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

News

On the Move: latest sector appointments

Mitchell Conservatorium CEO moves on, NIDA welcomes First Nations Consultant, and more.

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How studying Honours creates entrepreneurial artists

Applications are now open for WAAPA’s new Bachelor of Performing Arts (Honours), offered in 2022 for the first time.

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Nominate a First Nations arts champion

Nominations are now open for the Australia Council’s 2022 First Nations Arts Awards.

Features

Exit interview: Brett Sheehy, MTC

After nine years as Melbourne Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Sheehy has stepped down from the role. What next?

News

Canberra aspires to be nation’s arts capital

The plan for the national capital to become the arts capital has been kicked off with a $10M budget boost.

News

Phoenix festival rises from the Fringe

Melbourne Fringe’s program has been reinvented, with 55 in-person shows swiftly adapted for digital performance.

News

Mining sector’s complicity called out in artwashing award

11 companies that hide their dirty business behind a façade of supporting the arts are the nominees for this year’s…

Opinions & Analysis

More arts on the news? An ABC internal review once agreed.

It’s time for the ABC to adopt the findings of its own Arts Review, with the help of extra funding…

Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Theatre Technician

If you have a good work ethic and a willingness to learn, as well as solid technical skills, working as…

Features

Why vaccine passports are the future of live performance

Masks and vaccinations have helped European theatres safely reopen, says Adelaide Festival's Rachel Healy.

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