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

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Plexus

Exquisitely constructed but oddly cold, this hybrid work by choreographer Aurélien Bory dazzles but does not move.

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Art audiences studied to help understand emotions

Researchers are studying performing arts audiences in order to better understand how human emotions have changed with the centuries.

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Arts orgs call for greater touring support

Regional communities need improved access to touring performing arts, arts advocates have told a Parliamentary Inquiry.

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New CEO announced for Theatre Works

The new CEO and Creative Producer has big shoes to fill following Daniel Clarke’s appointment to the team at Arts…

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Art revives intimacy for a lucky few

In a social media-saturated world where anyone can talk to everyone, performances created for audiences of one or few have…

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Why exercise is good for your arts practice

A dancer, a pianist and a vocal coach discuss the benefits of fitness on their respective practices.

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Staying awake: the art of the epic

Despite claims social media has destroyed our attention spans, audiences still flock to endurance-length theatrical epics: but why?

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What could you do with $1 million?

Arts and the imagination go hand in hand: in the wake of the new Australian Ballet residence we asked other…

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Bible vs ballet

Having one vocation in a lifetime can be challenging enough. What to do when you have two?

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Building a new arts precinct from scratch

In an ArtsHub exclusive, Marcus Westbury takes time out in his first week on the job to discuss the creation…

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