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

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Queensland Ballet announces shock departure of Artistic Director

Leanne Benjamin OBE AM has abruptly departed Queensland Ballet, having only commenced as Artistic Director earlier this year.

A colourful group of Sydney Fringe performers, including a drag queen, a puppet and puppeteer and others, pose with the Sydney CBD skyline in the background.
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Active participation an emerging trend at Sydney Fringe 2024

Why just watch an arts event when you can take part in it?

Actor Janet Andrewartha smiles for the camera in a publicity photo. She is an Anglo-Australian woman with carefully styled brown hair and wearing a white jacket.
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Vale Janet Andrewartha

The Australian actor, best known for long-running appearances in Australian TV dramas as well as her many stage performances, has…

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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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Bachelor of Circus Arts course to restart thanks to new NICA and Collarts partnership

The three-year Bachelor of Circus Arts program at the National Institute of Circus Arts is reopening its student intake for…

On a stage lit by a blue wash and with slat blinds as the backdrop, a young woman holding a telephone receiver to her ear points towards an audience member who can be seen from behind in silhouette. Alter State.
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Alter State: a celebration of Disability, art and radical care

The Disability-led initiative co-presented by Arts Centre Melbourne and Arts Access Victoria returns to venues across Melbourne in October.

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Powerful, poignant and a punch to the guts: Breaking the Waves, the opera

Lyric soprano Jennifer Black discusses the joys and challenges of performing in ‘Breaking the Waves’, an opera based on Lars…

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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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Castlemaine State Festival's future is secured

After entering voluntary administration earlier this year, Castlemaine State Festival is ready to face the future and preparing to rebuild.

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Adelaide Festival Centre theatres to temporarily close in 2025

Upgrades to the Space Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse and Festival Theatre from July 2025 onwards mean the theatres will be dark…

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