RISING festival

Dance review: Arkadia, RISING Festival, The Substation
An imaginative dance opera by choreographer Melanie Lane.

Performance review: ANITO, RISING Festival, Arts House
Costume, puppetry, drag, dance and experimental electronic music combine to interrogate colonial wrongs.

RISING launches 2024 festival program
Provocative theatre, a notorious rap group from Western Sydney and an Aboriginal rock ’n’ roll musical are among the highlights…

Counting and Cracking: RISING to stage Belvoir’s acclaimed theatrical epic
The Melbourne season of S. Shakthidharan’s multigenerational drama is being co-produced with University of Melbourne Arts and Culture.

RISING announces mass participatory project for its 2024 festival
The first event for next year’s winter festival RISING will see audiences become the artists in a major participatory experience.

Theatre review: Hide the Dog, Arts Centre Melbourne, RISING
The first trans-Tasman First Nations children’s production toured from Sydney to Melbourne for RISING.

Major First Nations commissions open at Flinders Street Station
A cornerstone of this year’s RISING festival, Shadow Spirit presents a breadth of new commissions by First Peoples from across…

Film installation review: Euphoria, RISING
More film than art installation, Euphoria is a very different experience depending on whether one stays for the duration or…

RISING Festival 2023: Melbourne Town Hall to host immersive 360 video, Euphoria
RISING festival is back and bigger than ever, bringing with it a huge cinematic projection experience in Euphoria.