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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Staff cuts loom at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery as budget bites

Financial issues are forcing TMAG to reduce its opening hours and cut staff numbers, the Board of Trustees has announced.

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The secret of good radio revealed

New research reveals that greater control of vocal chords is behind the best voices, but are such skills innate or…

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Swift-moving melodrama promises gothic thrills

Inverting the clichés of Paris as the City of Love, Gary Abrahams’s latest play is an intense tale of murder…

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Brisbane boys behave badly in rock’n’roll comedy

A new play for anyone who's ever been let down by their favourite band, or their best friends.

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A son’s grief inspires Griffin premiere

Playwright Campion Decent grapples with love and loss in a new play sparked by the death of his parents.

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Napthine Government acts on Agent of Change principles

Legislation designed to protect live music venues will soon be introduced to the Victorian Parliament.

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Reworked myth wins Queensland Premier’s Drama Award

A contemporary take on the legend of Oedipus has been selected as the 2014-15 award winner.

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Arts Minister orders opera review

Senator George Brandis has appointed a three-member panel to determine if $32 million in federal funding is being well spent.

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Will Sydney see a floating Sphinx in 2015?

Verdi’s Egyptian opera Aida has been announced as the next instalment in the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour program.

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Glass half-full for State Opera SA

Adelaide opera-goers are booking for the full Philip Glass Trilogy, rather than for individual operas as expected.

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