Singapore Fringe Festival faces closure as M1 ends donorship in 2025
The Straits Times|October 31, 2024
The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival (MISFF) is facing an uncertain future as its title donor, Singapore-based telco M1 Limited, will end its financial support after the festival's 21st edition in 2025.
Shawn Hoo

"Without a title donor, the Singapore Fringe Festival may completely cease to exist," said Alvin Tan, artistic director of The Necessary Stage (TNS), in a press statement dated Oct 30. M1 has been a sponsor since the festival's inception in 2005.

MISFF, which has become a fixture on the Singapore theatre calendar, currently costs about $230,000 to put on. The end of M1's donation which stands at $100,000 an edition places the festival in a perilous financial position.

M1 declined to comment for this story.

MISFF has roots in 1997, when the festival was titled Youth Explosion!. After M1's donation, the festival was subsequently renamed M1 Youth Connection in 1998 and then M1 Theatre Connect in 2004.

この記事は The Straits Times の October 31, 2024 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は The Straits Times の October 31, 2024 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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