Crowdfunded Singapore Fringe Festival 2026 returns with four shows and two panel discussions in January

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SINGAPORE – The Singapore Fringe Festival 2026 will be a “people’s” festival, says Ms Melissa Lim, general manager of theatre company The Necessary Stage (TNS), which organises the event. This is because the festival’s shoestring budget of about $50,000 was raised entirely through crowdfunding from the public. One of the country’s longest-running fringe festivals returns from Jan 15 to 25, 2026, with just four shows and two panel sessions, compared with seven shows in 2025. Telecommunications company M1, which had been a sponsor since the festival’s inception in 2005, ended its financial support after the 21st edition in 2025. Tickets…

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