The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival is an annual

fringe theatre Fringe theatre is theatre that is produced outside of the main theatre institutions, and that is often small-scale and non-traditional in style or subject matter. The term comes from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.Kemp, Robert, ''More that is Fr ...

festival in Singapore. In additional to theatrical performances, it hosts art installations, live music, and a forum. It is organised by

The Necessary Stage The Necessary Stage (previously known as M1 Theatre Connect and M1 Youth Connection) is a Singaporean non-profit theatre company with charity status. Formed in 1987 by Alvin Tan, The Necessary Stage was established with its own mission to creat ...

, a non-profit theatre company. The tenth M1 Singapore Fringe Festival took place in 2014. It had a higher attendance than any previous M1 festival. It was after this festival that The Necessary Stage instituted a policy of appointing a new

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since th ...

every two years. The company intends the two-year tenure to give each director time to realise a vision for the festival, while building relationships with artists and curators.

Themes

The festival occurs each January with a different theme. * 2014 - ''Art and the People'' * 2015 - ''Art & Loss'' * 2016 - ''Art & the Animal'' * 2021 - '' Quiet Riot''

References

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* {{Visual art in Singapore, state=autocollapse 21st-century theatre Festivals in Singapore Fringe festivals Theatre in Singapore