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2021 DARWIN FRINGE
HUB APPLICATION
This application is for artists applying to be a part of the Curated Fringe Hub Program.
Apply now to be part of the Darwin Fringe 2021 program and present your work in Brown's Mart Theatre, Brown's Mart Courtyard, Civic Park, Happy Yess, Comedy Garden or Aralia St Arcade. These venues are subsidized by the Fringe and are curated - meaning we want to hear about your great art and unique voice before programming. Make sure you've read the Hub Section of our
Artist Pack
for our application criteria before applying. We're also available to talk about your application before submission, contact us at info@darwinfringe.org.au
WAIT, I DON'T WANT TO APPLY FOR A HUB VENUE!
Head to the
Darwin Fringe General Application Form
.
WE RECOMMEND
Step 1. Reading through all application questions and copying them into another document.
Step 2. Fill out your answers in that document before copying them back into this form. That way you don't lose what you've written. At the bottom of the page is an option to save your progress – you can start your application and come back to it later (for up to 30 days)!
Darwin Fringe Dates 2021
Hub Application Due Date: January 31
Hub Applications notified: February 14
General Application Due Date: March 7
Fees, marketing and contracts deadline: April 11
Program Launch: May 25
Festival dates: Friday July 2nd until Sunday July 11th
View an example application we made up to help you on your way.
Key Details
Name of Show
*
Name of Producer/Group
This name will show up on our website as the arts group/ artist/ company producing your event
Your Show
*
Give the fringe team a quick idea of what your show is, who it's for, who's involved etc. (No more than 300 words)
Key Show Contact
*
We don't publish these details.
First
Last
Preferred gender pronouns
Key Contact Number
*
Key Contact Email
*
We will be communicating with you reguarly via email so please supply the address that you check the most.
How Many Participants
*
Roughly how many people are performing/exhibiting in this event?
Are you a member of any of the following communities?
We don't publish this, it's just for grant reporting. Please select all that apply.
LGBTQIA
Indigenous or Torres Straight Islander
People with a Disability
Emerging Artists
Under 25s
Culturally and linguistically diverse
Category
This is how your show will be categorised on the Fringe website and in the program guide. Categories with an * are eligible for category awards after the festival.
Cabaret*
Comedy*
Circus, Physical Theatre & Dance*
Visual Arts*
Music*
Theatre*
Film and Digital*
Spoken Word and Story Telling*
Workshop
Kids
Other*
Additional Categories
Other categories that could describe your event (these will be listed on our website after your main category)
Cabaret
Comedy
Circus, Physical Theatre & Dance
Visual Arts
Music
Theatre
Film and Digital
Spoken Word and Story Telling
Workshop
Kids
Other
Would you like to apply to have your registration fees waived?
*
We are offering 10 subsidised opportunities this year to be part of the festival minus the registration fees. Registration fees: 1-2 shows = $80 / 3 or more shows = $120
Yes, I want to apply for a fee waiver
No, I can pay my fees
How will this fee waive support your Fringe Show?
Artists who are unwaged, on a pension, offering a free show, or who demonstrate strong artistic merit can apply for a fee waived registration spot. We don’t want a little thing like Rego fees ruining your Darwin Fringe dreams!
I am unwaged
I have a disability and/or hold a concession card
My show is free to attend
Why should your show be in a Fringe Hub Venue?
*
Tell us why your show should be in the Hub. We program works that are any combination of the following: new, risky, experimental, bold, profile unique and important voices, showcase diverse narratives, profile local arts, highlight regional artists, contribute to cultural diversity or offer audience development. (No more than 300 words)
If you have any other links to relevant websites, reviews, quotes etc, this is the place to let us know!
Any supporting images or files to help demonstrate your work?
Drop files here or
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, pdf.
Dates & Ticketing
You can find the venue capacity and specs for the below spaces on page 7-8 of our
Artist Pack
.
As mentioned in the artist pack, we recommend budgeting your show at 30% of ticket sales as this will keep you safe financially and production wise if COVID19 Restrictions are increased. Keep these numbers in mind when thinking of audiences and the space you work with.
