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 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. 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

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Return to Earth

MTC: A story of returning, reconnecting and belonging, Lally Katz’s hybrid of melodrama and magic realism never quite finds its…

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Holding the Man

STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SA: Based on the best-selling book by Timothy Conigrave, Tommy Murphy's play is a heartfelt, hilarious…

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Namatjira - 2011

MALTHOUSE: Theatre at its most moving, storytelling at its best; this Big hART production is the must-see show of the…

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Hamlet

MTC: For all its strengths, there’s something of the air of a Hollywood sequel about this new production of Shakespeare’s…

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Pin Drop

MALTHOUSE: A sudden noise that wakes you in the night. A shadowy movement glimpsed down a darkened alley. A visceral,…

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Toby Francis: Blokelahoma!

MELBOURNE CABARET FESTIVAL: Based on his all too brief season at the Melbourne Cabaret Festival, 23 year old Toby Francis…

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King of Bangor

A theatrical exploration into the creative mind of novelist Stephen King, this new play by Lee Gambin lacks nuance, but…

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A Golem Story

MALTHOUSE: The medieval myth of a creature fashioned from clay and animated by supernatural means finds vital life in this…

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Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne

ALGA: From bent bushrangers to angry AIDS activists, this fascinating new publication sheds new light on the queer history of…

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Love Never Dies

REGENT THEATRE: Magnificent staging and strong performances can’t hide the hollow heart of Lloyd Webber’s latest musical monolith. Three stars.

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