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

Top 3 tips for emerging arts managers

With many in the sector working in administrative roles, we’ve asked arts leaders from Darwin to Hobart and Perth to…

Career Advice

Top 3 tips for emerging directors

From independent theatre to the mainstage, directors from around the country offer practical advice for those starting out in their…

Career Advice

Top 3 tips for emerging producers

Independent producers from Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne offer advice for those who are just starting out in the game.

Features

How verbatim theatre can keep history alive

In retelling the long and often bitter campaign for gay law reform in Tasmania, the new production ‘The Campaign’ not…

Features

The Australians are coming! The Australians are coming!

The annual Australian invasion of Edinburgh is about to begin. What attracts them in such numbers? And with over 130…

Career Advice

How to ace your next audition

12 actors offer advice for making the best impression at an audition and how to avoid putting yourself through the…

News

Fringe World moves to assist artists after JumpClimb fiasco

With artists owed $200,000 following the collapse of independent event management company, JumpClimb, Fringe World is taking action to assist.

Career Advice

Career spotlight: Composer

Three composers reflect on the influences and events that shaped their careers and offer advice for those following in their…

Features

No laughing matter: comedy in the wake of #MeToo

The #MeToo movement has revealed the widespread extent of sexual harassment, and brought down comedy legends like Louis CK. What…

News

Commonwealth Games launches Festival 2018 program

Queensland artists from the dance, circus and contemporary music sectors will perform alongside a range of international talents at Festival…

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