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

A scene from Canberra Youth Theatre's 2024 production of 'Work, But This Time Like You Mean It'. Two young men sit on a steeply raked stage, comforting one another; both wear black trousers, black shoes and red and white striped collared shirts. Behind them, three people in identical uniforms but wearing surreal chick head masks, sit at the top of the raked stage.
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Canberra Youth Theatre tour explores fast food industry’s ‘disastrous consequences’

The Sydney tour of ‘Work, But This Time Like You Mean It’ has been supported by a $100,000 gift from…

Richard Watts

Oct 13, 2025
A dynamic photograph of a skateboarder mid-trick; the photo's focus is on the deck itself, as its rear wheels roll along the edge of an outdoor concrete staircase. The skateboarder's shoe-glad feet are visible at the top of the frame. The photograph illustrates ArtsHub's weekly wrap of Australian arts sector appointments.
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On the Move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Richard Watts

Oct 13, 2025
A photograph of a female surfer wearing in a black wetsuit and riding a wave; white spray flies up behind her board. The photo illustrates ArtsHub's weekly on the Move column of Australian arts sector appointments.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Richard Watts

Oct 6, 2025
A kangaroo jumps across a country road. The photo illustrates ArtsHub's weekly On the move column, which summarises the week's art sector appointments and resignations.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Richard Watts

Sep 29, 2025
A sequence from Tegan Jeffrey-Rushton's 'Overture', Adelaide Fringe 2025 season. The prduction is being remounted for IDEA'25. Four dancers perform a contemporary dance production on a red-lit stage.
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IDEA’25: strengthening Sydney's contemporary dance sector

FORM Dance Projects’ second annual Independent Dance Exchange Australia is addressing critical gaps in dance development and presentation opportunities.

Richard Watts

Sep 22, 2025
A country track leading over a hill towards a misty valley and parts unknown. The photo illustrates Artshub's weekly On the Move column, which summarises the week's arts sector appointments.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Richard Watts

Sep 22, 2025
Dancenorth archival costumes from the 1990 production 'Desert Magic'. L-R: Michael Smith, Sabine Crompton-Ward, Tiana Lung and Marlo Benjamin. Four dancers pose playfully in brightly coloured, abstract, skin-tight costumes from four decades ago.
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Dancenorth: 40 years of dancing on the shoulders of giants

Dancenorth Artistic Director reflects on four decades of contemporary dance-making in regional Queensland.

Richard Watts

Sep 18, 2025
A recent 'Cluedo' publicity photo of actor Craig McLachlan. The black and white photo depicts a middle aged, fair skinned man with a neat grey beard and wearing a black t-shirt.

Craig McLachlan withdraws from Cluedo production after public backlash

Craig McLachlan, who was found not guilty of sexual assault in a 2020 court case, says 'bullying' has forced his…

Richard Watts

Sep 17, 2025
ILBIJERRI's Artistic Director of almost 18 years, Dr Rachael Maza AM. The photo shows Maza, an older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander woman with greying hair, sitting in a leafy courtyard. She is smiling, almost laughing, and leans forward with her hands clasped and her elbows on her knees.
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Rachael Maza on shaping the narrative, trusting her gut and preparing to say goodbye

After almost 18 years as ILBIJERRI’s Artistic Director, Dr Rachael Maza AM is stepping down at the end of the…

Richard Watts

Sep 16, 2025
A jumping woman is reflected in the water of a lake or pond. The photo illustrates ArtsHub's weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments, On the Move.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Richard Watts

Sep 16, 2025
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