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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Books bound in human flesh found on Harvard’s shelves

You may love libraries, but would you want to spend your afterlife in one?

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False Christs, serial killers, and the dole queue

Australian-made musicals are like buses – you wait for one for ages, then three come along at once.

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Next Wave offers up new narratives and new visions

Next Wave Artistic Director Emily Sexton says the 2014 festival offers up a new way of imagining of the world.

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Collingwood homecoming shifts circus focus

The opening of Circus Oz’s new headquarters in Melbourne will have a flow-on effect to the entire circus sector.

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The yawning gap in Adelaide’s arts ecology

Why does South Australia's theatre sector lack an equivalent of Belvoir, Griffin, La Boite and the Malthouse?

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Class barriers locking kids out of culture

It is getting harder for working class kids to get a start in the arts. The result is inequity and…

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Regional Arts Australia puts Long Paddock out to tender

Expressions of interest sought from individuals, organisations and consortia to manage live and online touring support programs.

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Meet South Australia’s new Arts Minister

The Labor Right Minister's portfolios also include Defence Industries, Health, and Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

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Making money while making ‘em laugh

Sustaining a career in comedy involves more than just being funny.

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Murder and imagination: Attenborough on Macbeth

Queensland's Super Star Fund is delivering a new prize this week, Macbeth, directed by British darling Michael Attenborough.

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