Varoon P. Anand

Varoon P. Anand is a theatre maker, arts researcher and educator, and Spanish-language journalist based in New Delhi and Artistic Director of Kaivalya Plays. His theatrical productions include "Unravel" (Goethe Institut Refunction grant, 2018), "Aguebao" (Gender Bender performing arts grant, 2019), "Mining Hate" (EU MediaFutures grant, 2022), Hindi adaptation of "Ollantay" (Embassy of Peru commission, 2022), "ABSURDO" (Instituto Cervantes commission, 2023), "I, Josef," and "Raum/Raah" (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen CCP Synergy grant and Goethe Institut International Koproduction grant, 2025). Selected for First Draft Ideas Lab by Indian Ensemble for "Footage" (2020), he has received over 20 multilingual theatre commissions from Instituto Cervantes. Varoon has conducted research on safety in performing arts (India Foundation for the Arts grant, 2022) and completed fellowships including Arts for Good Fellowship (Singapore International Foundation, 2023) and Kaleidoscopic Fields (BeFantastic Fellowship, 2025). His arts education initiatives include establishing the Theatre Management Fellowship, Creativity Pioneers Fund (Moleskine Foundation, 2023), and Southeast Asia arts administration training (ArtLink-Mekong Cultural Hub grant, 2025). His work has been featured at Gender Bender Festival (2019), India Habitat Centre Festival (2019), Reconnect Festival Iran (2020), Almagro Theatre Festival Spain (2019), New Delhi Fringe Festival (2024), LTG Theatre Festival (2024), and Contemporary Asian Performing Arts Festival Göttingen (2024). He serves as Spanish-language correspondent for France 24 and Radio France International.