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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New independent theatre festival for Perth

West Australian theatre and dance productions will be showcased in a new initiative at the Subiaco Arts Centre.

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Are Nazis ever okay?

A Hitler-themed burlesque performance at the Canberra Fringe may have good intentions but can a Holocaust context ever be funny…

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Cock

Mike Bartlett’s play about sex, identity and relationships is engaging and contemporary, but not entirely successful.

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Future looks bright for Melbourne arts precinct

Melbourne's Southbank arts precinct will enjoy a new burst of life under recommendations announced today.

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Back to Back’s Ganesh to make Sydney debut

This remarkable interrogation of the act of storytelling and the ownership of tales will delight audiences at Carriageworks.

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Sleepwalking sculpture alarms American students

Intended to promote a Massachusetts exhibition, the outdoor installation of the lifelike sculpture has startled locals.

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Photographer blurs boundaries between image and performance

Jon Green’s new book and exhibition explore the interaction between movement, photographer, and audience.

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Art outside your comfort zone

Two new productions in Perth and Melbourne – one from an Olympian turned cabaret artist; the other from a musician…

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Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dies aged 46

The American actor and director was found dead in his New York apartment on Sunday morning US time after a…

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Briefs reject ‘gay pics’ slur in pre-selection scandal

The Brisbane-based circus-burlesque troupe has demanded an apology from failed SA Liberal candidate Peter Maddern.

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