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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$1.6 million to showcase Australian performing arts to the world

Presenters and producers from around the globe will converge on the Brisbane Powerhouse in February for APAM 2014.

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Lepage, locals, and insect sex: Adelaide Festival's 2014 program unveiled

David Sefton’s new festival features everyone from Isabella Rossellini to Matthew Barney, and just a dash of synchronicity.

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Musician Lou Reed dies aged 71

Music lovers around the world mourn the death of The Velvet Underground’s influential singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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Australian critics get stars from international association

Plans are afoot to establish an Australian branch of the International Association of Theatre Critics.

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Writing your city

Write about what you know, we're often told. So why do so few playwrights set their work in their home…

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30 years of interdisciplinary art

Performance Space celebrates 30 years since its doors first opened with a new festival, You’re History!

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Homebake 2013 cancelled

Poor ticket sales and a fan backlash over the event changing its venue and format have led to the festival's…

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A funny thing happened on the way to iTunes

Australian stand-up comedy has been very successful on DVD; will it have the same success online?

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The Art of Australia

Hosted by former Art Gallery of NSW director Edmund Capon, this ABC1 series looks at how art and artists helped…

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Circus sector to meet in Melbourne

ACAPTA is holding the first in a series of national sector meetings in Melbourne with follow-up events in other cities…

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