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 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

Richard Watts's Latest Articles

Career Advice

The essential skills of a great producer

Can't act, can't sing, can raise money? Sorry but that is not the recipe for a great producer.

News

Global live stream celebrates World Ballet Day

The Australian Ballet joins companies in Russia, Canada, the UK and the USA in an unprecedented celebration of their art…

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UK artist seeks Australian opportunities

The opportunity to remount his critically acclaimed one-man show is not the main reason Scottee has returned Down Under.

Features

Is staying in the closet bad for your career?

Instead of investing half their energy in keeping their sexuality a secret, out gay and lesbian performers can focus more…

News

The secret of good radio revealed

New research reveals that greater control of vocal chords is behind the best voices, but are such skills innate or…

Features

Are festivals 'fundamentally unjustifiable'?

Perth International Arts Festival’s Jonathan Holloway gave delegates at the recent APACA conference a frank insight into arts festivals with…

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Comedian Rik Mayall dies aged 56

Tributes flow for the anarchic star of The Young Ones and Blackadder.

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Recovery begins at Glasgow School of Art

A special bursary scheme for students affected by the fire has been established as offers of support for the GSA…

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Glasgow School of Art burns but ‘treasured building saved'

The heritage-listed building, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is a unique art school and architecturally significant.

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Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend dies aged 68

The British author died on Thursday, after a stroke, eliciting grief around the world from writers and readers alike.

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