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
The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From May 19

Head to the flicks to see an eerie Norwegian thriller about kids with superpowers — or a sex- and age-positive Aussie comedy.

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Event
The Innocents

Thu, 19 May - Wed, 8 Jun 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

This exceptional Norwegian horror film is one of the most disturbing movies about childhood — and superpowers — to reach screens in recent years.

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The First Trailer for Billy Eichner's 'Bros' Is Here to Make Your Queer Rom-Com Dreams Come True

'Billy on the Street' treasure Eichner becomes the first openly gay man to co-write and star in his own major studio film.

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Toombul and Its Neon-Lit Food Precinct Won't Be Reopening as They Stood Before This Year's Floods

The northside precinct's future is currently being reassessed — but developer Mirvac won't be reinstating the centre to how it was before the flooding damage.

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Now Open: The Lodge Is James Street's Luxe New Bar and Restaurant From NZ Clothing Label Rodd & Gunn

Sat inside an old Queenslander, this Fortitude Valley newcomer is serving up blue crab spaghetti, buttered bug rolls and grilled rock lobster — and boasts a dedicated cocktail room.

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Page-to-Screen Aussie Hit 'The Dry' Is Getting a Sequel — and Eric Bana Is Back as Aaron Falk

Also based on a Jane Harper-penned novel, 'Force of Nature' will chart another detective tale against the Australian landscape.

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Event
Botanica Live Nights 2022

Multiple single dates
Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane City

Hit up pop-up bars and food trucks at the City Botanic Gardens' luminous outdoor art gallery.

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News
The Kooks, Peking Duk and The Veronicas Lead Grapevine Gathering's Huge 2022 Lineup

Ball Park Music, Gus Dapperton and Jack River will also hit the stage at this huge touring music-and-wine festival.

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Marvel Has Dropped the Smashing First Trailer for New Disney+ Series 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'

'Orphan Black' star Tatiana Maslany plays superpowered lawyer Jennifer Walters in Marvel's latest Disney+ series, which'll hit streaming in mid-August.

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News
Flume Is Taking His 'Palaces' World Tour Around Australia in November and December

Fresh from playing Coachella, the Aussie star will tour the country with Caroline Polachek, Channel Tres, Toro y Moi, Vera Blue and appearances by MAY-A.

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The Southern Hemisphere's First-Ever Super-Sleek Ace Hotel Has Finally Opened Its Doors in Sydney

The 257-room hotel is now welcoming in guests — and its ground-floor restaurant and lobby bar are serving up bites to eat and cocktails, too.

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News
Japan Will Let Australians Visit as Part of Package Tours in the First Step to Reopening Its Borders

From later in May, Japan is reopening to triple-vaccinated Aussie tourists on package tours — but exactly when it might reopen its borders in full hasn't yet been announced.

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New Year, New Murder-Mystery: That's the New Trailer for 'Only Murders in the Building' Season Two

"You can tell it's our second season."

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Blood, Guts and Sinister Superheroes: The Explosive Trailer for 'The Boys' Season Three Is Here

Prime Video's dark and diabolical take on caped crusaders returns in early June.

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Woodford Folk Festival Will Finally Return This Summer for Its First End-of-Year Fest in Three Years

Mark December 27–January 1 in your diary — southeast Queensland's huge end-of-year festival is back.

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Mould — A Cheese Festival 2022

Fri, 1 Jul - Sun, 3 Jul 2022
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills

Brisbane's huge cheese festival is back for three dairy-fuelled days — over wine, beer, whisky, vodka and gin and sake, of course.

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Mould — A Cheese Festival 2022

Fri, 22 Jul - Sun, 24 Jul 2022
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne

Melbourne's huge cheese festival is back for three dairy-fuelled days — over wine, beer, whisky, vodka and gin and sake, of course.

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Mould — A Cheese Festival 2022

Fri, 12 Aug - Sat, 13 Aug 2022
Carriageworks, Eveleigh

Sydney's huge cheese festival is back for two dairy-fuelled days — over wine, beer, whisky, vodka and gin and sake, of course.

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Huge Cheese Festival Mould Is Touring Its Dairy-Filled Spread Across the East Coast This Winter

Feast on Australia's best cheeses — over wine, beer, whisky, vodka, gin and sake, of course — when this returning fest hits up Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

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Greek Weekend

Sat, 21 May - Sun, 22 May 2022
The Greek Club, South Brisbane

With Paniyiri pushed back to October due to the wet weather, The Greek Club is putting on a two-day postponement party.

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