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

Features

20x20: What to do when you're defunded

After the tears and the rage, what should your next step be if your funding is cut, or axed altogether?…

Features

Dancing with robots and art in the bath: Melbourne Fringe embraces discovery

The 2020 Melbourne Fringe Festival embraces the new and delivers COVID-safe art experiences in unusual ways.

Features

Scottish words, Australian voices and a Queensland story

Queensland Theatre’s first post-pandemic play is a localised production of the electrifying Scottish drama, Mouthpiece.

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Part book, part festival, all class

Published quarterly, Griffith Review is more than an award-winning literary journal – it’s a carefully curated celebration of culture and…

Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Sound Designer

If you have an ear for detail, an active imagination and technical know-how, working as a sound designer and composer…

News

Life is a cabaret WA old chum

The inaugural Perth International Cabaret Festival will be held in June 2021.

News

INXS musical in development

After plans for a previous musical based around the songs of INXS came to naught, a new production is now…

News

Rescinded funding results in a far from Immaculate reception

The war of words between artist Casey Jenkins and the Australia Council has escalated, with high profile artists coming into…

News

New Greek museum in Melbourne aspires to being a world class destination

A collaboration between the Benaki Museum in Athens, property developer ISPT and the Hellenic Museum aims to open a local…

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Gaming, poetics and neuroscience – the writing degree with a difference

There’s a big difference between working in the creative industries and making great work, according to writer, actor and MFA…

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