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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Olympian cabaret artist scores crowd-funding gold

The Australian diver’s campaign to raise funds for his inaugural cabaret show made over $5000 in six hours.

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Losing our Independents

Brisbane’s Metro Arts brings down the curtain on its annual Independent season, claiming the word no longer has relevance.

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WTF? Brisbane Powerhouse celebrates the art of collaboration

Local productions feature alongside works from the USA, Ireland, New Zealand and Korea at the World Theatre Festival 2014.

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QLD’s youth arts orgs dig in for a fight

The state’s youth arts sector is presenting a united front following Arts Queensland’s recent funding cuts.

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From robots to pop music: 2013 Sidney Myer Creative Fellows announced

Ten mid-career artists have each been awarded $160,000 over two years.

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A book club for contemporary dance

When is a picnic not a picnic? When it’s a critnic.

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Arts workers earn (a little) more money

An ArtsHub exclusive release of a national report on what arts jobs earn the most and how much you can…

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Winning the curriculum lottery

The latest Australian work to get a syllabus listing joins a line of works providing a regular stream of royalties.

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Arts $6.1 billion contribution to economy

The value of the state’s art and cultural sector has been revealed in a new report commissioned by Arts Victoria.

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New dawn for Harvest Rain Theatre

The formerly pro-am musical theatre company will make the transition to a fully professional company in 2014.

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