Apply to be considered for our Brighton Fringe Award 2026
This year we're doing things a bit differently and asking you to apply to be considered for our Brighton Fringe Award. Get your application in by 27 April 2026, 9am..
To be considered for this award this year you must:
Register your interest by filling out this short online form South East Dance Brighton Fringe Award Application. – Fill in form
Reserve 2x complimentary tickets for the award panel at a day and time to be agreed with both the Artist and South East Dance
Be presenting a work with Dance at its heart. We are open to multidisciplinary works (e.g. Dance Circus/ Dance Physical Theatre), but dance must be central to the show, and it must have a choreographic dramaturgical approach.
The winner is awarded:
- 20 hours of free studio space at The Dance Space
- A mentoring and advice session with the South East Dance programming team
- A bottle of bubbly to celebrate
This award is to the value of over £500!
Image: Head over Wheels: our 2025 Fringe Award winner.
Brighton Fringe Bursary
Applications are open for our 2026 Brighton Fringe Bursary. The award is open to any artist or company whose Brighton Fringe show includes movement/dance/choreography.
Fringe Roots: Supporting your Brighton Fringe performance
Apply for this opportunity to present your work at The Dance Space in May 2026
Our Brighton Fringe Award Winner: “Playful, mesmerising and creatively accessible”
Congratulations to Head Over Wheels for Anchored in Air, their groundbreaking aerial theatre production redefining contemporary circus.
Meet our first Dance Diagonal resident artist
Read our Q&A with Sarah Hopfinger, Glasgow-based queer disabled performance-maker and dance artist .