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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The VCA Dance 40th anniversary celebrates the future of dance

VCA Dance is celebrating 40 years of outstanding dance education and training and the accomplishments of its alumni at a…

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Electrical fault identified as cause of La Mama blaze

Arson has been ruled out as the cause of the fire which gutted the heritage-listed Carlton theatre on Saturday morning.

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La Mama Theatre gutted by fire: sector shocked

Carlton's legendary La Mama Theatre, which last year celebrated its 50th anniversary, has been devastated by fire.

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ACT sector welcomes overhaul of funding programs

Minister for the Arts Gordon Ramsay recently announced changes to the funding process, which have been largely welcomed by organisations…

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Review: The Bleeding Tree at Arts Centre Melbourne

Angus Cerini’s award-winning play is magnificent, horrific and remarkable.

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Melbourne Festival to seek new artistic director for 2020

The current Artistic Director of Melbourne Festival, Jonathan Holloway, will step down from the role after completing his fourth festival…

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Vale T. E. Lewis

The Aboriginal actor, who starred in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and The Shadow King, has died in Katherine aged…

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Greater than the sum of its parts

Providing space for creativity, Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres celebrate the making of art and music in heritage-listed buildings which…

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All roads lead to The Street Theatre

Far more than just a production house, The Street plays a key role in the ACT’s performing arts ecology, while…

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Musical success puts Canberra Theatre Centre firmly on the map

From big budget stage musicals to the latest in contemporary music, tours are flocking to the ACT.

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