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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Politics and plays: telling truths while telling stories

Conversations at the 2014 Victorian Theatre Forum were squarely focused on politically aware theatre-making.

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Making It: creative practice and career pathways

Plans for the fourth Australian Theatre Forum, to be held in Sydney, are well underway, curator David Williams has revealed.

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Ensemble Theatre launches 2015 season

Two world premieres open Sandra Bates’ final season as Artistic Director at the North Shore Sydney theatre.

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Bent: a play with the power to change laws and lives

Martin Sherman's powerful drama about the lives of gay men in Nazi Germany is set for a new Melbourne season.

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The politics of discomfort: the 2014 Victorian Theatre Forum

Delegates at next week’s industry gathering will explore the challenges of making work that provokes and confronts the audience.

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Thierrée’s Tabac Rouge announced as Sydney Festival curtain raiser

The French theatre-maker’s most extravagant work to date is a study of desire, power and social structures.

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Griffin appoints new General Manager

Currently Producer/Programmer at the Seymour Centre, the new appointee joins Griffin at an exciting time in the company’s history.

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Cabaret Soirée returns to Perth

An eight-week season of intimate performance pays tribute to such performers as Annie Lennox and Dorothy Fields.

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Emerging Writers Festival expands to Adelaide

Firmly focused on writers instead of readers, this hands-on festival aims to energise Adelaide’s already active literary culture.

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Melbourne writer appointed as inaugural Director of UNESCO City of Literature

The new appointee will work with Melbourne's existing literary organisations to strengthen the city's status and activities.

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