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.

Event
Chev Lane Clothing Swap and Second-Life Market

Sat, 2 Dec, 2023
Fate Space, West End

Give your wardrobe a makeover by swapping threads you don't wear for someone else's.

Buy Tickets

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Gelatissimo's $3 Scoop Day 2023

Fri, 1 Dec, 2023
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Start summer with $3 ice creams from this gelato chain's stores nationwide — but only for one day.

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Gelatissimo's $3 Scoop Day 2023

Fri, 1 Dec, 2023
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

Start summer with $3 ice creams from this gelato chain's stores nationwide — but only for one day.

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Gelatissimo's $3 Scoop Day 2023

Fri, 1 Dec, 2023
Various Sydney venues, Sydney

Start summer with $3 ice creams from this gelato chain's stores nationwide — but only for one day.

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Bottoms

Thu, 30 Nov - Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Brisbane

'Shiva Baby' director Emma Seligman and actor Rachel Sennott reteam for a wild high-school comedy about a lesbian fight club — with 'The Bear' favourite Ayo Edebiri also starring.

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Bottoms

Thu, 30 Nov - Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

'Shiva Baby' director Emma Seligman and actor Rachel Sennott reteam for a wild high-school comedy about a lesbian fight club — with 'The Bear' favourite Ayo Edebiri also starring.

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Event
Bottoms

Thu, 30 Nov - Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

'Shiva Baby' director Emma Seligman and actor Rachel Sennott reteam for a wild high-school comedy about a lesbian fight club — with 'The Bear' favourite Ayo Edebiri also starring.

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Australian Rural Noir Gets Its Next Engrossing Mystery with Book-to-Screen Crime Drama 'Scrublands'

Starring Luke Arnold, Bella Heathcote and Jay Ryan, this gripping four-part series is based on Chris Hammer's novel.

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Another Sinister Surgeon Gets the True-Crime Treatment in the Trailer for 'Dr Death' Season Two

Édgar Ramirez plays Paolo Macchiarini, who earned the nickname 'Miracle Man' — and Mandy Moore is the journalist looking into him for a story.

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Coming Soon: Former Eagle Street Pier Steakhouse Fatcow Will Reopen on James Street in 2024

After closing in the CBD in July 2022 due to the Eagle Street precinct being torn down, this steak-slinging favourite has finally locked in new digs.

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This New Range of FELLR Seltzers Will Get You Sipping Your Favourite Messina Sorbet Flavours

Messina's yuzu, blood orange, and salted coconut and mango sorbets are getting boozy.

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Prime Video Is Bringing the Post-Apocalyptic 'Fallout' TV Series to Your Streaming Queue in April 2024

Almost three decades after first hitting computers, the gaming franchise is getting a live-action adaptation starring Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan and Ella Purnell from 'Yellowjackets'.

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Vivid-Style Free Gold Coast Festival Big City Lights* Is Returning in 2024 for a Luminous Winter

Debuting as a four-day event in 2022, this blend of lights, design and music will expand to three weekends in its second fest.

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InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort's Lagoon Beach Club Is Your New Spot for a Poolside Bite and Sip

You can also grab a resort day pass to enjoy a splash in the one-acre lagoon beach over cocktails, oysters and prawn rolls.

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News
Harajuku Gyoza Is Dishing Up Festive Gingerbread, Pavlova and Rum Ball Dessert Bao Until Christmas

The food mashup fiends are celebrating the season with a new round of inventive limited-edition sweet treats.

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News
TLC Are Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 'CrazySexyCool' with a 2024 Tour Down Under

Do go chasing Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas  on their six-city tour — and supports Busta Rhymes and En Vogue, too.

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News
Australia's Handy Map Plotting Out All the Best and Brightest Christmas Lights Has Been Updated for 2023

'Tis the season to enter your postcode or suburb, then find out where to see luminous festive displays near you and around town.

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News
'Italian Renaissance Alive' Is the Next Multi-Sensory Exhibition That'll Give You an Immersive Art Experience

You've walked through van Gogh's work, then art by Monet and his impressionist contemporaries — now it's time to wander through pieces by Michelangelo, da Vinci, Botticelli and Caravaggio.

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News
'Six the Musical' Is Touring Its Empowering Pop-Scored Remix of Royal History Around Australia Again

The smash-hit take on Henry VIll's six wives wowed the country from 2021–23 — and it isn't done yet.

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Event
An Evening with Tony Hawk 2024

Mon, 22 Jan, 2024
The Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne

The iconic skater is dropping in at Enmore Theatre to chat about his career.

Buy Tickets

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