News

> Performing Arts > Features

Shining a light on Vivid Sydney

OPINION: When is an arts festival not an arts festival? When it’s a giant advertising campaign.

27 May 2010 12:00

Richard Watts

[This is archived content and may not display in the originally intended format.]

Performing Arts

Unlock this content?

Access this content and more

Join Now Login

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

Related News

Reviews Visual Arts Writing and Publishing News Theatre Film Digital All Arts Television Features

More

Petra Kalive is the new Artistic Director of State Theatre Company South Australia. A Fark-haired woman smiles warmly at the camera.

Petra Kalive announced as State Theatre Company South Australia’s new Artistic Director

Petra Kalive aspires to "explore stories that speak to the heart of who we are and who we strive to…

ArtsHub

A man in a shirt clasps a woman from behind. Both look grim. Honour Red Stitch Actors' Theatre

Back to the future for Red Stitch Actors' Theatre 2025 season

Red Stitch Actors' Theatre is starting the year with an oldie but a goodie, but then it's brand new works…

Madeleine Swain

Queensland Theatre's new Artistic Director, Daniel Evans. A black and white photo of a young pale-skinned man with curly hair and round glasses sitting on a sofa in what appears to be a warehouse setting.

Queensland Theatre appoints local talent Daniel Evans as Artistic Director

Moving up from Associate Artistic Director, Daniel Evans hopes to lead the charge on Queensland's theatre ecology.

Celina Lei

Gluck's Orpheus & Eurydice will be staged in Melbourne in 2025. Pictured are the Opera Australia Chorus and Circa in Opera Australia's 2024 production of Orpheus & Eurydice.

ArtsHub’s 2025 season guide to the performing arts

Our rolling guide to the season announcements you may have missed.

Richard Watts

Two figures, Ahunim Abebe, Mark Saturno are crouched on the left hand bottom corner of the stage. In the background are 3 silhouette figures with pale light behind them.

Theatre review: Jack Maggs, Adelaide Festival Centre

Based on the novel by Peter Carey, this production is a fine new work in the Australian theatrical canon.

Peter Burdon

Want more content?

Get free newsletters full of the best in Australian arts news, jobs and more delivered to your inbox!

SUBSCRIBE