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

Richard Watts's Latest Articles

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Cabaret Soirée returns to Perth

An eight-week season of intimate performance pays tribute to such performers as Annie Lennox and Dorothy Fields.

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Melbourne writer appointed as inaugural Director of UNESCO City of Literature

The new appointee will work with Melbourne's existing literary organisations to strengthen the city's status and activities.

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State Theatre Company SA breaks box office record – again

Taking over $424,000, The Importance of Being Earnest becomes the highest-grossing production in the company’s history.

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Sex workers accuse Griffin, Malthouse of exploitation

The theatre companies deny claims that Peta Brady's Ugly Mugs exploits sex workers, saying it is a work of fiction.

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$50,000 tourism grant for Melbourne Festival

Tourism Victoria has provided the Festival with funding to deliver interstate and overseas marketing activities.

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The Blue Room unveils second season for 2014

The eight shows on offer in season two offer up a dynamic cross-section of Perth’s independent theatre sector.

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The Bard unbound

Students unable to attend Bell Shakespeare productions can now access performances and actors’ commentaries online.

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Harmonising in the desert

The Desert Harmony Festival features 17 days of cultural, contemporary, Indigenous and youth events in the heart of the NT.

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VIDEO: Circus arts flourish at Edinburgh Fringe

Artists in Edinburgh are taking advantage of the presence of friends and colleagues to collaborate, experiment and train together.

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Letting the circus do the talking

Brisbane circus company Casus returns home to premiere their new production, Finding the Silence.

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