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Performance

Mughal Miniatures: The Awakening

As part of Kings­bridge Fair Week there will be a spe­cial per­for­mance of Mughal Minia­tures: The Awakening

Sonia Sabri Company is the leading contemporary South Asian dance and music company in the UK and the creator of Mughal Miniatures: The Awakening, a vibrant outdoor performance for all the family, which celebrates and takes inspiration from the exquisite traditional art of Indian and Persian miniature painting and will take centre stage at this year’s Kingsbridge Fair Week!

Mughal Miniatures: The Awakening is a vibrant outdoor performance for all the family, which celebrates and takes inspiration from the exquisite traditional art of Indian and Persian miniature painting. Performers in sumptuous costumes create a captivating living-picture, transporting you back in time to the richness of the Mughal Empire with a surprising contemporary twist.

Join us at the royal court to meet the feisty queen and her attendants but everything is not as it seems; our well-behaved characters have grown tired of their restrictive frames. Watch as they break free and work out where they truly belong!