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John Waters and Daniel MacPherson in a scene from The Woman in Black

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

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Rising Festival 2024 Composite - clockwise from bottom left: Gurr Era Op, Counting and Cracking, Cadela Forca, 8/8/8 Rest

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
Rising co-artistic directors Hannah Fox and Gideon Obarzanek at the 2023 festival.

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
Rising Festival: Gurr Era Op

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
Good Morning

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
The Rennie Ellis exhibition at the State Library of Victoria.

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
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Justine Clarke stars in Julia

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
Opera singer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon is performing in the Rising Festival event The Rivers Sing, from Crowne Plaza with huge speakers around her, overlooking the river. She will be part of a performance that will be broadcast along the Yarra.

If the Yarra could make music, this is what it would sound like

An ethereal soundscape in Melbourne’s CBD begins the moment the sun grazes the horizon – and no two listeners will hear the same work.

  • John Bailey
Sky Ferreira

Sky Ferreira emerges after 10 years of ‘being erased’ by record label drama

The cult pop enigma returns to Australian stages for Vivid Live in Sydney and Rising in Melbourne.

  • Robert Moran
Members of the City of Dandenong Brass Band.

A brass band with acid house bangers? Hold on to your flugelhorn

At this year’s Rising festival, traditional brass bands meet classic techno tracks, and you’ll be surprised at the result.

  • Kylie Northover

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