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

Features

Lightbulb moments vs slow dawning: learning to love the arts

Artists and arts workers discuss falling in love with the arts – for some a flash of insight, for others…

Career Advice

So you want to work with young people?

If you’ve been thinking about expanding your practice into making work with children and teenagers, here’s some advice from the…

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Macbeth

Fast paced and accessible, this action movie take on the Scottish play fails to get to grips with the story's…

Features

Slow Art: planning a long-term arts project

It takes time to prepare a great meal; the same is true of arts projects – especially those focused on…

News

‘Homeless’ youths sheltered by Griffin Theatre

Australian Theatre for Young People will be temporarily homeless in 2018, but a new partnership ensures their season can continue…

News

Mainstage theatre struggles in diversity stakes, claims new report

Anecdotal evidence has long suggested a cultural imbalance on our main stages; a new independent report attempts to provide quantitative…

Features

‘It gets harder’: Tim Winton on writing

The author of Cloudstreet offers insights into the writing life and reflects on the differences between writing for the page…

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How Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s 70th anniversary is driving its future

The dynamic program of concerts and events programmed for the anniversary year also celebrates a new era for the orchestra.

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Is Queensland the next creative state?

Since 2006, the number of Queenslanders whose main occupation is a cultural one has increased by 9%, with most of…

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In Blackrock, graduate students cross to the dark side

Fresh talents from QUT Creative Industries star in La Boite’s new production of this powerful play about mateship and toxic…

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