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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An independent program with a difference

Applications are now open for the NIDA Independent program, which has a particular focus on creative development opportunities.

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Under the radar arts regions

Instead of heading to a major festival in Sydney, Perth or Adelaide this summer, why not head off the beaten…

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Running away (to WA) to join the circus

The dynamic nature of the Australian circus sector is celebrated at this important festival in the Margaret River region.

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Truth-propelled theatre a world first

Cairns theatre-goers will soon be presented with the real-life story of a young man’s triumph over muscular dystrophy.

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Super Star fund success for Clancestry

Ex-Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning to mentor & perform with emerging Indigenous musicians at QPAC.

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Registrations now open: performing arts conferences in 2014

Keep your career in peak condition by attending one of these stimulating arts workouts this year.

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$150,000 OzCo grant for Merrigong Theatre Company

The Wollongong-based company will receive $50,000 annually, earmarked for independent productions, for the next three years.

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Curtain rises on new era at Arts Centre Melbourne

A temporary CEO has been appointed at the troubled Melbourne institution.

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Gold and the Incas

This remarkable exhibition features some 200 works on loan from 10 private and public museums in Peru.

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New CEO for Critical Stages

The former Artistic Director of Deckchair Theatre now turns his focus towards national tours of outstanding independent production

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