Hamer’s odyssey:Voyage of an eel lights up Melbourne landmark

Hamer’s odyssey:Voyage of an eel lights up Melbourne landmark

A digital projection of a huge eel will weave its way along the facade of Hamer Hall,after the first unveiling was marred by a pandemic lockdown.

  • byJack Latimore

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So that was our first Rising arts festival. Did it live up to the hype?

So that was our first Rising arts festival. Did it live up to the hype?

Dance lovers had plenty of reasons to kick up their heels,the music program was expansive – but theatre was patchy and the White Night side was a damp squib.

  • byCameron Woodhead
Manifesto:when high-concept contemporary dance meets cheerleading
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Manifesto:when high-concept contemporary dance meets cheerleading

This dancing manifesto created by Melbourne-based choreographer Stephanie Lake is a call for more flash and more sizzle. And it’s thumping good fun.

  • byEmma Sullivan,Carla Jaeger,Andrew Fuhrmann andCameron Woodhead
An ‘invisible opera’:Witness the absurd,dramatic choreography of bustling city square

An ‘invisible opera’:Witness the absurd,dramatic choreography of bustling city square

The Invisible Opera at Federation Square will leave its audience wondering about the line between the bizarrely real,and the really bizarre.

  • byNick Miller
Hip-hop’s original outsider is here to talk about guns and black holes

Hip-hop’s original outsider is here to talk about guns and black holes

Palaceer Lazaro,from New York art-rap duo Shabazz Palaces,has ditched the computer to bring a “very physical” show to the Rising festival.

  • byMikey Cahill
This must-see Rising show will probably be the most difficult to watch

This must-see Rising show will probably be the most difficult to watch

A new work from Broome-based company Marrugeku was inspired by a conversation with deep-thinking Indigenous senator Patrick Dodson.

  • byNick Miller
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From Melbourne to New York to London,the ‘nerds who want to make things’

From Melbourne to New York to London,the ‘nerds who want to make things’

Tin&Ed,the artists whose work populates Rising festival hub The Wilds,use technology to give us a new perspective on the world.

  • byNick Miller
Human sculpture keeps footballers in suspense at the NGV

Human sculpture keeps footballers in suspense at the NGV

A spectacular mark re-created in the form of AFL players suspended by ropes inspired conversations about AFL’s role in society.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
The ‘other virus’ playing havoc with major Australian festivals

The ‘other virus’ playing havoc with major Australian festivals

Event organisers are dealing with both COVID chaos and a rise in lethargy as ticket sales remain “patchy” across the industry.

  • byMeg Watson
Sick of our crunch and grind work culture? These artists think there’s another way

Sick of our crunch and grind work culture? These artists think there’s another way

Balancing eight hours work,eight hours rest and eight hours play might be the ideal,but how many of us live it? This show explores an alternate reality.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
‘It challenged my brain and body’:How theatre’s hardest role came to be shared

‘It challenged my brain and body’:How theatre’s hardest role came to be shared

When Nikki Shiels signed up as ‘alternative performer’ in The Picture of Dorian Gray,she found a role where millimetres divide success and failure.

  • byNick Miller