Wise Thoughts



Wise Thoughts is a registered arts charity that creates, designs and delivers unique arts initiatives and services that address social justice issues and the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) and queer communities, as well as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.

Founded in 1999, Wise Thoughts is currently led by Artistic Director Niranjan Kamatkar.

Initiatives include the GFest - gayWise London LGBT Arts Festival, London’s premier annual LGBT cross-arts festival featuring queer artists and talent across the arts including visual arts, theatre, dance and performance, short films, workshops, debates and parties. GFest ’09 will happen 9 – 22 November 2009, the third year for the festival.

Wise Thoughts also works on a number of other not-for-profit arts projects, which inform, raise awareness and promote socio-cultural diversity whilst using the arts, including South Asian arts, as a tool to engender social change.

It also works strategically with other statutory and voluntary organisations to help attain their objectives.

It operates locally (in Haringey and in North London), regionally (London wide), nationally and internationally depending upon the nature of each project.