Sublime art carved from the experience of humiliation and cruelty
★★★★½
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Sublime art carved from the experience of humiliation and cruelty

Food Court is a theatrical masterpiece and its return season for RISING reaffirms the show’s power as it addresses bullying and disability.

  • byCameron Woodhead

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Off limits for 35 years,rooms above Flinders Street station burst to life

Off limits for 35 years,rooms above Flinders Street station burst to life

Artist Patricia Piccinini has created an other-worldly ecosystem behind the famous clocks of Flinders Street.

  • byKylie Northover
Arts escape lockdown for now,with RISING festival hours from opening

Arts escape lockdown for now,with RISING festival hours from opening

Melbourne’s biggest arts festival will launch on Wednesday under the new COVID-19 restrictions.

  • byNick Miller
Kids dissect parents’ divorces on stage – and break your heart in the process

Kids dissect parents’ divorces on stage – and break your heart in the process

A new stage show presents parental separation in the words of the children who saw it happen.

  • byNick Miller
It’s Chinatown:your guide to RISING’s golden district

It’s Chinatown:your guide to RISING’s golden district

Chinatown comes alive as part of this year’s inaugural RISING Festival.

  • byJohn Bailey
A waterfall and under-sexed eels:Melbourne’s brown waters run deep

A waterfall and under-sexed eels:Melbourne’s brown waters run deep

There’s a lot we don’t know about our much-maligned waterways. The RISING festival goes beneath the surface.

  • byJohn Bailey
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Don’t get comfortable. Back to Back is back with a drama triple-punch

Don’t get comfortable. Back to Back is back with a drama triple-punch

Geelong’s Back to Back Theatre,whose ensemble of actors with disabilities has wowed critics and audiences,has a three-work retrospective at RISING festival.

  • byJohn Bailey
Has our obsession with immersive theatre killed our imagination?

Has our obsession with immersive theatre killed our imagination?

The audience gets jaw-dropping experiences and the producers make a wad of cash. But is the trend bad for theatre?

  • byNick Miller
Nine sound systems in one room:Melbourne,are you ready for this?

Nine sound systems in one room:Melbourne,are you ready for this?

Heavy Congress is set to make Melbourne Town Hall quake during this year’s RISING festival.

  • byMichael Dwyer
In wombat season,a tribute to the resilience of First Nations mothers
★★★
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In wombat season,a tribute to the resilience of First Nations mothers

A new dramatic work shows the toughness and deadly sense of humour of Indigenous mothers in the face of dispossession and trauma.

  • byCameron Woodhead
Can’t sleep? Let these artists capture your night-time secrets and confessions

Can’t sleep? Let these artists capture your night-time secrets and confessions

Insomniacs,the lovelorn,and a father singing to his newborn child have been among the anonymous callers leaving extraordinary messages on a phone line over the past year.

  • byAndrew Stephens