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

Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Head of Music, Opera Australia

If you love the canon but enjoy learning, working as the Head of Music for a major company may be…

News

On the move: latest sector appointments

A long-serving CEO resigns, a Chair is appointed, and an Acting AD takes a youth company's helm.

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Circus sector shocked as Swinburne freezes 2024 NICA intake

Swinburne’s decision to freeze the 2024 student intake for Australia’s only accredited Bachelor of Circus Arts course at NICA has…

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Chris Drummond to step down as Brink AD after 19 years

Departing Artistic Director Chris Drummond reflects on his time with Brink Productions and the challenges of the small to medium…

Seen from behind, a man in a suit leaps into the air. Cartoon wings are drawn around his arms, suggesting flight.
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On the move: latest sector appointments

New staff and Board appointments across the country, including NORPA, Co3 Contemporary Dance and the Jewish Museum of Australia.

Celebrating the fusion of light art, technology and music

Illuminate Adelaide explores and celebrates the overlap between creativity and technology.

News

Vale Simon Crean

Gallery Chair, former Arts Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Simon Crean is remembered as a Labor true believer and…

Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Touring Manager

If you have an affinity for logistics and a love of live music, working as an artist touring manager may…

News

On the move: latest sector appointments

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

Features

Celebrating fatherhood in a music-cinema hybrid

Developed through The Street Theatre’s Early Phase commissioning program, a new creative project aims to balance the books when it…

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