Fringe to mainstage: how does it happen?

Every year thousands of shows open at fringe festivals and independent venues. A few go on to mainstage productions and launch lifelong careers.
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Human Animal Exchange’s They Saw a Thylacine. Photo by Mardo El Noor. Image via Showcase Victoria

The performer’s equivalent of winning TattsLotto is staging an independent show that ends up selling tickets at a major theatre – with one major difference.

Unlike winning TattsLotto, it’s not a matter of luck. While the odds of your show being the one in a festival of more than 500 works to hit the big time good by lottery comparisons, fringe festivals are hotbeds of competitive selection and even a winner needs to be astute in leveraging from fringe success.

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