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Richard Watts

Melbourne

Arts Editor at ArtsHub Australia

Arts journo. 3RRR broadcaster. Doctor Who fan. Hibernophile. Antifascist. Godless sodomite (versatile). Living on Wurundjeri Country. OAM.

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  • 2 days ago | artshub.com.au | Richard Watts

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of a person who has died. Peter Wilson, the Chair of Woolloomooloo-based contemporary art organisation Artspace, has advised his fellow members on Artspace’s Board of Directors of his intention to step down as both Chair and as a member of the Board. “This decision follows his and his family’s commitment as much valued advocates and supporters of Artspace over many years.

  • 4 days ago | artshub.com.au | Richard Watts

    Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, which ArtsHub awarded a coveted five stars, describing it as ‘Hilarious, in-your-face and flawless’, has taken out Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s (MICF) highest honour. On Saturday (19 April), Starr’s one-man clown show (created and performed by Damien Warren-Smith), received MICF’s 2025 Most Outstanding Show award.

  • 1 week ago | artshub.com.au | Richard Watts

    Night Visions, an immersive after-dark journey through Adelaide Botanic Garden on Kaurna Yarta (Kaurna Country), and featuring light shows, lasers, projections and sound, will be the centrepiece of Illuminate Adelaide 2025. The project, revealed yesterday (Wednesday 16 April), was conceived and commissioned by Illuminate Adelaide, the city’s winter festival of art, light, music and technology.

  • 1 week ago | artshub.com.au | Richard Watts

    Nine nominees are in the running for the coveted Most Outstanding Show award at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). The nominations were announced on the steps of Melbourne Town Hall, ground zero for many of this year’s 690 shows, which are also performed at venues across Melbourne’s CBD and in the suburbs.

  • 1 week ago | artshub.com.au | Richard Watts

    If laughter really is the best medicine, then Brisbane Comedy Festival is a booster shot of pure, concentrated hilarity injected straight into your hypothalamus – the part of your brain that plays a key role in the production of loud, uncontrollable chortling, guffawing and crying with laughter.

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