Hub Venue (First Choice)
*
Brown's Mart Theatre
Brown's Mart Courtyard
Civic Park
Happy Yess
Fringe Club in Happy Yess
Comedy Garden
Aralia St Arcade
Brown's Mart Theatre - Seasons
All slots are for one hour shows only unless specified. They all come with 20 minutes of bump in and 20 minutes of bump out time. These are not the final performance times or slots, If you have different time preferences please leave them in the box below.
SEASON 1
| Saturday 3rd - 5:45pm, Sunday 4th - 5:00pm
SEASON 2
| Saturday 3rd - 7:30pm, Sunday 4th - 6:45pm
SEASON 3
| Saturday 3rd - 9:15pm, Sunday 4th - 8:30pm
SEASON 4
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 5:45pm
SEASON 5
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 7:30pm
SEASON 6
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 9:15pm
SEASON 7
| Wednesday 7th - Friday 9th - 10.00am
Brown's Mart Theatre - additional show slots
OTHER SESSION 1
| Saturday 3rd - 12:00PM
OTHER SESSION 2
| Saturday 3rd - 1:45PM
OTHER SESSION 3
| Saturday 3rd - 3:30PM
OTHER SESSION 4
| Sunday 4th - 12:45PM
OTHER SESSION 5
| Sunday 4th - 2:15PM
OTHER SESSION 6
| Saturday 10th - 12:00PM
OTHER SESSION 7
| Saturday 10th - 1:45PM
OTHER SESSION 8
| Saturday 10th - 3:30PM
OTHER SESSION 9
| Sunday 11th - 12:45PM
OTHER SESSION 10
| Sunday 11th - 2:15PM
Brown's Mart Courtyard/ Civic Park
We can be flexible with dates and times in these venues. Give us a rough indication of your space and date and time preferences below. Both the Civic Park and Courtyard are outdoors which can be hard to ticket for shows. Definitely get in touch about using these venues and we'll discuss your options.
Happy Yess Seasons
All slots are for one hour shows only unless specified. They all come with 20 minutes of bump in and 20 minutes of bump out time. These are not the final performance times or slots, If you have different time preferences please leave them in the box below.
SEASON 1
| Saturday 3rd - 7:00pm, Sunday 4th - 6:00pm
SEASON 2
| Saturday 3rd - 9:00pm, Sunday 4th - 8:00pm
SEASON 3
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 7:00pm
SEASON 4
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 9:00pm
Fringe Club in Happy Yess
Fringe Club sessions run for 2.5 hours, not 1 and you can only run one Fringe Club for the festival where as you can do multiple nights of shows during the regular season in Happy Yess. With running a Fringe Club you will get paid a set fee and will not take the ticketing, this allows us to let artists in for free through out the festival!
CLUB 1
| Saturday 3rd: 10.30PM - 1:00AM
CLUB 2
| Thursday 8th: 10.30PM - 1:00AM
CLUB 3
| Friday 9th: 10.30PM - 1:00AM
Comedy Garden
Comedians can apply to perform in the funniest corner of Darwin this July. The Comedy garden is back at Hotel Darwin in the courtyard! Sets can be up to 50minutes long and shows need to set up in 5 minutes and pack down in 5 minutes. All shows will be in the afternoon/ evening.
**Please keep in mind that this venue is at a pub. All patrons aged 18 and under will require a parent/ guardian to attend the show with them and all patrons need to be aged 18 or over after 10pm.
Saturday 3rd
Sunday 4th
Wednesday 7th
Thursday 8th
Friday 9th
Saturday 10th
Sunday 11th
Aralia St Arcade
We're teaming up with Dom's Bar & lounge to present a pop-up performance space in the Aralia St Arcade. Shows need to be no longer than an hour and take up to 10 minutes to set up and 10 minutes to pack down. This venue can ticket up to 65 people. The venue will open after 5pm in the afternoons.
This space is created by putting a black curtain behind a staging panel. You can access mics and audio as well as basic lighting. This space is good for shows with smaller amounts of participants and lowered production.
Still confused? Get in touch to see photos and videos of the space in action.
Saturday 3rd
Sunday 4th
Thursday 8th
Friday 9th
Saturday 10th
Sunday 11th
Hub Venue (Second Choice)
*
If your first choice is unavailable let us know what other venues or dates could work for you.
