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.

News
Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in August

Make a couch date with the ace new addition to the 'Predator' franchise, a must-see set in a Chicago sandwich shop and a wild horror film about a talking glory hole.

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News
Disney Has Made a Live-Action 'Pinocchio' Starring Tom Hanks — and It Hits Streaming in September

No need to wish upon a star, Disney fans — the Mouse House's latest remake is heading to Disney+ from September 8.

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Event
4064 Festival

Sat, 10 Sep, 2022
Newstead Brewing Co Milton, Milton

Newstead Brewing Co, Common Ground, Milton Rum and Warehouse 25 are teaming up for a boozy festival celebrating the 4064 postcode.

Book Now

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Virgin Is Doing a Huge Domestic and International Sale with Over One Million Flights From $49

Making summer getaway plans? Virgin's latest sale covers cheap flights to Byron Bay, the Whitsunday Coast, Fiji, Vanuatu and more.

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News
Now Open: Tillerman Is Eagle Street's New Holiday-Style Seafood Restaurant with Killer River Views

The latest venue from restaurateurs Andrew and Jaimee Baturo, plus Naga Thai chef Suwisa Phoonsang, is now open in the CBD.

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Event
#Wormageddon

Tue, 30 Aug - Thu, 8 Sep 2022
Bennelong Lawn, Sydney

'Rick and Morty' #wormageddon scenes are popping up worldwide — and one has arrived in Sydney.

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'Rick and Morty' #Wormageddon Scenes Are Popping Up Worldwide — and One Just Arrived in Sydney

Fourteen custom scenes are popping up on six continents, all bridging the gap between the end of the last season and the start of season six.

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News
The Sunshine Coast Is Set to Score a Huge New Music Venue and Hotel Next to an 11-Hectare Parkland

Located ten minutes out of Caloundra, the new venue is set to open in 2024, and hails from the crew behind the Eatons Hill and Sandstone Point hotels.

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News
Accordions, Meeting Madonna and Daniel Radcliffe as Al Yankovic: They're All In the 'Weird' Trailer

Made for the Roku Channel in the US, this biopic about the musician behind 'Eat It', 'Like a Surgeon' and 'My Bologna' looks gloriously silly.

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The 24/7 Live-Stream of Collins Street's Peregrine Falcons Is Back for Another Nesting Season

A feathered duo has kept a nest atop 367 Collins Street since 1991 — and you can watch chicks hatch there each year.

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Milky Lane and Crust Are Teaming Up on an OTT Range of Pizza Burgers and Burger Pizzas

A Hawaiian pizza, but as a burger? Milky Lane's decadent beef burg, but as a pizza? You can try both for a limited time.

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Event
Ritapalooza at El Camino Cantina Surfers Paradise

Fri, 9 Sep - Thu, 20 Oct 2022
El Camino Cantina Surfers Paradise, Surfers Paradise

You'll find Skittle and fairy bread margaritas, margarita tasting paddles and satay wings at this six-week festival.

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News
El Camino Cantina Is Opening a New 250-Seat Tex-Mex Joint with Beach Views in Surfers Paradise

Sip OTT margaritas or tuck into breakfast tacos while staring at the waves at the lively chain's latest location — its sixth in Queensland.

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News
More Fiery Feuds and Blonde Wigs Are Coming: 'House of the Dragon' Has Been Renewed for Season Two

HBO was always going to make a 'Game of Thrones' prequel — and, just one episode in, it has already proven a huge hit.

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Riverfire 2022

Sat, 3 Sep, 2022
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

Brisbane Festival is starting with a bang, moving its spring fireworks show to the beginning of the citywide fest.

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Tony Award-Winning Musical 'Hamilton' Is Finally Coming to Brisbane in 2023

After playing Sydney and Melbourne, the hit musical will head to the Sunshine State from January 2023.

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Twelve New Movies You Can Watch in August That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Curl up on the couch with Baz Luhrmann's Elvis biopic, the latest 'Jurassic World' flick, stellar British dramas, a shark thriller and more.

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HBO Docu-Comedy 'The Rehearsal' Is the Most Fascinating New Show of 2022 — and a Must-Binge

There’s no one else on television like Nathan Fielder, and the ‘Nathan for You’ star’s latest series is gripping, funny, often unsettling and quickly addictive.

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'Clueless' and 'Mean Girls' Drive-In Double

Sun, 2 Oct, 2022
Yatala Drive-In, Stapylton

Head back to the 90s and 00s with two of the all-time great high school flicks, all to celebrate 'Mean Girls' day.

Buy Tickets

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Sundaze 2022 at Will & Flow

Sun, 25 Dec, 2022
Will & Flow, Brisbane City

See out the weekend with spritzes and grazing platters on top of the river.

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