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

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Theatre review: Unprecedented, HotHouse Theatre

Campion Decent’s latest play is a verbatim response to the 2019-2020 bushfires: a moving, angry and surprisingly funny work about…

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On the move: latest sector appointments

ArtsHub's weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments and departures.

A group of arts workers sit around a conference table, intently focused on a speaker whose back is towards the camera.
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New program will help build mentally healthy arts workplaces

A new training program run by The Arts Wellbeing Collective will educate performing arts workers about making positive changes to…

Education & Student News

Major new works to be developed through WAAPA's three-year residencies

Musical theatre artist Eddie Perfect and UK theatre company Cheek by Jowl are undertaking three-year residencies at WAAPA to deliver…

Sepia-toned photos of two men taken in the late 1800s. On the left is Captain Moonlite: his hair is slicked back, he sports a full beard, and he has piercing eyes. On the right is James Nesbitt: considerably younger than Moonlite, he stares directly at the camera with a somewhat sad expression. He has large ears and a dimpled chin; his clothes are also plainer than Moonlite's suggestive of his working class origins.
Features

The queer bushranger who still inspires artists 143 years after his death

Executed while wearing a ring fashioned from his dead lover's hair, the story of Captain Moonlite is slowly regaining the…

Two white women picnic on a green lawn, with bright yellow tulips blooming in the foreground. More tulips, and striking Victorian-era buildings, can be seen in the background.
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The regional cultural festival that’s Blooming lovely

From tulips and wine tastings to heritage architecture and an acquisitive painting prize, Bendigo’s Bloom festival has much to offer…

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On the move: latest sector appointments

ArtsHub’s weekly round-up of new staff and Board appointments in the Australian arts sector.

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ABC announces new TV arts show hosted by Virginia Trioli

Can the ABC’s newly announced TV program reverse the degraded coverage of the arts on the national broadcaster?

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Cartoonist leads Walkley Awards boycott over fossil fuel sponsorship

Australia’s national journalism awards are tainted by their association with the fossil fuel industry, says cartoonist Jon Kudelka.

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This week’s arts news and trending stories

What's in the headlines and what people are talking about in the arts sector this week.

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