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 Book of Mormon announced for Melbourne

The multi-award-winning musical from the creators of South Park will open in Melbourne in 2017.

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Tasmania: more than just MONA

Arts Tasmania has launched a new website designed to help cultural tourists look further afield than David Walsh’s museum.

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Performers 'left out' of Creative Industry Taskforce

Performing arts representatives in Victoria have expressed dismay that their sector has not been included in a recently-announced strategy to…

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How to make a classic

Why do some plays remain timeless while others quickly date?

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Critics made complicit in theatrical mass murder

Melbourne critics have volunteered to perform in Oedipus Schmoedipus, a bloody exploration of theatrical death.

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Sydney Symphony strengthens China relationship

Shanghai Orchestra Academy and the Sydney Symphony have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding.

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Art is reconciliation in action

Musician David Bridie and theatremaker Rachael Maza encourage more collaborations between black and white Australians.

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‘I’ll show you mine,’ say artists

A new blog aims to encourage more open discussion about financial sustainability in the Australian arts sector.

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Smaller cities face partnership disadvantage

With Australia’s top 10 corporations all based in Melbourne or Sydney, companies in smaller cities and regional centres can struggle…

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100 years of music education is no Con

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music celebrates its centenary in May: how has elite music training changed in 100 years?

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