High Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1HY
SANGAT is not an exhibition you simply walk through and observe. In this immersive, performative experience, the audience becomes the main character.
Drawing on stories and lived experiences shared by Sikhs across Medway, SANGAT explores how identity, heritage, migration, family, faith and belonging have shaped the community. Through audio and video, photographs, personal and family material, objects and stories gathered during the project, audiences will encounter different perspectives on what it has meant (and continues to mean) to be Sikh in Medway.
But you will also be invited to bring your own story.
Throughout the experience, a series of playful and thought-provoking participatory activities will ask you to consider your own identity, values, family history, assumptions and experiences of belonging. Rather than simply learning about somebody else's heritage, these activities create points of connection between your experiences and those being shared.
SANGAT (ਸੰਗਤ) means community, congregation or fellowship. The experience takes that idea as its starting point: creating a temporary Sangat in which strangers can listen, participate, share and discover something about one another.
You don't need to know anything about Sikhism or Sikh heritage before coming. You just need to be willing to take part… because perhaps the thing that connects us isn't that we are all the same. It is our differences that bring us together.
Timings
- Saturday 12 September:
- Arrive from 2:30pm for a 3pm start. The event will finish at 5pm.
Location & directions
Medway Little Theatre, 256 St. Margarets Banks, High Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1HY
- Directions:
- Medway Little Theatre is located on St Margaret’s Banks in Rochester, close to Rochester High Street and within walking distance of Rochester railway station. Please look out for SANGAT / Heritage Open Days signage at the theatre entrance on the day.
- Contact on day:
- Adipat Virdi
- Telephone number:
- +441634400322
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking preferred
- Booking conditions:
- tickets booked online Free tickets - Limited to 4 tickets per booking
- Booking contact name:
- Adipat Virdi
- Booking telephone number:
- +441634400322
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking website:
- https://mlt.ticketsource.co.uk
- Booking opens:
- 01 Sep 2026 12:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 12 Sep 2026 03:00 PM
Accessibility details
Due to the age and structure of this theatre there is no disabled wheelchair access or accessible ground floor toilets. The nearest parking is at the lower end of St Margaret's Bank - there are two pay and display.
Additional information
- Max number of people:
- 96
- Estimated duration:
- 2 hour(s) 0 minute(s)
