Richard Watts

@richardthewatts

About

Richard Watts is the National Performing Arts Editor of industry website ArtsHub; 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.

Upcoming Events

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Art on the Fringe: Forty Years of Melbourne Fringe

Moira Finucane, Sammy J, Vidya Rajan, Richard Watts

20 Jun

Past Events

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The Writer's Mix Tape: Lally Katz

Richard Watts, Lally Katz

23 Feb

Drawing Out, Drawing In: Spotlight on Graphic Novels

Day of Comics: Origin Stories

Erica Wagner, Richard Watts, Zoë Sadokierski, James Bradley

24 Apr

Big Gay Week

Coming Out Stories

Virginia Lovett, Richard Watts, Tom Cho, Ana Kokkinos, Tina Del Twist

2 Mar

Getting Older

Elders in Conversation: Noel Tovey

Noel Tovey, Richard Watts

7 Apr

Penny Arcade: Bad Reputation

Penny Arcade, Richard Watts

23 Mar

Robert Lepage

Robert Lepage, Richard Watts

21 Oct

Australia at the Venice Biennale

Kerry Gardner, Patricia Piccinini, Richard Watts

6 Apr

[Cancelled] Art on the Fringe: Forty Years of Melbourne Fringe

Stone Motherless Cold, Patricia Cornelius, Sammy J, Richard Watts

13 Oct

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30 May 2022

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