Richard Watts, Author at ArtsHub Australia

Richard Watts

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

Richard's Latest Articles

Circus. Image is two acrobats, one doing a one-handed handstand on a row of footlights and the other crouching and helping the first to balance.

Does Australian circus have a superpower?

From an innate spirit of innovation to kindness and community engagement, circus arts have a superpower all their own.

Richard Watts

Nov 28, 2023

arts appointments. Image is a leaping female ballet dancer with legs in a perfect mid air split.

On the move: latest sector appointments

Performing Lines farewells Executive Producer, CircusWA announces patron, new Board appointments and more.

Richard Watts

Nov 27, 2023

Six anonymous artists, their identities hidden by silver costumes and face masks, pise against a black background, They may be the band TISM. They may not be. Who knows? That's part of TISM's appeal.

2024 Australian arts festival programs come into focus

From Adelaide Cabaret Festival to Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, here are more festival highlights for 2024.

Richard Watts

Nov 24, 2023

arts news. A scattered collection of random newsprint letters.

This week’s arts news and trending topics

Your regular summary of the major headlines and our most read stories of the week.

Richard Watts

Nov 24, 2023

appointments. Two orcas swim in the ocean in the foreground of the photo, as the sun sets in the background over a mountain range.

On the move: latest sector appointments

A new GM for Yirra Yaakin, new Chair at JamFactory, Associate Conductor appointed at WASO and more.

Richard Watts

Nov 20, 2023

This week's arts news and trending topics

What's in the headlines and the arts news that people are discussing this week.

Richard Watts

Nov 17, 2023

Nude Spencer Tunick. Image is lines upon lines of naked people behind each other on rising levels, standing in front of a curved glass structure.

Nude in the name of art on Brisbane’s iconic Story Bridge

Visual artist Spencer Tunick’s 2023 Brisbane-based work ‘Tide’ is a prequel for bigger things to come in 2024.

Richard Watts

Nov 15, 2023

Hobart Festival of Comedy. Image is of a man wearing a lot of makeup and sporting a huge open mouthed grin, while standing in a blue strobing spotlight.

Hobart to host new comedy festival in 2024

Building on Hobart’s strong local comedy scene and presented by the team behind Dark Mofo, the new festival will run…

Richard Watts

Nov 14, 2023

on the move. Image is an underwater photo depicting a scuba-diver rising through a deep blue ocean towards the sunlit waters above.

On the move: latest sector appointments

Executive Director and co-CEO farewells Shopfront, new staff join McClelland, and more arts sector appointments.

Richard Watts

Nov 13, 2023

This Rough Magic. Image is a bare stage with several actors, kneeling, sitting or standing, one holding up a stick, and another holding a cloth that could symbolise a child.

Asylum seekers meet Shakespeare in bold new take on The Tempest

Written by playwright Helen Machalias, ‘This Rough Magic’ uses Shakespeare as a lens through which to explore our nation’s treatment…

Richard Watts

Nov 10, 2023

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