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

Features

Are festivals 'fundamentally unjustifiable'?

Perth International Arts Festival’s Jonathan Holloway gave delegates at the recent APACA conference a frank insight into arts festivals with…

News

$889,225 earmarked for 68 projects across regional Australia

Almost a quarter of funded projects will engage Indigenous Australians; young people are also major beneficiaries.

Features

Should we fire the theatrical canon?

An Irish visitor blessed with Sean O'Casey and Samuel Beckett has challenged Australia to produce its equivalent dramatic canon. But…

News

OzAsia Festival unveils 2014 program

This year's festival will feature over 140 artists from Adelaide’s Chinese sister state, Shandong Province.

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How to manage your Arts Minister

Strategies for changing the way politicians think were the focus of a keynote address at this year's APACA conference.

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What the arts can learn from advertising

There is so much more to effective advertising than telling people to come and see a great show.

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OzCo CEO promises 'major transformation'

The Australia Council CEO Tony Grybowski has provided more details about the new five year plan he describes as the…

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Pilot program for children with disabilities launched in Melbourne

Children with special needs and their parents and carers attended a landmark performance at Arts Centre Melbourne.

Opinions & Analysis

Homophobia, Opera Australia and the Twitter-storm

What can the arts sector learn from the Tamar Iveri scandal?

News

All ages gigs return to Victoria

After a 20 year absence, all-ages shows are set to make a comeback following changes to Victoria’s Liquor Control Reform…

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