Brown's Mart Theatre
Brown's Mart Courtyard
Civic Park
Happy Yess
Fringe Club in Happy Yess
Comedy Garden
Aralia St Arcade
Brown's Mart Theatre - Seasons
All slots are for one hour shows only unless specified. They all come with 20 minutes of bump in and 20 minutes of bump out time. These are not the final performance times or slots, If you have different time preferences please leave them in the box below.
SEASON 1
| Saturday 3rd - 5:45pm, Sunday 4th - 5:00pm
SEASON 2
| Saturday 3rd - 7:30pm, Sunday 4th - 6:45pm
SEASON 3
| Saturday 3rd - 9:15pm, Sunday 4th - 8:30pm
SEASON 4
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 5:45pm
SEASON 5
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 7:30pm
SEASON 6
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 9:15pm
SEASON 7
| Wednesday 7th - Friday 9th - 11:00am
Brown's Mart Theatre - additional show slots
OTHER SESSION 1
| Saturday 3rd - 12:00PM
OTHER SESSION 2
| Saturday 3rd - 1:45PM
OTHER SESSION 3
| Saturday 3rd - 3:30PM
OTHER SESSION 4
| Sunday 4th - 12:45PM
OTHER SESSION 5
| Sunday 4th - 2:15PM
OTHER SESSION 6
| Saturday 10th - 12:00PM
OTHER SESSION 7
| Saturday 10th - 1:45PM
OTHER SESSION 8
| Saturday 10th - 3:30PM
OTHER SESSION 9
| Sunday 11th - 12:45PM
OTHER SESSION 10
| Sunday 11th - 2:15PM
Brown's Mart Courtyard/ Civic Park
We can be flexible with dates and times in these venues. Give us a rough indication of your space and date and time preferences below. Both the Civic Park and Courtyard are outdoors which can be hard to ticket for shows. Definitely get in touch about using these venues and we'll discuss your options.
Happy Yess Seasons
All slots are for one hour shows only unless specified. They all come with 20 minutes of bump in and 20 minutes of bump out time. These are not the final performance times or slots, If you have different time preferences please leave them in the box below.
SEASON 1
| Saturday 3rd - 7:00pm, Sunday 4th - 6:00pm
SEASON 2
| Saturday 3rd - 9:00pm, Sunday 4th - 8:00pm
SEASON 3
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 7:00pm
SEASON 4
| Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th - 9:00pm
Fringe Club in Happy Yess
Fringe Club sessions run for 2.5 hours, not 1 and you can only run one Fringe Club for the festival where as you can do multiple nights of shows during the regular season in Happy Yess. With running a Fringe Club you will get paid a set fee and will not take the ticketing, this allows us to let artists in for free through out the festival!
CLUB 1
| Saturday 3rd: 10.30PM - 1:00AM
CLUB 2
| Thursday 8th: 10.30PM - 1:00AM
CLUB 3
| Friday 9th: 10.30PM - 1:00AM
Comedy Garden
Comedians can apply to perform in the funniest corner of Darwin this July. The Comedy garden is back at Hotel Darwin in the courtyard! Sets can be up to 50minutes long and shows need to set up in 5 minutes and pack down in 5 minutes. All shows will be in the afternoon/ evening.
**Please keep in mind that this venue is at a pub. All patrons aged 18 and under will require a parent/ guardian to attend the show with them and all patrons need to be aged 18 or over after 10pm.
Saturday 3rd
Sunday 4th
Tuesday 6th
Wednesday 7th
Thursday 8th
Friday 9th
Saturday 10th
Sunday 11th
Aralia St Arcade
We're teaming up with Dom's Bar & lounge to present a pop-up performance space in the Aralia St Arcade. Shows need to be no longer than an hour and take up to 10 minutes to set up and 10 minutes to pack down. This venue can ticket up to 65 people. The venue will open after 5pm in the afternoons.
This space is created by putting a black curtain behind a staging panel. You can access mics and audio as well as basic lighting. This space is good for shows with smaller amounts of participants and lowered production.
Still confused? Get in touch to see photos and videos of the space in action.
Saturday 3rd
Sunday 4th
Thursday 8th
Friday 9th
Saturday 10th
Sunday 11th
Additional Date and Time requests
If you have additional performance dates or times in your preferred venue that are not listed please list them here. We try our best to accommodate everyone.
