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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New marketing research reveals untapped audiences

The latest edition of Creative Victoria’s Audience Atlas provides unique insights into audiences across the state and gives arts organisations…

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New report confirms arts' benefits for health, aging and wellbeing

Commissioned by think tank A New Approach, the report adds to the growing evidence that arts and culture has major…

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We’re here, we’re queer, we’re cultural: Midsumma vs Mardi Gras

Spoilt for choices when it comes to picking what to see in next year’s queer arts festivals? Let us help…

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Australia’s most influential circus company? The Fruities at 40

Based in the regional NSW city of Albury, the Flying Fruit Fly Circus has become a remarkable Australian success story.

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Mother's rights now: Introducing the Motherfesto

Are our arts spaces inclusive of mums? A new manifesto developed out of the lived experience of mothers working in…

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Marieke Hardy resigns from Melbourne Writers Festival

Artistic Director Marieke Hardy has resigned from the MWF with one year of her contract remaining, in order to focus…

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How VET courses can overcome barriers to performing arts training

Socio-economic disadvantage and other structural barriers can prevent people from gaining access to arts education and working in the arts…

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Born in the back of a ute, Outback Theatre for Young People turns 30

The resilient theatre company is celebrating three decades of significant engagement with young people in regional and remote NSW.

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Learning curves: Mitchell Butel, Artistic Director, STCSA

Assembling an entire subscription season in just three months was the first of several challenges actor-turned-Artistic Director Mitchell Butel faced…

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Seeing is believing at EXPONIDA 2019

The talent, rigour and creativity of NIDA’s Master, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Vocational Diploma students are displayed in this…

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