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

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Vale Phil Motherwell

The Pram Factory actor, who also appeared in such classic films as Mad Max and Monkey Grip, has died aged…

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The art we’re not seeing

Performing artists and companies from Europe, the UK and North America still dominate our touring stages: do we have a…

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Festivals fight for independence

Festival directors around the country have reacted with concern to the proposed merger of Adelaide Festival and the Adelaide Festival…

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Unveiled: Tasmanian International Arts Festival and David Lynch

A rebranded arts festival embraces all of Tasmania, a major retrospective announced for QAGOMA, and Here Lies Love pops up.

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Regional festivals: community is key in an increasingly crowded market

From Castlemaine to Tennant Creek, regional arts festivals are flourishing, and maintaining a community focus is paramount to their success.

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From harbour to spire: Arts Centre Melbourne’s new CEO

After 11 years at Sydney Opera House, Claire Spencer is getting her head around a new set of budgets, venues,…

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Merger fears fester in Adelaide

A mooted merger between the Adelaide Festival and the Festival Centre would fundamentally change the city's arts ecology.

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Unveiled: this week’s announcements

Sydney Festival program revealed, Selby & Friends tour, new Circus Oz, a new Indigenous exhibition at QAGOMA, and the MSO's…

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Arts Festivals: same same but different

How do you program an international arts festival, and are two festivals ever the same?

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Vale Margaret Cameron

The Melbourne-based performance artist, director and writer passed away on Monday.

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