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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Chaos for artists over WA border closure

Cancellation and confusion have followed last week's announcement by Premier Mark McGowan.

An abstracted landscape of rocks and waves in which the colour blue evokes the artist's memories of Guerilla Bay in Yuin Country.
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Paper prize encourages artists to push the boundaries

Entries to Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s 2022 National Works on Paper are now open.

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$20,000 Gallipoli Art Prize encourages entrants to think outside the square

Loyalty, courage and camaraderie are among the many themes artists are invited to respond to when entering the Gallipoli Art…

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On the move: Latest sector appointments

Executive Director joins CircuitWest, new Chair for Bendigo Art Gallery, and more.

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$5.5M allocated for performing arts touring

$5.5 million for 16 creative projects visiting 151 locations around Australia has been allocated in the latest Playing Australia round.

A guitar player stands with one foot on a foldback speaker as he plays.
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NSW announces events fund to ease COVID disruption

The Perrottet Government’s Event Saver Fund will enable organisers to pay staff and suppliers and recover costs caused by COVID…

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On the move: Latest sector appointments

Adelaide Festival announces Chief Executive, Sydney Eisteddfod reveals new GM, and more.

The four members of the Australian String Quartet sit under a bridge holding their instruments.
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Flexible thinking replaces old subscription models

The pandemic has forced new ways of thinking, including new approaches to subscriptions and seasons.

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Indie arts spaces defy COVID gloom

From Canberra to East Gippsland, the indie theatre sector shows no sign of calling it quits.

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Transforming trauma into art

Three artists describe how they have transmuted personal pain into what they hope will be theatrical gold.

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