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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts

Richard Watts's Latest Articles

Features

Capturing the nerd audience

The mainstreaming of geek culture means the arts are now targeting the disposable income of a once-derided demographic.

Richard Watts

Jul 10, 2013
News

Acrobat falls to death in Cirque show

A Cirque du Soleil performer has died in Las Vegas after falling some 15 metres during a performance of the…

Richard Watts

Jul 1, 2013
News

Snowtown director casts Michael Fassbender as Macbeth

Company behind The King's Speech to produce latest adaptation of 'the Scottish play'.

Richard Watts

Apr 30, 2013
Features

How to be a good audience

Performers train for years and rehearse for weeks. Is it too much to expect a little effort from audiences? Share…

Richard Watts

Jan 11, 2013
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