Sri Lankan Culture Collective Comedy and Music

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This Ain’t Your Amma’s Sri Lanka

Cutting-edge comedy. Boundary-breaking music. Witness a new cultural wave.

We’re flipping the script on what you think you know about Sri Lanka.

Join us for a night that celebrates the next generation of Sri Lankan creatives and artists who are redefining identity, sound, and story on their own terms. 

Think avant-garde comedy, genre-defying DJ sets, and multidisciplinary performances that draw on everything from folklore to pixel art.

🎤 Taking the main stage:

Our comedy night will be headlined by Nihal Arthanayake,  acclaimed broadcaster, presenter, journalist, and author of ‘Let’s talk: How To Have Better Conversations' is making his comedy debut. Speaking about his forthcoming act: 

"So, instead of buying a motorbike to deal with my mid-life crisis, I have decided that I want to be a stand-up comedian. And where better to do my debut stand-up gig thanAnd where better to do my debut stand up gig than surrounded by Sri Lankans who will throw piles of kotthu at me if I am rubbish"

Performing alongside him are:

Eshaan Akbar - British South Asian stand-up comedian, actor, journalist, and radio host, also making his SLCC debut. Eshaan is known for his sharp wit, insightful commentary and has appeared on various TV shows such as Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week & Sex Education on Netflix.

Stella Graham - A naturally funny stand-up comedian. Shameless, charmingly aggressive and unladylike, she's the funniest half-Sri Lankan gal from Coventry. Stella has performed from Comedy Store in LA to Adelaide Fringe, New Zealand Comedy Festival & Edinburgh Fringe.

Dipak Patel - Pop-punk poppadom. Brown on the outside, Green Day on the inside. A British-Asian skater-dad who cannot skate, but overcompensates with big kid energy, caffeine addiction, and deep cultural confusion.

 Dushy G - Brings a ‘coconut’ flavour of energy, sharing the honest truths going to therapy as a south Asian whilst still embracing the traditions.

Nalin D - will MC the evening - a comedian with wit sharper than the knives that were held up against him on the streets. Quick jokes and surreal stories have proven to be the winning combination that has taken Nalin to perform in renowned comedy clubs, and festivals all over the country.

• Suren Seneviratne presents: Missing Music, a  multicolour audio visual feast of live improvised electronics created using rare music software programs running on vintage Apple laptops from the Y2K era.
• Ushara who plays haunting sonic narratives.
• Toulip Wonder fuses 8-bit FM synths, archival sound, and diasporic memory into an immersive, genre-bending performance.
• Nush creates a lofi-world-fusion soundscape that’s poetic, powerful, and deeply personal from a queer, Tamil, non-binary, and unapologetically fresh perspective. Appearing for the first time with their band, and the Descendance.
• AP Pistol will be DJing throughout.

📍This is where culture gets remixed. Where art meets ancestry. Where you want to be.

🎟️ Don’t miss your chance to witness the new wave. Come be seen. Come be loud. Come reimagine Sri Lanka.

🚍 How to get to the Battersea Arts Centre.

💌 If you have any questions, please email us at the Sri Lankan Culture Collective.