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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A different dance language crosses the Tasman

New Zealand and Australia are geographically and culturally linked, but have noticeably different choreographic vocabularies.

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Feast Festival makes Artistic Director redundant

Board member quits over unpopular decisions made by colleagues at Adelaide’s LGBT festival.

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Working with children: proving W.C. Fields wrong

For theatremakers seeking authenticity on stage, casting children can be an obvious choice – as well as a major challenge.

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The challenge of unlearning

New students at our elite training institutions often have to undo the damage of bad junior training before they can…

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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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