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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VCA introduces new graduate performing arts courses in 2015

Masters of Dance, Dramaturgy, Design and Directing for Performance will be offered in Melbourne in the new year.

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$705,000 arts funding announced for Anzac projects

Eight projects across various art forms are being supported in the first year of the Government's $2 million Anzac fund.

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VicHealth and Arts Victoria partner to boost physical fitness

A key component of the Active Arts Strategy 2014-2017 aims to develop arts projects that act as a gateway to…

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VCA gets FR!SKy for Fringe

A festival-within-a-festival, FR!SK aims to help emerging artists get to grips with professional practice.

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My Darling Patricia don a long-developed Mantle

An extended development over three years has given the company time to experiment, rather than adapt existing ideas.

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Ralph Myers reveals his final Belvoir season

From Indigenous drama to Greek tragedy, and Australian classics to new plays, Myers’ fifth Belvoir season is the culmination of…

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Australian String Quartet to tour China before line-up dissolves

The Adelaide-based ensemble will perform and host masterclasses in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang before their current line-up dissolves over 'artistic…

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Brandis releases terms of reference for national opera review

‘It’s not overly melodramatic to say we’re fighting for the survival of opera in Australia,' says OperaQ's Lindy Hume.

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STC’s 2015 season a conversation between canon and new ideas

Andrew Upton’s new season embraces fresh works by female playwrights, and the rich and resonant history of the well-written play.

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Women directors program already paying dividends for MTC

Five of 11 mainstage productions in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2015 season are being directed by women.

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