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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On the move: latest sector appointments

New Board appointments, new Trustees, a new CEO and a new Museum Director are among this week’s latest arts sector…

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How to become one of the people who make the arts industry tick

Applications are now open for the 2024 intake of WAAPA’s Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services and Bachelor of…

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This week’s arts news and trending topics

What's in the headlines and what people are talking about in the arts this week.

Rachel Pengilly, Christopher Samuel Carroll, Brendan Kelly and Ash Hamilton in ‘I Have No Enemies’. Photo: Michelle Higgs, Novel Photographic.
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How independent theatre enriches the local arts ecology

With a burgeoning number of indie theatre companies and a wide array of performing arts venues, Canberra is poised to…

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The First Peoples-led festival committed to developing First People's stories

The 10th anniversary of Yellamundie Festival brings a First Peoples' lens to First Peoples' storytelling.

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On the move: latest sector appointments

New Artistic Directors appointed at State Opera South Australia and The Royal New Zealand Ballet, and more.

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Irish Film Festival Australia launches 2023 program

Doing justice to the cinematic output of a entire nation is ‘very challenging,’ says Irish Film Festival Australia Festival Director…

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What’s in store in 2024 for the performing arts (part two)

What do the MTC, The Australian Ballet and the SSO have in store for 2024? Read on!

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Theatre review: Unprecedented, HotHouse Theatre

Campion Decent’s latest play is a verbatim response to the 2019-2020 bushfires: a moving, angry and surprisingly funny work about…

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On the move: latest sector appointments

ArtsHub's weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments and departures.

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