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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.
![A natural rock formation in the rough shape of a window looks out over a river and surrounding Nanda Country. Two children wearing Akubra hats sit in the window, their backs to the camera.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/nick-dunn-ObqXTSx3cVk-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
APAM heading to WA
The Australian Performing Arts Market will be hosted in Western Australia by PAC Australia in 2026, 2028 and 2030.
![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.
![So You Want My Arts Job, Illusionist Anthony Street. Dance.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/SYWMAJ-2024-24-april.jpg?w=310)
So you want my arts job: Illusionist
From world-renowned dancer to grand illusionist, Anthony Street talks to ArtsHub about his career in stagecraft.
![A young white man dressed as Harry Potter branding a wand, crossing that with a star wand brandished by an other young white man wearing devil's horns.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Production-shot-2.jpeg?w=310)
Hairy Potter – selling a show when the author is persona non grata
While the creator of the Potter-verse may no longer be everyone's favourite multimillionaire, there are still plenty in the sector…
![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.
![children's theatre. three performers on stage dressed as cave people attacking each other with clubs.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Prehysterical-supplied.jpg?w=310)
Performing and creating for children
How creating work for children can enrich not only a performer's repertoire, but also their own personal growth.
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Performance review: Maho Magic Bar, Chinatown
Japanese magicians illuminate Chinatown.
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Overcoming threshold anxiety
Geelong Arts Centre’s redevelopment opens the venue up to the public eye, in a way that’s deliberately designed to ensure…
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Performance review: Josh Staley, Quicker than the Eye, Arrow on Swanston
Not just quick of hand, Staley is also funny and a good showman.