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 Stripsons' Is the Stage Parody Turning 'The Simpsons' Into an Adults-Only Burlesque and Drag Show

Hailing from the team behind 'Shrek' parody 'Shreklesque', this new show choo-choo-chooses to satirise TV's favourite Springfield-dwelling family.

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Event
Lobster & Co

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 - Sun, 20 Feb 2022
Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, Melbourne

This indulgent riverside pop-up only serves lobster rolls with truffle fries and glasses of champagne.

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Event
Rita's Bottomless Brunch

Sun, 25 Dec, 2022
Rita's Tequila Tacqueria, Teneriffe

Margarita jugs and tacos are on the menu every Sunday in Teneriffe.

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Green Beacon's Ninth Birthday Bash

Sat, 29 Jan, 2022
Green Beacon Brewing Co, Teneriffe

Mark nine years of Green Beacon's brews in the appropriate manner: with beers, live music and giant games in Teneriffe.

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'The Matrix Resurrections' Has Been Fast-Tracked to Digital While It's Still Showing in Cinemas

You can now plug back into this Keanu Reeves-starring sci-fi franchise from your couch.

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Event
Lunar New Year at Brisbane Quarter 2022

Thu, 27 Jan - Sun, 6 Feb 2022
Brisbane Quarter, Brisbane City

See in the year of the tiger with a light show, cherry blossoms, lion dances and a group banquet.

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Thu, 27 Jan - Wed, 16 Feb 2022
Various cinemas in Brisbane

With a committed and compelling lead performance by Jessica Chastain, this otherwise far-too-standard biopic explores the life of 70s and 80s American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Thu, 27 Jan - Wed, 16 Feb 2022
Various cinemas in Melbourne

With a committed and compelling lead performance by Jessica Chastain, this otherwise far-too-standard biopic explores the life of 70s and 80s American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Thu, 27 Jan - Wed, 16 Feb 2022
Various cinemas in Sydney

With a committed and compelling lead performance by Jessica Chastain, this otherwise far-too-standard biopic explores the life of 70s and 80s American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

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Event
Parallel Mothers

Thu, 27 Jan - Wed, 16 Feb 2022
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar’s latest collaboration is one of their best so far, unearthing a moving must-see about motherhood.

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Parallel Mothers

Thu, 27 Jan - Wed, 16 Feb 2022
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar’s latest collaboration is one of their best so far, unearthing a moving must-see about motherhood.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From January 27

Head to the flicks to see Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar’s latest collaboration, a televangelist biopic starring a stellar Jessica Chastain and the latest page-to-screen romance set in the publishing world.

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Event
Parallel Mothers

Thu, 27 Jan - Wed, 16 Feb 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar’s latest collaboration is one of their best so far, unearthing a moving must-see about motherhood.

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Event
Pub Choir

Tue, 1 Feb - Wed, 2 Feb 2022
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley

Singing in a crowd is back.

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Chinese New Year Dinners at Stanley

Sat, 1 Jan and Sat, 29 Jan 2022
Stanley Restaurant, Brisbane City

Celebrate lunar new year with a Cantonese feast and lion dances by the river.

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Chinese New Year Banquet at Donna Chang

Tue, 1 Feb - Sun, 6 Feb 2022
Donna Chang, Brisbane City

The CBD's Chinese fine diner is putting on a lunar new year banquet — with matching wines.

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Clem Jones Promenade, South Bank Parklands, South Brisbane

This indulgent pop-up only serves lobster rolls with truffle fries and glasses of champagne.

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Fish Lane, South Brisbane

Sip tea in multiple varieties, taste new flavours and take a tea workshop — all in a South Brisbane laneway.

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The Regatta is setting up a pop-up pizzeria and dedicating its courtyard to tasty slices.

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