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
Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive 2023

Sat, 21 Oct, 2023
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

Donate your old clothes to a worthy cause without leaving the house.

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Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive 2023

Sat, 21 Oct, 2023
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne

Donate your old clothes to a worthy cause without leaving the house.

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Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive 2023

Sat, 21 Oct, 2023
Various locations across Sydney

Donate your old clothes to a worthy cause without leaving the house.

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Event
Monster Fest 2023

Fri, 27 Oct - Sun, 29 Oct 2023
Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Brisbane City

Calling all genre fans: this ode to weird and wonderful cinema is unleashing 2023's batch of strange and surreal flicks in the lead up to Halloween.

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Monster Fest 2023

Fri, 27 Oct - Sun, 29 Oct 2023
Event Cinemas George Street, Sydney

Calling all genre fans: this ode to weird and wonderful cinema is unleashing 2023's batch of strange and surreal flicks in the lead up to Halloween.

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Monster Fest 2023

Thu, 12 Oct - Sun, 22 Oct 2023
Cinema Nova, Carlton

Calling all genre fans: this ode to weird and wonderful cinema is unleashing 2023's batch of strange and surreal flicks in the lead up to Halloween.

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News
Calling All Genre Fans: Monster Fest Is Unleashing 2023's Wave of Strange and Surreal Films Throughout October

Among the highlights: a horror-comedy set in one of the last video stores and a Norwegian flick about a gnome uprising.

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Event
Frankenstein — Shake & Stir Theatre Co

Sat, 14 Oct - Sat, 28 Oct 2023
QPAC Playhouse, South Brisbane

Mary Shelley's masterpiece is coming alive on the QPAC stage thanks to this brand-new world-premiere production.

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A Brand-New World-Premiere Stage Production of 'Frankenstein' Is Coming Alive in Brisbane

Shake & Stir Theatre Co has already taken on 'Dracula', 'Jane Eyre' and 'A Christmas Carol' — now it's Mary Shelley's masterpiece's turn.

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Marvel's Huge New Exhibition Celebrates the Company's 85-Year History — and It's World-Premiering in NZ

If you want to check out 'Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Exhibition', you'll need to head to Wellington.

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'Tis the Season: Messina Is Bringing Back Its Chocolate Advent Calendars to Make Christmas Extra Delicious

Spend the first 24 days of December eating your way through gingerbread men, fruit mince tart choccies, pastry-choc clusters and more.

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Event
'Speed': The Movie, The Play

Tue, 10 Oct - Sun, 22 Oct 2023
Prahran Square, Prahran

Revisit the Keanu Reeves-starring movie 'Speed' IRL — and as a comedy — from the backseat of a real bus.

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Event
Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit

Mon, 9 Oct - Sun, 15 Oct 2023
The Butterfly Club, Melbourne

Calling all murder-mystery fans — this Agatha Christie-style whodunnit is completely made up on the spot.

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Event
Wonder 2023

Fri, 6 Oct - Sun, 15 Oct 2023
HOTA, Home of the Arts, Surfers Paradise

HOTA, Home of the Arts' spring festival is back for 2023 with music, night food markets and Dan Acher's stunning outdoor artwork 'Borealis'.

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Sunset Cinema Bondi 2023

Fri, 17 Nov - Sat, 23 Dec 2023
Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach

This outdoor picture palace is hitting Bondi Beach from November with 'Jaws', 'Barbie' and a heap of Christmas movies.

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Sunset Cinema Is Hitting Bondi Beach From November with 'Jaws', 'Barbie' and a Heap of Christmas Movies

Bondi Pavilion is becoming an openair picture palace to see out spring and welcome in summer with movies under the stars.

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Morningside's Rivermakers Is Bringing Its Waterside Markets with Music, Bars and Fireworks Back for Christmas

Get festive at Makers on the River, which will feature 50-plus stalls, a cheese and oyster bar, a rum pop-up and beer masterclasses.

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Makers on the River: Christmas Edition

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023
Rivermakers HQ, Morningside

Morningside's Rivermakers precinct is bringing back its waterside markets with music, bars and fireworks for Christmas.

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'Loki' Remains One of Marvel's Standout Streaming Shows in Its Lively and Entertaining Second Season

This returning Tom Hiddleston-starring stint of time-hopping trickery also benefits from adding 'Everywhere All At Once' Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan to its cast.

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Nicole Kidman, Jason Clarke and Filmmaker Phillip Noyce Just Joined SXSW Sydney's Speaker Lineup

Kidman will chat about her production company, which has been behind 'Big Little Lies' and 'The Undoing', while Clarke and Noyce will share Hollywood tales.

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