{"id":12718,"date":"2021-08-24T14:12:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=12718"},"modified":"2021-08-24T14:12:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T12:12:02","slug":"the-2021-national-arts-festivals-fringe-festival-closes-end-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/08\/24\/the-2021-national-arts-festivals-fringe-festival-closes-end-august\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2021 National Arts Festival\u2019s Fringe Festival Closes End August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The National Arts Festival has long been known for its diverse Fringe platform, a large section of the programme that is reserved for independent creatives to showcase self-funded work. During the live Festival, this is the space to debut new and experimental work, explore interesting collaborations, or just \u2018test the boards\u2019 as a new actor, playwright, artist, musician or dancer.\u00a0
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Having moved to online in 2020 and 2021, the Festival has retained the Fringe space and, during challenging times for the arts, made it as affordable as possible for artists to stage their work digitally. There were no registration fees for the online shows and artists take home 90% of the proceeds from their ticket sales.\u00a0\u00a0
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\u201cIt\u2019s an important space to hold as the online vs in real life stages blur,\u201d Says Fringe manager Zikhona Monaheng, \u201cArtists, and particularly young artists, are really showing up in the space; blending elements of film, live concert and documentary formats as they explore and experiment with presenting work online and develop a sense of possibility for digital.\u201d\u00a0
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The Fringe is best experienced as a \u2018lucky dip\u2019 but the Standard Bank Ovation Awards are a good indication of work that has been watched and commended by a panel of judges. This year\u2019s Gold Standard Bank Ovation Award winners were\u00a0The Shack<\/a>\u00a0(a seven minute piece that explores the notion of home within grinding poverty) and\u00a0Gone But Not Forgotten<\/a>, a musical tribute by Cape Town musician Chadleigh Gowar to those we have lost during the last 18 months. All the Standard Bank Ovation Awards can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0
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The National Arts Festival will continue to offer artists the platform to host work throughout the remainder of the year. This work will not be affiliated to the Festival programme and productions must market their own work. \u201cThe online space affords artists much greater freedom of access than a real life staged work, they quite literally have a global market, but the tradeoff is that there is even more competition for attention online,\u201d says NAF CEO Monica Newton, \u201cartists need to invest in their marketing skills, think of ways to stand out in a sea of content and grow their own community of fans.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0
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The National Arts Festival\u2019s long-term partner Standard Bank also stepped in this year to offer the public a chance to send messages of support to the artists on the Fringe, through the Bank of Dreams\u00a0https:\/\/arts.standardbank.co.za<\/a>. The creative digital portal translates messages into money for the artists on the Fringe and the public still has time to leave their message.\u00a0
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Both the National Arts Festival Fringe Live and The Bank of Dreams end on 31 August 2021.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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Visit and explore the National Arts Festival Fringe at\u00a0https:\/\/nationalartsfestival.co.za\/the-fringe\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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