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![Three women in colourful printed clothes stand in front of assorted wire baskets that are also lit up.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GurrEraOp_ImageCredit_PrudenceUpton_1261.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Gurr Era Op, RISING Festival, Arts House
Torres Strait Islander women confront the devastation of climate change and battle the rising tide.
![A woman is kneeling in the middle of a stage, with her head back. Plumes of fire are coming out of her mouth](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Clara-Fable-by-Damien-Bredburg-01331.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Limbo – The Return, The Grand Electric
Strut & Fret hits the mark with this bacchanalian mix of cabaret, circus and acrobatics.Â
![A blonde woman in a strapless evening gown is standing next to a bathtub, which is on a raised platform.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Virginia-Gay-hosting-The-2024-Vareity-Gala-Photo-by-Claudio-Raschella-2-e1718074518546.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: The 2024 Variety Gala, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Festival Theatre
A charcuterie plate of cabaret excellence!
![A man is kneeling in the middle of a stage, craddling a toy girl. He looks distraught.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/blah.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: Coppélia, QPAC  Â
A charming and imaginative production of 'Coppélia' presented in a welcomed revival by Queensland Ballet. Â
![A darkened stage with four performers dressed in black in a simple formation, some are on the floor, others are standing.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Nocturnal_HERO_Hannah-Bethany-Laurent_RESIZED.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: Nocturnal, Subiaco Arts Centre
Four performers plumb the depths of mind and body through states of darkness in this contemporary dance work.
![A dancer stands posed, arms outstretched and slightly crouched. She holds an arrow in her teeth. Behind her is a dramatic, green-tinted photograph of the sun depicting several solar flares.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20211117-GregoryLorenzutti-NewWork-0041-Enhanced-NR.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: Arkadia, RISING Festival, The Substation
An imaginative dance opera by choreographer Melanie Lane.
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Performance review: Romeo & Juliet Suite, Sydney Opera House
Depending on which night you attend, the roles of Rome and Juliet will be played by three separate couples.
![RISING. Against a burning sun going down two figures that look like prehistoric monsters or dinosaurs face off. But are they just performers in flowing costumes?](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Anito_Arts-House_photo-Sarah-Walker-727411.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: ANITO, RISING Festival, Arts House
Costume, puppetry, drag, dance and experimental electronic music combine to interrogate colonial wrongs.
![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.
![Embodied. Two female dancers on a dark stage, under two stage lights with barn doors are dressed in tight white skivvies and grey shorts, and are stretching their right arms up in the air.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Dominic-Steele-e1714978520588.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: EMBODIED, Dancehouse
A double bill of dance captivated and entranced.