Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

Richard's Latest Articles

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Exploring the ineffable

Australian artists are increasingly using their practice to examine religious and spiritual themes.

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The essential skills of a great director

The British critic James Agate once unkindly defined a theatre director as ‘a person engaged by the management to conceal…

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Global live stream celebrates World Ballet Day

The Australian Ballet joins companies in Russia, Canada, the UK and the USA in an unprecedented celebration of their art…

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Hobart Art Prize winners announced

Two $15,000 prizes have been presented to winners in two categories, Glass and Printmaking.

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New Tasmanian literary prize announced

The new $10,000 prize for an unpublished manuscript will be presented to an emerging Tasmanian novelist.

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Adelaide Fringe Cultural Fund awards $30,000

Companies from Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide have been awarded $10,000 each in the Fund’s inaugural grants round.

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UK artist seeks Australian opportunities

The opportunity to remount his critically acclaimed one-man show is not the main reason Scottee has returned Down Under.

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Rethinking the work experience paradigm

Work experience with arts organisations is in demand but creative companies do more than provide desk-space for envelope-stuffing.

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Death of a Salesman parody shut down after legal threats

‘Cease and desist’ letters from the Arthur Miller Estate have forced the early closure of the Melbourne Fringe production.

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Many worlds in one: State Theatre Co SA’s 2015 season

Classics by Beckett, Pinter and Lawler rub shoulders with new Australian works in Geordie Brookman’s third season as Artistic Director.

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