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2014 shaping up to be a funny year

Acts making their local debut vie with old favourites in the initial round of Comedy Festival announcements.

10 Dec 2013

Richard Watts

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Preliminary program announcements have been made by both Sydney Comedy Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, with the latter also announcing the opening of registrations for its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comedy program, Deadly Funny.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts