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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The Bard unbound

Students unable to attend Bell Shakespeare productions can now access performances and actors’ commentaries online.

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Letting the circus do the talking

Brisbane circus company Casus returns home to premiere their new production, Finding the Silence.

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Harmonising in the desert

The Desert Harmony Festival features 17 days of cultural, contemporary, Indigenous and youth events in the heart of the NT.

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Active arts engagement the key to healthier living

In light of Australia’s looming obesity crisis, engaging with the arts is more important than ever before, especially given the…

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Junction Arts Festival unveils 2014 program

Live art, live music, cross-generational collaborations and memorials to dead pets; Junction is not your usual arts festival.

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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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