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.

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Holey Moley Golf Club Chermside

Gympie Road, Chermside

You can now drink cocktails and play putt-putt at Chermside Shopping Centre, with Holey Moley opening its third Brisbane location.

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BrewDog Fortitude Valley

235 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

Not content with one Brisbane venue, BrewDog has opened a second River City location — a three-level Fortitude Valley beer bar on Brunswick Street.

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Get Yourself a Cup of Morning Brown: The ABC Has Dropped Its First 'Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe' Teaser

The comedy troupe's new ABC sitcom is set in a Melbourne laneway cafe, and features guest appearances by Miranda Tapsell, Pia Miranda and Richard Roxburgh.

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$3 Scoops at Gelatissimo

Thu, 1 Dec, 2022
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Start summer with $3 ice creams — including Gelatissimo's brand-new smashed berry pavlova flavour.

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$3 Scoops at Gelatissimo

Thu, 1 Dec, 2022
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

Start summer with $3 ice creams — including Gelatissimo's brand-new smashed berry pavlova flavour.

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$3 Scoops at Gelatissimo

Thu, 1 Dec, 2022
Various Sydney venues, Sydney

Start summer with $3 ice creams — including Gelatissimo's brand-new smashed berry pavlova flavour.

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Wicked

Fri, 25 Aug - Sun, 31 Dec 2023
Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star, Sydney

Get ready to defy gravity: this 'Wizard of Oz'-inspired blockbuster musical is returning to Sydney.

Buy Tickets

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Hear My Eyes: 'Pan's Labyrinth'

Fri, 24 Mar, 2023
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

Just when you thought ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ couldn’t get more stunning, along comes this Brisbane Powerhouse event.

Buy Tickets

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Girls to the Front: Bikini Kill in Conversation Will Headline All About Women's 2023 Program

Sydney Opera House's 2023 festival will also expand to three days for the first time ever, and be guided by four co-curators.

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Peaches, Future Islands and 'Pan's Labyrinth' with a Live Score Lead Brisbane's New "Festival of Other Music"

Across February and March, ΩHM will take over Brisbane Powerhouse with a boundary-pushing lineup of sound, music and performances.

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'Madagascar the Musical' Will Sing and Dance Its Way Around Australia This Summer

DreamWorks' animated hit takes to the stage, complete with a lavish set, world-class puppets and colourful costumes.

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Don't Throw Away Your Shot: 'Hamilton' Will Finish Its Australian Run in 2023

The Broadway sensation has been touring Down Under since 2021, but it'll farewell Australia for New Zealand after its Brisbane 2023 season.

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TGI Fridays Surfers Paradise

2 Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise

Surfers Paradise is now home to the American bar and grill chain's first-ever beachside venue.

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Mona Foma's Massive 2023 Lineup Is Here with a Tunnel of Light, Complaints Choir and Punk Bunker

MONA's summer music and arts festival has unveiled its full 2023 lineup, featuring 370 artists across two weekends.

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Charli XCX, Duke Dumont and Sonny Fodera Are Headlining For the Love's 2023 Waterfront Festivals

Snakehips, Cosmo’s Midnight, Budjerah, Kye, Sumner and Jade Zoe will also take to the stage at the fest's Gold Coast, Wollongong, Melbourne and Perth shows.

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Event
Spritz Garden Pop-Up

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 - Tue, 28 Feb 2023
Crown Hotel, Lutwyche

Until the end of summer, Lutwyche's Crown Hotel is turning into a regency era-inspired, spritz-slinging English garden.

Book Now

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Westpac Openair Cinema 2023

Sun, 8 Jan - Tue, 21 Feb 2023
Mrs Macquarie's Point, Sydney

Mrs Macquaries Point's stunning outdoor cinema is back for another summer, screening new, recent and classic flicks across 40 nights.

Buy Tickets

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Sydney's Westpac Openair Cinema Has Just Unveiled Its Full 40-Night Summer 2023 Program

Your summer movie plans are sorted, with Sydney's most stunning openair cinema returning to Mrs Macquaries Point in January and February.

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Get Yourself an Egg and Beat It: Weird Al Yankovic Is Touring Australia in 2023

On this tour, the singer is swapping his usual parodies for his other musical-comedy standouts across his 14-album catalogue.

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Event
The Zoo Turns 30

Fri, 2 Dec - Sun, 11 Dec 2022
The Zoo, Fortitude Valley

Ann Street's beloved music venue is marking three decades of gigs with with a huge slate of shows featuring 100-plus artists.

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