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

Career Advice

Why you should take a masterclass

What is the difference between a workshop and a masterclass – and why should you participate in one?

News

‘Arts plan for every hospital’ recommends WA report

The landmark report recommends the development of a state-wide strategy to formalise and strengthen the role of the arts in…

Career Advice

Career spotlight: Casting director

Empathy, objectivity and a great memory for faces are among the skills you’ll require if you want to work in…

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Nederlands Dans Theater

One of the world’s great dance companies perform a mesmerising triple bill in this exclusive Melbourne season.

Features

Even the winners have lost

Now that the dust has settled from the latest Australia Council organisations funding round, we can see the implications for…

News

East coast companies dominate 2016 Helpmann nominations

Only a smattering of works from SA and WA have been nominated, and none from the NT, while Matilda the…

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PM flubs arts question on Q&A

Malcolm Turnbull struggled with the facts when asked about arts funding on Monday night.

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TWENTYSIXTEEN

The latest Circus Oz show has been regionally road-tested before opening in Melbourne; it’s tight, terrific and thrilling.

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SA arts sector celebrates 'new' funding and theatre redevelopment

$7.7 million has been returned to the state's arts budget, while a $35 million upgrade for Her Majesty’s Theatre has…

News

Smaller parties come to the arts policy party

With the Nick Xenophon Team and even the Pirate Party boasting arts policies, the Coalition’s silence on the subject is…

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