Richard Watts
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Review: Chasing Smoke & Biladurang, Darwin Festival
Further reflections and critical responses to events programmed as part of the 2018 Darwin Festival.
Review: Buried Country, The Beginning of Nature & Baker Boy, Darwin Festival
Impressions and critical reflections on the opening weekend of this year’s Darwin Festival by our Performing Arts Editor, Richard Watts.
How to navigate a festival program
With dozens, sometimes hundreds of choices, navigating an arts festival program can be overwhelming. Arts industry figures offer their tips…
Career spotlight: Lighting designer
Creating mood, shifting emphasis, painting with light: the art of the lighting designer is a subtle one. Here, three successful…
Projection art: transforming the everyday
Glow Winter Arts Festival returns for a fifth year, transforming the familiar environs of Malvern East after dark.
Boutique performing arts school punches well above its weight
Performing arts education at primary and secondary levels equips students for life in the arts, and life in general.
Spectacular investments at VCA and Melbourne Conservatorium Open Day
The history of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium is well known, but a $200 million investment…
The cutting edge course that welcomes flexible thinkers
Get a headstart on your peers by starting your study in November, at a university that is focused on developing…
The Australians are coming! The Australians are coming!
The annual Australian invasion of Edinburgh is about to begin. What attracts them in such numbers? And with over 130…
How to ace your next audition
12 actors offer advice for making the best impression at an audition and how to avoid putting yourself through the…