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.

Event
Amanda Parer: What's That

Tue, 31 Aug - Sun, 26 Sep 2021
Portside Wharf Hamilton, Brisbane

A five-metre-tall inflatable humanoid will tower over Portside Wharf throughout September.

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News
This Year's Ekka Public Holiday Is Moving to October to Give Brisbanites Another Bonus Long Weekend

You didn't get a Wednesday off work this year, but you can sleep in on a Friday instead.

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Event
Bottomless Beer and Wings

Fri, 20 Aug - Sun, 22 Aug 2021
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Fritzenberger is pairing non-stop buffalo wings with bottomless brews.

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The Trailer for 'What We Do in the Shadows' Season Three Sinks Its Teeth Into Several Power Struggles

The TV spinoff has also just been renewed for its fourth season — before the third season even airs.

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$1.50 Oyster Day

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021
Alchemy Restaurant, Brisbane City

Swap your spare change for a seafood lunch.

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News
Melburnians Are No Longer Allowed to Remove Their Face Masks to Drink Alcohol in Public

The city's mask rules have been tightened following large outdoor gatherings and outdoor venue crawls during lockdown.

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Melbourne's Lockdown Is Being Extended for Another Fortnight and a Nighttime Curfew Will Apply

Stay-at-home conditions will now remain in place until at least 11.59pm on Thursday, September 2, and Melburnians will only be allowed to leave their houses between 5am-9pm.

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Guide
Nine Dazzling Brisbane Exhibitions and Installations to Put in Your Diary for the Rest of the Year

See everything from iconic artworks to giant birds — or wander through glowing arches while floating down the Brisbane River.

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Event
Airship Orchestra

Fri, 3 Sep - Sat, 25 Sep 2021
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

Vivid six-metre-high figures are popping up at Northshore Hamilton — and on a boat — during this year's Brisbane Festival.

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Event
Sky Castle

Fri, 3 Sep - Sat, 25 Sep 2021
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

Mosey through inflatable arches at this luminous pop-up installation at Northshore Hamilton — and on a boat.

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Amanda Parer: Lost

Fri, 3 Sep - Sat, 25 Sep 2021
West Village, West End

Wander through large-scale botanicals at West End's West Village.

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Event
Florentijn Hofman: Messengers of Brisbane 2021

Fri, 3 Sep - Sat, 25 Sep 2021
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

Six giant Gouldian finches will peer over the city during this year's Brisbane Festival.

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Event
Imaginator Brisbane

Fri, 3 Sep 2021 - Wed, 31 Jan 2024
Queensland Maritime Museum, South Brisbane

This multi-sensory playground at South Bank boasts light-filled mazes and inflatable bubbles across ten dazzling rooms.

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News
The City of Melbourne Is Giving Away $100,000 in Prizes to Vaccinated Melburnians

$5000 staycation experience packages and $1000 shopping vouchers are up for grabs for eight weeks.

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News
Tenya Is the CBD's Soon-to-Open New Japanese Restaurant Serving Up Sushi, Sake and River Views

Brisbane Quarter's newest addition seats 240, boasts an eye-catching curved bar, and has more than 85 types of sake and Japanese whisky on its menu.

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News
Queensland Has Tightened Its Border Restrictions in Response to NSW's Statewide Lockdown

The Sunshine State has implemented stricter rules for people who live in the New South Wales border zone.

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The Entire State of New South Wales Is Going Into Lockdown

All of New South Wales will be under stay-at-home conditions from 5pm on Saturday, August 14, with lockdown in regional NSW set to last until at least 12.01am on Sunday, August 22.

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Here's How to Measure What's Five Kilometres From Your Home During Sydney's Lockdown

From 12.01am on Monday, August 16, residents of in lockdown will only be permitted to venture five kilometres from their homes.

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Greater Sydney Is Implementing Stricter Lockdown Rules Including a Citywide Five-Kilometre Limit

The restrictions around leaving the house, leaving the region and having singles bubbles are changing, and bigger fines are also being put in place for folks breaching those rules.

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'Hacks' Is the Hilarious, Smart and Insightful HBO Comedy That's Your Next Easy Binge-Watch

Created by three of the talents behind ‘Broad City’, this stellar new series about a superstar Las Vegas comic and her twentysomething comedy writer is perceptive, very funny and immensely relatable.

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