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

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Theatre review: Azimut, Adelaide Festival

Named after an astronomical term describing a star’s distance from the viewer, this work is remote but beautiful.

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Ten essential shows to see at Adelaide Festival

From transcendent video art to exquisite dance, here are our picks of this year's Adelaide Festival of Arts' program.

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WA arts after the mining boom

With income from the resource sector declining, what are the implications for arts funding and philanthropy in Western Australia?

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Dancing with design

As contemporary dance continues to evolve, design is becoming increasingly integrated into the art form.

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What Rhymes with Cars and Girls

Based on Tim Rogers’ first solo album, this hybrid theatre production breathes new life into tired boy-meets-girl clichés.

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Can a public arts event be too successful?

Everyone wants big audiences but bigger isn't always better at public art events as Perth Festival, Vivid Sydney and White…

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Why is everyone doing Beckett?

Beckett’s plays are some of the toughest for audiences so why are they flavour of the month in Perth, Adelaide,…

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The Giants take Perth by storm

An audience of 1.4 million flooded the streets for the opening event of Perth International Arts Festival.

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Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby

Three short plays by Samuel Beckett performed with remarkable fluency by Irish actor Lisa Dwan.

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Mozart Dances

This sublime work, choreographed by Mark Morris, was performed to a live score played by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

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