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Richard Watts

Melbourne

Arts Editor at ArtsHub Australia

Arts journo. 3RRR broadcaster. Hibernophile. Antifascist. Godless sodomite (versatile). Pink Magpies/Collingwood Pride founder. On Wurundjeri Country. OAM.

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

    The 2025 Darwin Festival – its 46th edition – features eight world premieres, five of which are Indigenous cultural performances, as well as a strong line-up of live music programming and a carefully curated range of critically acclaimed productions from interstate. Darwin Festival Artistic Director Kate Fell says this year’s program is designed to inspire and entertain, with the record number of venues taking part – 50 in all – reflecting the vibrancy, beauty and spirit of Darwin.

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

    The Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) is one most prestigious and innovative training organisations for young, pre-professional musicians in the world – from gifted secondary school students to those on the verge of a professional career.

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

    The Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has appointed Richard Mills AO as its next Artistic Director/Chief Conductor. Mills is one of Australia’s most experienced and respected arts leaders following tenures as Artistic Director of Victorian Opera, West Australian Opera, Adelaide Chamber Orchestra, Director of the Australian Music Project for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Musica Viva’s Composer of the Year.

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

    A $35 million Aboriginal Cultural Centre developed in consultation with local custodians of Country will officially open in Port Adelaide on Sunday 1 June. Named Yitpi Yartapuultiku (‘the Soul of Port Adelaide’) in the Kaurna language, the Centre is situated on the banks of the Port River and was developed in collaboration with Kaurna Custodians and the Yitpi Yartapuultiku Aboriginal Working Group, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield (PAE), Ashley Halliday Architects and WAX Design.

  • 3 weeks ago | artshub.com.au | Richard Watts

    Adelaide Fringe has announced the appointment of Emily Farrell to its Board of Directors. Farrell brings a globally informed perspective to Adelaide Fringe, shaped by her career in law, industrial relations, government relations, and public policy in Australia and the United States. After earning a Bachelor of Law from the University of Adelaide, she relocated to New York, where she worked for six years in nonprofit legal advocacy and at a leading U.S. immigration law firm.

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