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

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A publicity image for 'Troy', one of seven productions in Malthouse Theatre's 2025 season. A multi-racial cast of seven, including men in skirts and women in tunics reminiscent of ancient Greece, link hands as they struggle across a dramatically lit and smoky battlefield.
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Malthouse Theatre eschews naturalism in its 2025 season

Addressing the cost of living and leaning into the theatrical, the Malthouse’s new season promises the epic and the intimate…

Dancers Juan Carlos Osma and Alexa Tuzil in a publicity image for West Australian Ballet's 2025 world premiere production, 'Butterfly Effect', choreographed by Alice Topp. A dark-haired, fair-skinned woman wraps her legs around the body of a dark-skinned, partially dressed male dancer. They stand in a field of long grass against an olive-green background.
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West Australian Ballet’s 2025 season features world premieres and classic works

A world premiere, full-length work by Australian choreographer Alice Topp is one of the highlights of the West Australian Ballet’s…

One Fell Swoop Circus has welcomed the news that the Perry Street, Collingwood training facility will remain a home for circus and physical theatre artists. Two circus artists stand on a blue stage, holding overlapping white ropes. A third circus artist balances on the ropes where they are intertwined.
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Circus training centre to open up for sector

One Fell Swoop and Na Djinang among those circus companies looking forward to the appointment of a new site operator.

Stuart Maunder, Artistic Director of Victorian Opera.
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Sondheim’s Follies and Boojum! revival feature in Victorian Opera 2025 season

Artistic Director Stuart Maunder discusses his 2025 season, which includes chamber opera, a lavish musical and a new opera for…

On the move is ArtsHub's weekly wrap of arts sector appointments and resignations. A black and white photo depicts a shirtless young man splashing through water as he runs along the beach.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly round-up of comings and goings in the Australian cultural sector.

This week's arts news headlines and most read ArtsHub stories. A bearded man with glasses and wearing headphones shouts or sings beside a wall: the wall's peeling pain looks like a cartoon speech bubble.
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This week’s arts news and trending topics

Our weekly wrap of arts news and reviews and the stories you may have missed.

A young First Nations boy with red and white striped face paint across his brow and a green brimmed hat, and a ragged denim sleeveless jacket roars at the camera. The Future and Other Fictions. the Love Punks, Sutu
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From Björk to Blade Runner 2049: revisioning the future at ACMI

The Future & Other Fictions is a major new exhibition focused on screen culture’s ability to imagine a better world.

Iceland's Sigur Rós will perform a series of orchestral concerts in Australia in May 2025. Three white men pose in black against a black background.
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Sigur Rós announce Australian orchestral tour with ASO, MSO and others

The popular Icelandic post-rock group will perform with a 41-piece chamber orchestra in order to bring their latest album to…

Arts sector comings and goings are covered in our On the Move column. Car headlights and tail-lights form lines of light in a long exposure photo of a highway at night.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

A new Artistic Director, a new CEO and a range of Board appointments are included in today’s edition of our…

A publicity image for Griffin Theatre Company's 2025 production 'Naturism'. A naked woman stands with her back to the camera, her buttocks and natural curves on show. She holds a pair of sunglasses in one hand, and is surrounded by stylised 3D plants.
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Griffin Theatre Company’s 2025 season celebrates immediacy and finds common ground

In 2025, Griffin thematically bridges social and generational divides while also celebrating theatre’s ability to predict the future.

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