Richard Watts
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Artist-driven vaccination campaign urges audiences to play a part in pandemic recovery
Victorian audiences are being urged to give the ‘performance of a lifetime’ by getting vaccinated.

Story vs song: juggling the needs of different narrative forms
The narrative needs of theatre and songwriting can differ significantly, so how do you go about fusing them together in…

Dancing across borders: empowering students to become agents of change
A new Master of Dance begins at the University of Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 2022, offering…

Preparing for a National Arts, Culture and Creativity Plan: Webinar 2
Kate Fielding, CEO of A New Approach, discusses some of the current thinking around the development of a new national…

New website coming soon
A brand new ArtsHub will soon be ready for you to peruse, so you’ll notice a small reduction in story…

Darwin Festival turns up the heat in 2021
Darwin Festival celebrates First Nations voices, gives young people the microphone, showcases cross-cultural collaboration, and puts on a Top End…

Taking art and life to the extremes: The ArtsHubbub episode 15
In the latest episode of our podcast, journalist Jenny Valentish talks about how some people push themselves to extremes and…

Connecting with Country through theatre
Mitch King's new work is about storytelling on Country, with and for the community, and about the Yaegl people's connection…

Building back better for everyone
Renowned arts and disability advocate Suzanne Bull MBE, founder of the UK’s Attitude is Everything, is one many speakers at…

$20M emergency support for events sector announced by VIC government
The package includes a range of support, from $500 per cancelled event for musicians and performers, through to $250,000 for…