The ten most-read stories of 2019

From news and reviews to features and forecasts, here are the ten most popular ArtsHub stories published this year.

What makes a story popular – why it’s clicked on, read and shared – is an inexact science.

Sometimes it’s a good news story; sometimes it’s a story which has shocked or outraged the sector. A story might be popular because it promises an opportunity for artists – a new grant or residency you can apply for – or because it’s a review of a major new production that the whole country is curious about.

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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