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

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Review: Counting and Cracking, Adelaide Festival

A marvellous production of an epic, exhilarating and deeply moving play.

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Artists celebrated at Australia Council Awards & Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards

Artists from across Australia have been honoured at awards ceremonies in Sydney and Adelaide on Monday.

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Review: Out of Chaos, Gravity & Other Myths, Adelaide Festival

One of Australia’s most exciting circus companies finds the sweet spot between the intimacy and ambition of previous works, resulting…

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Review: Un Poyo Rojo, Adelaide Festival

Virtuosic dance meets playful yet pointed critique of machismo in this engaging but sometimes problematic Argentinean production.

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Review: Schuldfabrik, Adelaide Festival

Ever felt guilty about an expensive, even extravagant designer purchase? Now imagine how guilty you’d feel if the product you…

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Discover Art Territory

The world’s largest art gallery isn’t in Paris, St. Petersburg or New York City. It’s the Northern Territory.

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Curtain soon to close on right Royal exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery

Now in its final weeks, Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits traces the history of the monarchy through the eyes…

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Vale Paul Blackwell

The popular South Australian actor has died aged 64, after a long battle with cancer.

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Exit Interview: Perth Festival’s Wendy Martin

As her fourth and final festival nears its end, Wendy Martin reflects frankly on her triumphs and challenges in the…

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Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Princess Theatre, Melbourne

Presented as two full-length plays, which audiences can see on consecutive nights or back to back on the same day,…

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