New Darwin Festival AD launches inaugural program

Running from 10-27 August 2023, Darwin Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the best of Territory culture alongside curated cultural highlights from across the nation.

‘Honestly, what I have enjoyed the most over these last nine months, being here in Darwin, is that everyone has a sense of ownership of the Festival. They love it,’ laughs Darwin Festival Artistic Director Kate Fell.

‘And so what I do is just ask people, “Well, what have been some of your favourite things that you’ve seen? What have you loved or what have you missed out on?” Just getting that direct feedback from people – and all sorts of people.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts