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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts

Richard Watts's Latest Articles

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Staging COVID-safe arts events outdoors

Sarah Neal, Executive Producer and Co-CEO at Malthouse Theatre, and Glyn Roberts, Artistic Director of the Castlemaine State Festival, share…

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Latest batch of RISE funding allocates $25 million across the nation

‘This funding is an important step in the rejuvenation of Australia’s arts sector from COVID-19,’ said Minister Fletcher.

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Bringing a new lens to arts coverage on the ABC: Namila Benson talks Art Works

The host of ABC TV’s new weekly arts program promises to be much more than just a talking head.

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Lure of community brings MTC’s next Artistic Director back to Melbourne

Anne-Louise Sarks came of age artistically in Melbourne, and is excited about championing the city's artists and playwrights in her…

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On the Move: New appointments at Bangarra, Mona Foma and MTC's first female AD

New board members for ACT Writers, Night Mayor appointed in Melbourne, TSO announces principal cellist and more.

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What should Tasmania’s arts priorities be post-election?

Arts leaders from across the state offer up their key arts policy suggestions for whichever political party next forms government…

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New generation of stage and screen designers celebrated online

A new online exhibition celebrates the imagination and rigour of Design and Production students at the Faculty of Fine Arts…

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Harmonisation, complexity and change: exploring the National Performing Arts Touring Scan

Previous reports into the national touring ecology released in 2005 and 2011 effectively came to naught, so what makes the…

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Writers’ festivals are empathy machines

Now more than ever we need more empathy in the world, argues Rosemary Sorenson, Director of the Bendigo Writers Festival.

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Announcing the return of the Recovery Roadmap Webinars

In partnership with Creative Victoria, ArtsHub presents a series of industry-focused webinars in the coming months, with the first event…

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