Just as in real life,REST happens between 9pm and 5am. Audiences can even wear their PJs.
Carolina Bianchi will be drugged and probed while on stage in her Rising performance. But that’s not what she’s annoyed about.
Eclipse,a Rising Festival drag performance,will have you counting down to the apocalypse while reconsidering the meaning of drag itself.
Kazu Makino thought her days with Blonde Redhead were behind her. But Covid changed all that.
Western Sydney rap group OneFour are set to perform their first headline show in Melbourne as part of the RISING festival in June.
Rising is “a festival that you do,in a city that does it best:music,food,art and culture under moonlight”. That’s not a purpose,it’s a hopelessly vague marketing slogan.
This wrap of Rising festival shows includes Hide the Dog,Identity,The Dan Daw Show,Buŋgul,THIS,Ethel Cain,Thundercat,Weyes Blood,Tanz,and Tracker.
RVG’s third album is their finest – and riskiest – yet. ‘The best-case scenario is we make a great record,the worst case is we have a very expensive holiday.’
Disabled performer Dan Daw,who performs at RISING Festival this month,says the two places he feels truly free are in the bedroom and on stage as a dancer.
In the heart of the city,brothers Efrain and Pablo Del Hierro have created a vibrant,art-filled world to bring about “a colourful stain on grey reality”.
Rising Festival brings together theatre,dance,music,art,and everything in between. Here’s a peek into the program.