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15 Mar 2024

Richard Watts

A dynamic photo of a jazz band, taking from behind the trumpet players looking towards the stage lights.

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La Mama to pause public performances in 2025 after unsuccessful funding bid

La Mama Theatre, the independent theatre organisation in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton, announced on Tuesday that it will cease public performances during 2025.

RISING launches 2024 festival program

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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