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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Why a would-be art critic ran away to join the circus

Circus artist Ciara Thorburn explains how training at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) helped her find her inner…

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Long-term COVID impacts beset sector

The cumulative impact of repeated cancellations and lost work opportunities will affect the sector for years to come.

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On the move: latest sector appointments

New CEO for Tuggeranong Arts Centre, new editor at Griffith Review, and more.

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How RISING will dance up a winter storm

Over 12 nights, the winter arts festival RISING will transform familiar parts of Melbourne into wild new worlds.

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How a sideways career move aided an international tour

Belvoir’s Executive Producer Sue Donnelly discusses the company’s upcoming UK tour of epic play Counting and Cracking.

A pole vaulter is silhouetted against a darkening sky.
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On the move: Latest sector appointments

New Director for MAGNT, Executive Director departs Force Majeure, The Last Great Hunt farewells Executive Producer, and more.

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What’s in the VIC budget for the arts?

Money for cultural infrastructure, First Peoples touring and engagement, live music and the screen sector was included in the 2022-23…

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Vale Max Riebl

The acclaimed and much loved countertenor died on Saturday, aged 30.

A colourful array of pinwheels spin in the breeze.
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On the move: latest sector appointments

La Boite appoints new AD, QSO appoints Chief Executive, Executive Producer joins OzAsia, and more.

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Voss opera returns after 30 years in the wilderness

Based on Patrick White’s novel, the operatic adaptation has not been staged in Australia since 1990.

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