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DONATE TO STAND WITH THE FRINGE!
In 2025, the Singapore Fringe Festival lost our title donor M1 Ltd—but not our fierce belief: to champion, commission and platform bold, original and socially engaged art that addresses issues we encounter in our everyday lives.
We launched a crowdfunding campaign which drew enthusiastic and widespread support, not only from the arts community but the general public who—like us—are hungry to see live art that is challenging, inclusive, accessible, and relevant to our times. Fringe 2026 could only take place because of YOU!
Our fundraising call for the 2027 edition of the Fringe was similarly warmly received and supported, but we fell short of our target amount of $80,000 to ensure we can run the festival. As such, we are still appealing to you to be an ally to our cause.
The Fringe has always sought to empower independent artists, commissioning over 1,000 Singapore artists, featuring their work alongside international productions. We have captivated thousands of audience members, fostering safe spaces for critical conversations about societal issues such as mental health, racial and gender discrimination and climate change. Importantly, we are an essential springboard for emerging Singapore creators, nurturing them and taking risks to commission their work.
We have also placed primacy on inclusion, with accessibility features for disabled audiences, and maintaining affordability for everyone to enjoy a night out at the theatre—because accessibility should mean pocket-friendly prices for you too!
Please help us sustain the festival. Together, we can cultivate a dynamic Singaporean arts scene that fearlessly delves into social issues we face, and propels us towards a courageous and compassionate future.
All donations will qualify for a 250% tax deduction and will also be eligible for the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth's dollar-for-dollar Cultural Matching Fund.
Donate to Help the Fringe Flourish!
Donations above $10 will qualify for a tax deduction as stipulated by IRAS.Please contribute to our cause. Visit go.singaporefringe.com/support-us
If you would like to fundraise for us, visit giving.sg/thenecessarystage
Thank you for standing with us in empowering independent artists. Together, we can make a difference.
For more information about donations, please contact The Necessary Stage’s General Manager Melissa Lim at melissa@necessary.org.
Thank you for your kind support!
More information on ways you can support us are listed below.
- For corporations - Be a Sponsor
- For individuals - Be a Volunteer
Photo by Birds Migrant Theatre
Room by Birds Migrant Theatre (Singapore)
Image Description:
A photo of four young Southeast and South Asian people posing solemnly on and around a small two-seater couch. In the foreground, a South Asian man rests his head on the lap of a Southeast Asian woman seated in front of the couch. A South Asian man sits on the couch, while a Southeast Asian woman behind the couch rests her folded arms on it. They are all dressed in pastel shades.
Be a Sponsor
We seek your help to sustain the Singapore Fringe Festival–a ground-up initiative that amplifies independent voices in the arts.
Since our inception, The Necessary Stage (TNS) has been dedicated to creating and presenting critically acclaimed theatre dealing with issues such as mental health, racial discrimination, and inequality.
In 2005, we launched the Singapore Fringe Festival, with M1 Ltd as our title donor, aimed at empowering independent artists to share thought-provoking performances. Over the last 22 years, the festival has become a highlight of the Singapore cultural calendar each January. We have commissioned over 1,000 Singapore artists and arts groups, featuring their work alongside numerous international productions.
We have reached out to and captivated tens of thousands of audience members through ticketed and free events, fostering safe spaces for critical conversations about crucial societal issues. The Fringe has also made great strides in its efforts to be one of the most inclusive and accessible arts events in the Singapore calendar, through the integration of open captions, Singapore Sign Language interpretations, audio description, and speech to text interpretation for its performances, as well as other accessibility features for information dissemination on its website and social platforms, wayfinding to venues, etc.
After losing our title donor M1 Ltd in 2024, the Fringe has run as a truly ground-up initiative on an extremely lean budget funded by our community-driven campaign that raised $50,000 in 2025 and $59,592 in 2026. However, as costs continue to rise, we are struggling to keep bold, socially-engaged art accessible to everyone, as well as to pay independent artists a fair honorarium and cover the costs necessary for a well-presented work with high production values.
