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![RISING: A group of three First Peoples and a Caucasian man performing in a rock band with an arch of stage lights behind them. Two are playing guitars, the lead singer is standing on a packing case and one is waving drum sticks.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/BNNB-Rising-Low-Res-38-e1717390017165.jpg?w=310)
Performance reviews: RISING Festival, first weekend
RISING Festival is now off and running. Here is ArtsHub's round-up of the performing arts offerings on the first weekend.
![Wild Dogs Under My Skirt. Image is a group of Samoan women on a stage sitting on chairs in a semi circle and holding their fists together in front of them. In the middle stands another woman in a grey dress raising her arms triumphantly. The camera is at the back of the audience so some silhouetted heads are in the foreground.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Wild-Dogs-Under-My-Skirt-at-SoHo-Playhouse-7_Adam-Kissick1-e1714363865453.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, Riverside Theatres
Poetry-based work about being a Samoan woman performed by a multi-skilled ensemble.
![Teenage performers in tuxedos and shorts jump out of a white piano in Tempo by the Flying Fruit Fly Circus at Art Centre Melbourne.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Tempo-dress-4319_Credit-Ian-Sutherland.jpeg?w=310)
Performance review: Tempo, Arts Centre Melbourne
The Fruities jump back onto our stages with a music themed performance.
![](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Maho-146.jpg-credit-Peter-Wallis-5.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Maho Magic Bar, Chinatown
Japanese magicians illuminate Chinatown.
![](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Conjurer-headshot-Web-size.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Josh Staley, Quicker than the Eye, Arrow on Swanston
Not just quick of hand, Staley is also funny and a good showman.
![OzAsia Festival](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/SNAP-Photo-by-Tae-Won-Kim-6.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: OzAsia Festival, SNAP
A colourful blend of sophisticated illusions and technological trickery.