The Latest Breaking News from Rising festival

Carolina Bianchi was drugged and assaulted a decade ago. Now she drugs herself on stage, night after night

The Brazilian artist’s show The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella provokes debate – but, she insists, it doesn’t take a toll on her

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2024

Rising festival 2024: theatre-maker to be drugged unconscious in ‘deeply unnerving’ show about date rape

A Brazilian artist will have her body manipulated while passed out, in a lauded work about sexual violence that headlines Melbourne’s winter festival

The Guardian - AU · Mar 11, 2024

Dead Haitians have no problem travelling to Australia – but living ones do

Two artists taking part in Australia’s Rising festival have been stopped from boarding a plane to Melbourne via London, in a case that highlights how hard it is for Haitians to travel

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2023