Sarah Ward

Name: What's Love Got to Do with It?
Start: 2023-02-16
End: 2023-03-08
Location: Australia

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
Not On Your Rider Xmas Extravaganza 2022

Sat, 10 Dec, 2022
Fortitude Music Hall, Fortitude Valley

Brisbane's IRL music game show gets festive, with special guests Robert Irwin, Kate Miller-Heidke and Trent Dalton.

Buy Tickets

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News
'Elvis' Has Been Named the Best Australian Film of the Year at the 2022 AACTA Awards

Baz Luhrmann's flashy biopic picked up 11 awards, including Best Actor for Austin Butler, while 'Mystery Road: Origin' won big in the TV fields.

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Event
White Noise

Thu, 8 Dec 2022 - Wed, 4 Jan 2023
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig star in this ambitious and playful adaptation of Don DeLillo's 80s novel, which has long been considered unfilmable.

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Event
White Noise

Thu, 8 Dec 2022 - Wed, 4 Jan 2023
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig star in this ambitious and playful adaptation of Don DeLillo's 80s novel, which has long been considered unfilmable.

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Event
White Noise

Thu, 8 Dec 2022 - Wed, 4 Jan 2023
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig star in this ambitious and playful adaptation of Don DeLillo's 80s novel, which has long been considered unfilmable.

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Event
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

Thu, 8 Dec - Wed, 28 Dec 2022
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Leaping from the stage to the screen, the hit musical version of Roald Dahl's beloved book is more than a little bit lovely.

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Event
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

Thu, 8 Dec - Wed, 28 Dec 2022
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Leaping from the stage to the screen, the hit musical version of Roald Dahl's beloved book is more than a little bit lovely.

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Event
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

Thu, 8 Dec - Wed, 28 Dec 2022
Various cinemas in Sydney

Leaping from the stage to the screen, the hit musical version of Roald Dahl's beloved book is more than a little bit lovely.

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News
Jetstar's Big Pre-Christmas Flight Sale Is Slinging Airfares to Uluru From $89

Whether you're keen to visit the Red Centre or the Top End, there's a cheap flight on offer — including fares to Darwin for under $150.

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News
Wes Anderson's 1950s-Set New Film 'Asteroid City' Will Bring Its Symmetry to Cinemas in 2023

Featuring just about every actor Anderson has ever worked with before, the film follows a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention in a fictional American desert town.

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News
GPO Hotel's $7-Million-Plus Revamp Will Open in Early 2023 Complete with a New Food and Wine Venue

Sommelier Alan Hunter, also ex-General Manager of OTTO Brisbane, will oversee the new contemporary dining venue, with Richard Ousby as Executive Chef.

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News
Sunset Cinema Is Touring the East Coast for Another Summer (and Autumn) of Movies Under the Stars

This openair cinema is setting up in leafy spots in Canberra, Sydney, Wollongong, Mt Martha, Melbourne and Brisbane.

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Bar
Koala Tavern

36-40 Moreton Bay Road, Capalaba

After a $3-million revamp, this Redlands pub now boasts a fairy light-lit beer garden and a new-look bistro

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Bar
Salisbury Hotel

668 Toohey Road, Salisbury

This southside spot is sporting a $1.6-million facelift — and a new leafy beer garden.

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News
One Airbnb to Rule Them All: Hobbiton Is Opening for Overnight Stays for the First Time Ever

Calling all 'Lord of the Rings' fans: you'll be able to slumber like you're in Middle-earth, then tuck into second breakfast and elevenses, at this most precious of Airbnb listings.

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Jetstar's Latest Huge Sale Is Slinging $39 Domestic Flights and $175 International Fares

Score discounted flights to Japan, Hawaii, Thailand, Bali and more — because the airline knows you're already thinking about your post-Christmas vacation.

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Christmas Lane

Sat, 10 Dec 2022, Sat, 17 Dec 2022 and Sat, 24 Dec 2022
Brisbane Markets, Rocklea

Rocklea's weekend market is getting festive every Saturday up until Christmas.

Buy Tickets

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Event
Milton Markets Christmas Pop-Up 2022

Fri, 23 Dec, 2022
Milton Markets, Milton

Cribb Street's markets are popping up one last time before Christmas.

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Nine Lives Festival 2023

Sat, 4 Mar, 2023
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley

Jet Black Cat Music's huge day-long block party is taking over The Tivoli again, headlined by Angel Olsen, Crumb, Drugdealer and Mdou Moctar.

Buy Tickets

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Jet Black Cat Music's Nine Lives Block Party Is Returning to The Tivoli in 2023 Headlined by Angel Olsen

Crumb, Drugdealer and Mdou Moctar will also hit the stage at this day-long festival, which returns for its third year.

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