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 early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts

Richard Watts's Latest Articles

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An acting school committed to developing the whole actor

Graduates from Actors Centre Australia’s Bachelor of Performing Arts (Stage and Screen) travel far in the industry, and quickly. Their…

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Go behind the scenes on World Ballet Day

Now in its sixth year, World Ballet Day is a global celebration of dance and a unique look at a…

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Breaking down silos builds good cultural leadership

‘Some of my most meaningful mentors have been from entirely unrelated industries,’ says Tina Walsberger, Edinburgh International Festival’s Marketing and…

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Eight new dance commissions compete for $50,000 Keir Award

The biennial Keir Choreographic Award is dedicated to the commissioning of new choreographic work and promoting innovative, experimental and cross-artform…

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Keeping fresh and focussed in a long term role (from our archives)

It's the perennial question: how do you stay motivated in a job that you love after years? This classic article…

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Exit interview: Melbourne International Arts Festival’s Jonathan Holloway

As his fourth and final MIAF enters its last week, Holloway reflects on his time in Melbourne and what working…

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Cultural Ministers agree to new performing arts framework

Brisbane’s Circa have been invited to become a Major Performing Arts company as the MPA Framework itself is set to…

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Clare Watson’s contract extended at Black Swan

The Board of WA’s State Theatre Company has renewed the Artistic Director’s contract for another three years and publicly committed…

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Sauce, Dublin Fringe Festival (Ireland)

Two women in a bind discover that friendship adds piquancy to their lives in this fast-paced, comedic two-hander.

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Shadows/Champions of Dance, Dublin Fringe Festival (Ireland)

Dublin Fringe continues with Derek Byrne’s debut play based on a real-life encounter at a cruising spot, and a madcap,…

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