As such, the company is seeking corporations to partner with us and take on the title donor place with naming accreditation to the Festival.
We will also be launching a new fundraising drive. Help the Fringe Flourish hopes to raise $80,000 from individuals, partners and supporters who are keen to keep the festival going in 2028 and beyond. The Necessary Stage is appealing to the public to step forward and support independent voices and socially engaged art.
Sponsorship of the Singapore Fringe Festival gives you a fantastic opportunity to associate your company's name, logo and brand with one of the most anticipated and accessible arts events around!
Sponsorship of the arts is regarded as a wonderful investment and beneficial marketing and promotional tool for companies keen to establish themselves as brands that can contribute to social well-being. Your sponsorship will amplify how your brand connects with diverse audiences, fosters creativity and independent voices, thus enhancing brand visibility and reputation.
Here at the Singapore Fringe Festival, we have a fervent belief in developing the Fringe as a creative centre that encourages innovation, discourse and positive engagement. During our 12-day long festival, artists, audience, sponsors and partners share and participate in this celebration of creativity and connection with the community. The 2026 Fringe reached out to 2,209 audience members through six events, and attained an average 71.7% house. We aim to attain the same audienceship—if not more—for future editions of the Fringe, with diverse programming that continues to entertain and challenge audiences.
In order to do so, aside from having a thrilling line-up for programmes, the Singapore Fringe Festival also runs an exciting and highly visible marketing and communications campaign from November to January each year.
Our extensive, nation-wide media relations campaign goes hand-in-hand with our comprehensive and highly visible marketing drive which often includes:
- An accessible Festival website at SingaporeFringe.com;
- A robust social media marketing presence via various platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn, to engage audiences;
- Collaterals for individual productions;
- Press releases;
- Front-of-house displays, where applicable;
- EDMs to Fringe's local and international database, as well as the databases of our sponsors and partners;
- Onsite and venue marketing collaterals which may include floor stickers, posters, banners, foyerboards, calendar listings, etc.;
- And pre-show announcements at every performance at the Fringe, where applicable;
The Fringe's marketing campaign may vary depending on the programme each year. Nevertheless, the title donor and all sponsors and partners are always acknowledged in our collaterals, based on your level of investment.
We need your help to keep alive the spirit of independent artists. Contribute to the Help the Fringe Flourish fund. Only with your support can we continue to programme the festival in 2028 and beyond.
To join us as a title donor or sponsor of the Singapore Fringe Festival, please contact The Necessary Stage’s General Manager Melissa Lim at melissa@necessary.org. Photo by Irma Monterrubio & Carlos Alvar
Wilma by Porta Teatro (Mexico)
Image Description:
A dramatic production photo of WILMA. A light-skinned woman is entangled in multiple ropes hanging from the ceiling. The stage is lit in an eerie red light.
Be a Volunteer
We are looking for
- Front-of-house volunteers.
- Artist Liaison volunteers
Volunteering with the Fringe is a fabulous way to meet new people and artists, learn what happens behind the scenes of running a fringe festival, and get involved with one of the most dynamic events in town!
The commitment periods range from four-hour blocks to a few months. No prior experience is required for most positions, though you should have a keen interest in the arts and meeting people from all around the world.
For more information on volunteering with the Singapore Fringe Festival, please email us at info@singaporefringe.com.
Your volunteering can be acknowledged as CIP hours upon request.
Best of Us by The Necessary Stage (Singapore)
Image Description:
A close studio portrait of a Malay woman and man in their thirties posing together in front of a smooth gray backdrop. The man is wearing a white tank top, has styled dark hair and smiles directly at the camera. Behind and slightly to his left, the woman with shoulder-length dark hair wears a bright green buttoned up blouse. She rests her chin on her arms on his shoulder, creating a relaxed, friendly pose, and she is also smiling at the camera.