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

Talking dirty: the truth about teenage boys and porn

Out of the bedroom and onto the stage! Teenagers reveal what they really see.

Career Advice

Riding the political roller coaster

Artists and arts organisations need to have the ear of government but getting too close to the Arts Minister of…

Features

Fringe themes reveal contemporary artistic concerns

Open access Fringe Festivals don’t just allow artists of all stripes to showcase new works; they also provide a snapshot…

Features

Thinking outside the arts

Artists don't belong in the arts sector. There is important work for them in health, education, housing and business.

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Nijinsky

The much anticipated production of John Neumeier’s ‘biopic’ ballet about Vaslav Nijinsky proves a dense, difficult work.

Features

Why Australia still dances to an Irish tune

What impact have successive waves of Irish immigration had on Australian art and culture?

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Young artists make creative sparks fly

You don’t have to be an established artist to apply for funding; a range of grants exist to support young…

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Creative economy needs business skills as well as art

While artistic talent is innate, making sense of the business of being an artist is a skill we all need…

News

Eight new Qld orgs receive core funding

Arts Queensland’s Organisations Fund has distributed $30.55 million over four years to 39 organisations in total.

News

Using free tickets strategically

We need to think beyond a standard invitation to the Minister to ensure politicians better understand the arts, says the…

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