Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward is Concrete Playground's Editor — and also Film and TV Editor, Film and TV Critic, Arts and Entertainment Editor, and Brisbane Editor. If it's on a screen big or small, happening in Brisbane and southeast Queensland, or news of national and international interest — particularly arts and entertainment — then Sarah is across it.

Sarah has also been a film critic for ABC radio for over a decade. Covering all things cinema and television, Sarah has written for Screen International since 2015, and contributed to SBS, ACMI, AACTA, Birth.Movies.Death, Flicks, Senses of Cinema, ScreenHub, ArtsHub, Junkee, FilmInk, Lumina, Metro Magazine, Screen Education and more. Sarah's background includes managing, writing for, mentoring at, being on judging panels at and hosting Q&As at Australian film festivals, such as the Brisbane International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Queensland Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival and Gold Coast Film Festival.

Favourite cinema in Brisbane: Angelika Film Centre, which is a glorious new place to see a movie.

Favourite cinema in Sydney: Golden Age Cinema & Bar, the one cinema everyone needs to go to in Sydney if they only go to one cinema.

Favourite cinema in Melbourne: The Astor Theatre, and not just because of its history with cinema cats.

  • Hector and the Search for Happiness
    Event

    Hector and the Search for Happiness

    Thu, 23 Oct - Wed, 19 Nov 2014

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    Merely wades along the shallow and sugary edges of the self-help pond.

  • Hector and the Search for Happiness
    Event

    Hector and the Search for Happiness

    Thu, 23 Oct - Wed, 19 Nov 2014

    Merely wades along the shallow and sugary edges of the self-help pond.

  • Hector and the Search for Happiness
    Event

    Hector and the Search for Happiness

    Thu, 23 Oct - Wed, 19 Nov 2014

    Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

    Merely wades along the shallow and sugary edges of the self-help pond.

  • Pride
    Event

    Pride

    Thu, 30 Oct - Wed, 26 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Sydney

    Who knew an account of the 1980s UK miners' strike could be so entertaining and affecting?

  • Tracey Moffatt: Spirited
    Event

    Tracey Moffatt: Spirited

    Sat, 25 Oct 2014 - Sun, 8 Feb 2015

    GOMA, South Brisbane

    Tracey Moffatt's homecoming exhibition showcases her fascination with how we inhabit places and are inhabited by them.

  • Resort
    Event

    Resort

    Thu, 23 Oct - Sat, 25 Oct 2014

    James Street, Fortitude Valley, Fortitude Valley

    New Farm's style hub adds a festival to its ever-expanding cultural and artistic footprint.

  • Son of a Gun
    Event

    Son of a Gun

    Thu, 16 Oct - Wed, 12 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Star power and style adds sheen to another gritty Australian crime offering.

  • Son of a Gun
    Event

    Son of a Gun

    Thu, 16 Oct - Wed, 12 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    Star power and style adds sheen to another gritty Australian crime offering.

  • Son of a Gun
    Event

    Son of a Gun

    Thu, 16 Oct - Wed, 12 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Sydney

    Star power and style adds sheen to another gritty Australian crime offering.

  • Brisbane Good Food and Wine Show 2014
    Event

    Brisbane Good Food and Wine Show 2014

    Fri, 17 Oct - Sun, 19 Oct 2014

    Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

    Prepare to sample good food and drink good wine at The Good Food and Wine Show. It's all there in the title.

  • News

    The Five Best Things to See at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival 2014

    See the music doco that inspired all other music docos, and the award winner from this year's TriBeCa Film Festival.

  • He Dreamed a Train
    Event

    He Dreamed a Train

    Wed, 15 Oct - Sun, 26 Oct 2014

    Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

    Digital projection and old-fashioned storytelling combine to tell an emotional family tale.

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  • Five Centuries of Melancholia
    Event

    Five Centuries of Melancholia

    Sat, 30 Aug - Sun, 30 Nov 2014

    UQ Art Museum, St Lucia

    Melancholia is more than just a mood; it's a source of inspiration for great art.

  • Truck In and Tuck In Street Food Festival
    Event

    Truck In and Tuck In Street Food Festival

    Fri, 17 Oct, 2014

    Bridge St, Fortitude Valley, Fortitude Valley

    What's better than grabbing a meal from a food truck? Trying to choose from a whole street full of them.

  • Annabelle
    Event

    Annabelle

    Thu, 2 Oct - Wed, 5 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Prepare for haunted horror cliches centred on a possessed porcelain plaything.

  • Annabelle
    Event

    Annabelle

    Thu, 2 Oct - Wed, 5 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    Prepare for haunted horror cliches centred on a possessed porcelain plaything.

  • Annabelle
    Event

    Annabelle

    Thu, 2 Oct - Wed, 5 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Sydney

    Prepare for haunted horror cliches centred on a possessed porcelain plaything.

  • Hollywood Games Night
    Event

    Hollywood Games Night

    Wed, 12 Nov, 2014

    New Farm Cinemas, New Farm

    Fancy some board game fun with your film-going?

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Brisbane Arts Theatre
    Event

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Brisbane Arts Theatre

    Sat, 4 Oct - Sat, 1 Nov 2014

    Brisbane Arts Theatre, Brisbane

    The classic novel and Oscar-winning film becomes Brisbane Arts Theatre's latest play.

    Buy Tickets
  • Forbidden Hollywood: The Wild Days of Pre-Code Cinema
    Event

    Forbidden Hollywood: The Wild Days of Pre-Code Cinema

    Fri, 26 Sep - Sun, 2 Nov 2014

    Take a look back through cinema's subversive past.

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