The Festival focuses on contemporary, cutting-edge and socially engaged works. There is an emphasis on the performing arts but we welcome proposals across all genres.

1. Please read the theme and curatorial brief to see if your proposed work is relevant. While the interpretation of the subject may be very wide, it is imperative that your work addresses an aspect of the theme as much as possible.

2. Look through 2019’s Festival line up to get a feel of the Festival.

3. If you consider your work suitable for the Festival and with a strong relation to the theme My Country and My People, please download the application form and submit the completed application form and all supporting documents via email by Friday 1 March 2019, noon Singapore time.

Late or incomplete applications will not be entertained. Instructions can be found in the application form.

The Necessary Stage collates and reviews all the applications that come in.

We will inform all applicants of the results of the shortlisting by 1 June 2019. Selected applicants will then need to provide us with more information pertaining to their funding status, availability, technical requirements, and so on.

Though the majority of the Fringe is programmed for a specific year, we consider artists on a year-round basis. We may consider your proposal for a future year if we are interested in your work, but are not able to programme it for the current year.

Please call The Necessary Stage at (65) 64408115 or email info@singaporefringe.com.

Alternatively, connect with us via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Generally the Festival offers an artist honorarium of SGD 1,000.00 (One thousand Singapore dollars) for productions with at least two stagings. For works in other formats, the honorarium will be revised accordingly.

The Festival generally programmes two to three performances for works by international artists.

Artists will be responsible for sourcing for funding for all flights and freight necessary.

The Festival may also contact the relevant embassies and cultural institutions in Singapore to request for support for confirmed artists.

Yes, the Festival covers twin or triple-sharing accommodation for the period from bump in to strike.

The Festival will handle all the ticketing administration and expenses. You just have to focus on presenting a good work!

As the Fringe will be paying for all venue, ticketing and production costs in presenting your show, we will need to recoup our cost and will therefore not be able to provide you with a percentage of the ticket sales.

The Festival runs a robust and aggressive marketing campaign for all events, but artists are required to submit publicity images and information such as synopses and biographies.

The Festival covers the venue rental and on-site manpower costs, as well as basic technical equipment as available in the venue, from the period of bump in to strike.

Artists will be responsible for the rehearsal-related expenses.