Five women, three men honoured in Australia Council awards

Novelist Kate Grenville, audio artist Madeleine Flynn and theatre director Rosemary Myers are among the eight recipients of the prestigious Australia Council Awards.

7 Mar 2017

Richard Watts

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Beau Dean Riley Smith in the 2017 Bangarra production Bennelong, choreographed by Australia Council Award winner Stephen Page, with the Bangarra dancers. Photo by Edward Mulvihill.

The Australia Council for the Arts today announced the names of eight artists who have been recognised for their significant contributions to the cultural and artistic fabric of the nation.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts