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 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. 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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Labor boosts funding in new arts policy

One month out from the federal election the ALP have launched a new arts policy which promises to undo the…

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Monash to host million-dollar music theatre residency

Once 'teeth, tits and tap', musicals are now being recognised and embraced in universities, as a new initiative demonstrates.

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AIDS on stage: then and now

The way we think about HIV/AIDS has changed, as has the way we represent the pandemic artistically, as two different…

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New grants program music to neighbours’ ears

A new initiative assisting live music venues with soundproofing and sound management has been announced for Victoria.

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Final curtain falls on Perth Theatre Company

A 33 year history draws to a close with news that the company will be voluntarily wound up and deregistered.

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Learning from disabled audiences

Access isn't just about ramps and doorways, it's also a new way of thinking about audiences that has ramifications for…

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Orchestra Victoria facing eviction

Orchestra Victoria will lose its home in Albert Park in December and new accommodation is yet to be found.

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Aging population a career opportunity for artists

Aged care facilities may be the next theatres, with an in-built audience ripe for cultural stimulation.

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Inspire60: Max Delany

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art’s new Artistic Director & CEO tells us what he finds inspiring about his work.

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Regional voices ignored by regional arts inquiry

A Parliamentary Inquiry into access to media and the arts in regional and rural Australia failed to hold public hearings…

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