PLEASE NOTE
that we WILL NOT program events that clash with our Opening Night Celebrations from 5pm Friday July 2nd, OR any events held after 5pm Sunday 11th during our Fringe Awards Closing Party.
Days and times that are no good
Please let us know if you're going out of town, have work booked or won't be available on any particular day or time. Yes, it can be hard to know this far in advance but any information you have will help.
Ticketing
*
If your show is free of charge then just write FREE (you kind soul) If the options below don't work for you please let us know.
If you're looking to make a return on your event you will need to write down at least one price. You will also be able to request promo codes through the final marketing form at a later date.
PLEASE
list GROUP and FAMILY prices as the individual ticket price and not the entire group (eg. $60 for a group of six or more, write $10 ea).
Not sure how much to charge?
Check out page 13 of our
Artist Pack
for tips on how to approach budgeting your show. That way you have the best chance to come out on top.
ADULT*
CONCESSION
12 & UNDER
GROUP - Booking of 6 or more
FAMILY - 4 people (adult/s accompanying children)
Marketing
This is not your final submission for marketing material, successful Applicants will have until April 11 to finalize their marketing images and blurbs. The information you supply below will assist us in making a decision and will get you as ready as possible.
Don't forget
that you can save this application and come back to it later if you need to do some thinking.
Long Marketing Blurb (up to 200 words)
*
This blurb appears on our WEBSITE to help market your show.
Short Marketing Blurb (30 Words)
*
This blurb appears in our PROGRAM GUIDE to help market your show.
Artist/ Producer/ Organisation/ Venue bio
Please tell us about yourself or your group in a short bio between 30-150 words. This will go on our website show listings.
Content & Practical Warnings
Nudity
For audiences 18+
Adult Themes
Strong Language
Strobing
Smoke or haze
Trigger Content Warnings
*
Does your show contain any strong content that may cause emotional disturbance to audience members if unexpected? Ticking these boxes won't cause alarm for us, the Fringe is all about taking risks but we're also about doing it safely.
Suicide or self harm
Images, audio or the name of an Indigenous Australian who has died
Mental illness
Sexual violence
Homophobia/jokes about sexuality
Violence or domestic violence
Jokes about sexism or gender
Child abuse/paedophilia
Animal cruelty, beastiality or animal death
Needles/drug use
Pregnancy/Childbirth Miscarriages/Abortion
Kidnapping
Death or dying
Blood or gore
Loud noises such as bombs/gunshots
Racism/jokes about race
Kink shaming
Something else
My show contains none of these triggers
Can't see a trigger warning for you?
What warning should audiences be aware of when coming to see your show:
Marketing Image
*
Please provide an image to accompany your event listings in our printed program and on our website. This is not the last time that you can supply this content, successful applicants will have another chance to do so.
- Minimum 72 PPI at 2000px delivered as TIFF, JPG or EPS
- Your marketing image should not contain any text (even if it's the title of your show)
-
DO NOT
send us your poster or logo.
- Photographs are preferred wherever possible.
Note: Please provide us with the highest resolution you have available. Images may be cropped to fit the layout of our program (3x3cm).
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.
Would you like us to pass on your details in the case of enquiries from the media?
*
Yes
No
Draft a Tweet/Instagram caption for us to share with our followers!
Before and during the festival we post on Twitter (@DarwinFringe) and Instagram (@darwinfringefestival) about each and every show, exhibition and event in the 2020 Darwin Fringe!
Think hard about 250 characters (tweets are 280 characters, but we need 30 characters to include a link to purchase tickets) that will sell your show best.
FACEBOOK EVENTS
The Darwin Fringe does not make facebook events for shows however we will co-host them with you! That way they still show up on our page and yours.
You will need a public facebook
PAGE
to make an event that can be co-hosted by us. This is different to your
PERSONAL
account. If this is a concern for you please feel free to reach out.
WE DO NOT
just share facebook events during the festival as this becomes ineffective when you start promoting almost 200 different performances.
WE ARE
however very happy to share other content such as photos and videos. Get creative and let yourself stand out!
PS. You can share this content with us as it becomes available.
Website
Public Facebook Page
Twitter Handle
Instagram Name
Before You Hit Submit!
Having issues? Got questions? Just a little worried? We're here to help and are happy to discuss your application: info@darwinfringe.org.au
Hub Application Due Date: January 31
Hub Applications notified: February 14