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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Communication in COVID and beyond

Co-presented by ArtsHub and Creative Victoria, the third in our Recovery Roadmap Webinars discussed the importance of personalised communication, how…

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Vale Aidan Fennessy

The playwright, director, dramaturg and much-loved member of the Australian theatre community died on Sunday, aged 53.

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Why we need the joy that art provides

The 2020 Brisbane Festival aims to 'surprise and delight' its audience, says Artistic Director Louise Bezzina.

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Essential skills of a great arts administrator (from the archives)

Facilitation and strategy, nurturing artists' ideas, and examining challenges at a macro and micro level simultaneously: arts administrators are the…

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Cabaret, theatre and a new Fringe: Brisbane’s arts sector fights back after COVID

Queensland Theatre is rehearsing its first production since March, while plans for the latest Queensland Cabaret Festival and a new…

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Reaching new audiences in a time of crisis

In the second Recovery Roadmap Webinar, jointly presented by ArtsHub and Creative Victoria, we learned how regional arts organisations have…

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Choir unites in isolation to celebrate 100 years

As part of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ 100th anniversary, the company premieres a new work celebrating Australia’s diversity composed by Elena…

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Opera Australia and MEAA clash over proposed staff redundancies

Claims and counter-claims abound, with MEAA saying 25% of all staff across the company will be made redundant, a claim…

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What will post-pandemic audiences look like?

In the first of our new webinar series, presented in partnership with Creative Victoria, Patternmakers’ Tandi Palmer Williams discussed the…

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Metro Arts opens fit-for-purpose new home in Brisbane’s West End

Creating the new home of Metro Arts was ‘seven months of building hell,’ according to Creative Director and CEO Jo…

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