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Richard Watts

Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on community radio station Three Triple R FM, a program he has hosted since 2004.

Richard currently serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management, and is also a former Chair of Melbourne Fringe. The founder of the Emerging Writers' Festival, he has also served as President of the Green Room Awards Association and as a member of the Green Room's Independent Theatre panel. 

Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend in 2017. Most recently he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize for 2019.

Twitter: @richardthewatts

Recent Articles

  • Theatre Review: The Pulse, Gravity and Other Myths (Adelaide Festival)
    Richard Watts

    Theatre Review: The Pulse, Gravity and Other Myths (Adelaide Festival)

    Adelaide’s contemporary circus powerhouse return to the stage with a bold new work that is unlikely to have been made were it not for the constraints of COVID providing a rare opportunity to unite their three performance ensembles.

    Reviews

  • Chinese-speaking students a largely untapped arts audience, says new report
    Richard Watts

    Chinese-speaking students a largely untapped arts audience, says new report

    Drawing on a comprehensive survey of 600+ Chinese-speaking students, a new report provides insights and case studies to help arts organisations engage with this potentially huge audience segment.

    Features

  • The art of the impossible: International collaboration during COVID
    Richard Watts

    The art of the impossible: International collaboration during COVID

    Companies collaborating with Irish and New Zealand colleagues tell us how their productions are forging ahead despite the pandemic. Dogged determination means the shows can go on.

    Features

  • Why exercise is good for your art (from the archives)
    Richard Watts

    Why exercise is good for your art (from the archives) (locked)

    A dancer, a pianist and a vocal coach discuss the benefits of fitness on their respective practices.

    Career Advice

  • Buzz builds as The Hive Collective ready their premiere season
    Richard Watts

    Buzz builds as The Hive Collective ready their premiere season (locked)

    Queensland’s new independent theatre company is staging three plays by Australian female playwrights at Metro Arts’ New Benner Theatre.

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