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 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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Belvoir’s Sri Lankan epic receives four Helpmann Awards

Counting and Cracking, a multi-generational play staged at Sydney and Adelaide Festivals, picked up four Helpmann Awards on Sunday including…

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Shaking the snow globe: Exit interview with Circus Oz’s Rob Tannion

Tannion reflects on his three years at the company, which saw the introduction of new operating models, new collaborations, and…

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How to thrive, not just survive, when your company is defunded

As arts organisations across the nation await news on the Australia Council's EOI process for four-year funding, one company reflects…

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Review: Baby Bi Bi Bi at MELT Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse (QLD)

A sex-positive and playful cabaret about life as a bisexual woman.

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Review: Yank! A WWII Love Story, MELT Festival at Brisbane Powerhouse (QLD)

Despite some frustrating directorial choices, this gay WWII-era musical romance moves and fascinates.

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Review: Cassie Workman, Giantess, MELT Festival at Brisbane Powerhouse (QLD)

An atmospheric and deeply moving picture book brought to life, packed with wry humour and pointed insights.

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Young dancers put their best feet forward

Members of the youth dance sector will be networking, training and performing at the Australian Youth Dance Festival in Melbourne…

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Co-Artistic Directors announced for reimagined Melbourne International Arts Festival

Choreographer and director Gideon Obarzanek and artist, curator and festival director Hannah Fox will jointly lead the new-look festival following…

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What makes a great theatre?

Programming, people, acoustics, atmosphere or state of the art equipment: many elements make up a truly great theatre.

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Review: Fold: A Domestic Circus, NORPA (NSW)

From dancing with mops to wrestling with a fitted sheet, this new circus production is inventive, warm and quietly distinctive.

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