Richard Watts

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

Richard Watts's Latest Articles

A woman in a white dress flails in the arms of a man in a white shirt. Her arms are raised, her hair flying; we cannot see her face, although she is partially reflected in pane of glass behind her.
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Adelaide Festival announces first three shows for 2025

A Simon Stone-directed opera, a triple bill from Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal and ADT’s 60th anniversary production are the first…

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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly round-up of Australian arts sector comings and goings.

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How Newcastle’s New Annual festival changes artists’ lives, one opportunity at a time

Now in its fourth year, the multi-arts festival New Annual celebrates Novocastrian creatives while also bringing Australia’s best artists to…

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The National Circus Festival: growing grassroots circus in the regions

With an emphasis on circus training and community-building as much as entertainment, the National Circus Festival is a major event…

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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly round-up of Australian arts sector comings and goings.

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Exit interview: Travis Tiddy, The Unconformity

After 15 years and seven festivals grown from the bedrock of Tasmania's West Coast, Tiddy reflects on growth, change and…

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This week’s arts news and trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Two young female performers, one blonde-haired and playing a tambourine, the other red-haired and playing a ukulele, sing into the same microphone on stage at a music festival.
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Regional and Remote Music Summit headed to NSW in 2025

Following its successful Darwin debut this month, the Summit’s second iteration will be held in regional NSW next year.

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Mitchell Butel announced as STC’s new Artistic Director

After leading State Theatre Company South Australia for the past six years, Butel returns to Sydney to lead the company…

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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly round-up of Australian arts sector comings and goings.

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