
Richard Watts
Arts Editor at ArtsHub Australia
Arts journo. 3RRR broadcaster. Hibernophile. Antifascist. Godless sodomite (versatile). Pink Magpies/Collingwood Pride founder. On Wurundjeri Country. OAM.
Articles
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artshub.com.au | Richard Watts
Each Saturday, we summarise ArtsHub’s most-read stories of the week in order to bring you up to speed with the latest arts news you may have missed. Here are the news stories – both industry oriented and public facing – reviews and career stories that caught our readers’ eyes over the last seven days.
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artshub.com.au | Richard Watts
The deaths of 15 young backpackers in a deliberately lit fire at The Palace Backpackers Hostel on 23 June 2000 shocked the residents of the small regional Queensland town of Childers, and deeply traumatised the survivors. Rod Ainsworth is a creative producer, writer and director working in Bundaberg in regional Queensland, and has written a new song cycle – in collaboration with composer John Babbage of Brisbane ensemble Topology – to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fire.
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artshub.com.au | Richard Watts
After 12 years as the CEO and Festival Director of Sydney Fringe Festival – during which time the Fringe has grown from a small community event into New South Wales’ largest independent arts festival – Kerri Glasscock has decided it’s time to call it a day. Her decision to move on – and her appointment as the new Executive Director of Create NSW, the NSW State Government’s arts and cultural driver – was announced earlier this year.
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artshub.com.au | Richard Watts
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are advised that the following article contains the name of a person who has died. Three new staff have joined the team of Melbourne contemporary dance company Chunky Move. Benjamin Beare has joined the company as Production and Operations Coordinator, Eloise Coomber takes on the Marketing and Development Coordinator role, and Nic Ramsay is Chunky Move’s new Office and Program Coordinator.
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artshub.co.uk | Richard Watts
In many ways, cabaret is the most intimate of art forms. Even when they’re performing in large theatres and concert halls, the best cabaret artists successfully craft a sense of connection between themselves and you, the audience, which not only breaks the fourth wall but demolishes it completely – all with a song and a smile.
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