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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Sydney Sings hits a flat note

Illness of Executive Director blamed for festival’s sudden postponement just seven weeks out from opening.

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Multiculturalism honoured in Queen's Birthday list

The top Queens Birthday Honours that cite arts went to a philanthropist and a multiculturalism advocate, not artists.

Opinions & Analysis

Darwin Festival to go ahead despite political ruckus

Despite recent dramas, including the dismissal of the Board and the appointment of a statutory manager, the 2016 Festival will…

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Regenerating regional arts

Regional Australia may be dry and dusty but the cultural landscape has a vitality that demonstrates the power of culture…

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Greens expand arts policy

New Centrelink and superannuation plans to help support artistic careers have been added to the Greens' policy platform.

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Greens use theatre to sell politics

Indie company The Cutting Room Floor have collaborated with Senator Scott Ludlam to create six short plays based on Greens…

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Coalition fails to deliver arts policy

Labor and Greens presented their election platforms at this week's National Debate but Arts Minister Mitch Fifield ducked and wove.

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Darwin Festival placed under administration

The future of Darwin Festival is in doubt with the NT Government dismissing the board on Wednesday.

Features

The new cultural cringe

The ingrained assumption that work made by regional companies is of poorer quality than metropolitan productions needs to be fought.

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Labor boosts funding in new arts policy

One month out from the federal election the ALP have launched a new arts policy which promises to undo the…

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