Join the Fringe Board! Do you want to support Vancouver’s Arts Scene? Advance one of the best performing Arts Festivals in the Lower Mainland? Expand opportunities for independent performing arts? Love live performance that’s beyond the ordinary? Then, we have an opportunity for you! The Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society is looking for three to four new members to join our board. We are a governance board that provides oversight and advice to a strong management team. New board members will help the Fringe to fulfill its 2024-2026 strategic plan with its focus on people, impact, engagement and sustainability. Explore further details and access the application form through this link: https://bit.ly/44mks2s
Vancouver Fringe
Performing Arts
Vancouver, BC 157 followers
Pushing the Limits of Performing Arts | Celebrating 40 years in 2024
About us
The Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society was formed in 1983 with a mission to produce ‘theatre for everyone’ in Vancouver and beyond. The society initiated its first Fringe Festival in 1985, which over 35 years later, has gone on to become the largest theatre festival in BC. Since then, Vancouver Fringe is proud to have established itself as a leading force in the BC arts community, and a permanent fixture in Vancouver’s annual events calendar. The Fringe employs an ‘everyone is welcome’ selection technique. Each year, applicants are thrown into a lottery draw geared at providing all artists, from novice to veteran, equal chance to participate. The Fringe strives to break down traditional boundaries and encourages open dialogue between audiences and artists by presenting live un-juried, uncensored theatre in an accessible and informal environment. All artists receive 100% of regular box office revenues generated during the Festival. The Fringe revels in its identity as half theatre/half party, with artists, audiences, and volunteers alike invited to take part in an array of live music and performances. The Fringe also features some of Vancouver’s best theatre venues, including the Revue Stage, Performance Works, and Waterfront Theatre – all situated on and around the city’s cultural and creative hub, Granville Island. The ‘Bring Your Own Venue’ (BYOV) category uniquely allows artists to stage original work in unconventional places, including site-specific locations both indoors and out. Regardless of location, the Fringe has always embodied a passion for entertainment without boundaries, and today sees visitor numbers in excess of 40,000, facilitated by over 500 volunteers that graciously support the Society in making its mission a reality.
- Industry
- Performing Arts
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, BC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1983
Locations
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Primary
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Box 203 – 1398 Cartwright St.
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8, CA
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Updates
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The future of The Vancouver Fringe Festival is uncertain. This year we’ve had to make the painful decision to cut back our festival by a third, and with costs increasing and COVID recovery grants drying up, we need to raise $80,000 by May 31st to sustain the festival’s future. Our mission is to continue supporting artists for years to come. But being an artist in Vancouver is tough. Rents are skyrocketing, venues are closing, and opportunities are getting lost. There’s huge competition to get your art in front of an audience, not to mention that it can be prohibitively expensive. As an artist, it’s easy to feel lost. If you want to create your own work, where do you go? That's why artists rely on the Fringe as an affordable way to produce their work. Unlike traditional performing arts presenters, Fringe Festivals return 100% of ticket profits back to the artists. We also cover artists’ costs, such as staging, audience seating, lighting and sound equipment, ticketing services, and marketing. All told, we cover 80% of what it would cost an artist to produce a show on their own. When you buy a ticket at the Fringe, you are directly supporting the artist on the stage, but when you donate to the Fringe Festival, you’re helping that artist get to the stage in the first place. Long-time Fringer Leonard Schein has stepped up to match donations. This means that you can double your impact. New monthly donations will be matched at the value of 12 months of giving, up to a total of $10,000. For us to continue for another 40 years, we need your help. If you care about the Fringe, please donate today to support the festival’s future. Donate to support the future of the Fringe today. https://bit.ly/3VhGKl2
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