Rising Festival
Why emptying your mind is about to become the hottest ticket in town
Melburnians are being asked to join South Korean artist Woopsyang in a celebration of stillness. Where do I sign up?
- Simmone Howell
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‘To be Maori is to be political’: Marlon Williams returns to his ancestral tongue
The singer-songwriter’s new album wasn’t intended to be political, but it arrives at a tense moment for Aotearoa politics.
- Nick Buckley
Hole in platform one: Mini-golf to take over Flinders Street ballroom
Artists Miranda July, Kaylene Whisky and Saeborg are creating interactive putting greens for this wacky show in the Rising festival.
- Kerrie O'Brien
The ghostly theatre classic you should see at least once in your life
Daniel MacPherson and John Waters star in The Woman in Black – the second-longest running play in London, after Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap.
- Cameron Woodhead, Nadia Bailey and Andrew McClelland
Has Melbourne’s biggest arts festival finally taken off?
With a beefed-up performing arts program, this was the first year of Rising that felt like more than a poor shadow of an international arts festival.
- Cameron Woodhead
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Melbourne’s biggest arts festival closes this weekend. Its future is in doubt
Rising is the biggest cultural event in Victoria and receives millions in government funding, with ambitions to rival the Australian Open and Grand Prix.
- Meg Watson
This moving and vibrant Rising show is a must-watch
Gurr Era Op, a beautifully composed dance theatre piece, is like a sea breeze: it blows strong and tastes fresh.
- Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
One of Melbourne’s most underrated bands return home and blow off the roof
At first, indie duo Good Morning and the Melbourne Recital Centre seemed like an unusual match. But then the music started.
- Will Cox, Andrew Fuhrmann and Brodie Lancaster
In a time before selfies, Rennie Ellis captured Melbourne
There were no selfies or duck faces when Rennie Ellis was roaming Melbourne with his camera instead he captured the unaffected and ordinary faces of the city.
- Cara Waters
This play about Julia Gillard will hold your attention, regardless of your politics
It’s worth seeing this show just to watch Justine Clarke transform into Gillard and, in a thrilling display, deliver the misogyny speech in full.
- Cameron Woodhead, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Andrew Fuhrmann and Jessica Nicholas
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