HOUNSLOW TOWN CENTRE WILL BE TRANSFORMED AS IT CELEBRATES SOUTH ASIAN OUTDOOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS AS PART OF BELL SQUARE 2023.

ANHAD is an exciting outdoor multi-arts festival of exceptional, cutting-edge contemporary work by South Asian artists based in the UK. The festival is programmed and directed by Hounslow-based Mira Kaushik, OBE, in partnership with Bell Square London.

The festival will bring a uniquely colourful and vibrant celebration of contemporary South Asian outdoor arts – including performance, dance, music, family shows and much more. It aims to give a platform for UK South Asian creativity across all arts. The ambition is for ANHAD to become an annual event based in Hounslow and to be the premier UK event for shining a spotlight on contemporary South Asian creativity to the wider world.

Free entry and open to all!

EVENT SCHEDULE

BELL SQUARE

3:00 pm Inaugural by Yavar Abbas & Noor Zaheer

3:15 pm Kathak Ensemble by Sujata Banerjee Dance Company

3:55 pm Mohiniattam Duet by Upahaar Dance Ensemble

4:30 pm Mughal Miniatures by Sonia Sabri Company

5:15 pm Ancestral Voices by Shephali Frost Ensemble

6:00 pm Story of Durga – Yakshagana by Devika Dance Theatre

6:50 pm Bells, Beats & Banter by Srishti – Nina Rajarani Dance Creations

7:40 pm You With U by Aishani, Mithun & Tulani

8:10 pm Ganga by Jataneel Banerjee

8:50 pm Celebrating Bollywood Classics by The Bollywood Co

9:15 pm Indian Man Music by DJ Indian Man

‘My Tiger Janu’ by Chila Burman

Indian Puppetry by Peter and Jack (Kayakalp and Design Biennale)

Open Mics: Nasreen Rehman, Uttara Sukanya Joshi, Tritha, Haroon & Bhasker Patel

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH SQUARE

3:40 pm ‘Warkari – The Pilgrimage’ by Divya Ravi

4:15 pm ‘I am here and there, with you’

by Nandita Shankardass & Mithun Gill

5:00 pm ‘You’re British Until…’ by Jessica Andrade