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
$5 Tickets at Classic, Lido and Cameo Cinemas

Thu, 17 Dec - Wed, 23 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Melbourne

The three cinemas are celebrating the end of the year with seven days of $5 movie tickets.

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Top Dog Film Festival at Moonlight Cinema

Sat, 30 Jan, 2021
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane

Brisbane's mini film festival dedicated to dogs is back for another bark — and you can take your pupper along.

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Top Dog Film Festival at Moonlight Cinema

Sat, 30 Jan, 2021
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, South Yarra

Melbourne's mini film festival dedicated to dogs is back for another bark — and you can take your pupper along.

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Top Dog Film Festival at Moonlight Cinema

Sat, 30 Jan, 2021
Centennial Park, Centennial Park

Sydney's mini film festival dedicated to dogs is back for another bark — and you can take your pupper along.

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News
Moonlight Cinema Has Unveiled Its Nostalgia-Filled 2021 Melbourne Program

Featuring favourites such as '10 Things I Hate About You!' and 'Notting Hill' — plus recent and new highlights as well.

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Event
Fresh Blood Brisbane 2021

Taste your way through new drops from emerging South Australian and Victorian winemakers.

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Guide
Five Big Award-Winning TV Shows That Are 100-Percent Worth Your Time and Attention

These series have received plenty of shiny trophies — and you can stream them all to find out why.

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Guide
Five Current and Cult TV Favourites That Will Transport You To a Very Different World

Stream your way into space, a haunted house, a zombie apocalypse and more than a few dystopian futures.

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News
A Matisse Exhibition with Over 100 of the Artist's Works Is Coming to the Art Gallery of NSW

As part of the gallery's 2021 program, the Sydney exclusive will also be accompanied by a lineup of works celebrating Matisse today.

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Eight Impressive Christmas Gifts You Can Pick Up from the MCA If You've Left It Till the Last Minute

These creative presents are perfect for the art lover in your life — and anyone who loves homewares, games and puzzles, too.

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Event
Live at the Bowl

Fri, 8 Jan - Fri, 23 Apr 2021
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne

A two-month COVID-safe music festival at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl featuring the likes of Missy Higgins, Lime Cordiale and Birds of Tokyo performing with the MSO.

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Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers 2021

Wed, 1 Sep - Thu, 30 Sep 2021
Toowoomba, Toowoomba

This splash of spring florals is returning for a whole month — and its night garden, food trail, sideshow alley and ferris wheel are all coming back, too.

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Free Burgers at Brooklyn Depot

Mon, 14 Dec, 2020
Brooklyn Depot Hamilton, Hamilton

Start your week with a free burger lunch.

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Soon-to-Launch New Disney+ Expansion Star Is Basically Hulu for Viewers Down Under

It'll feature an extra 1000 titles — including 35 brand new series — in its first year.

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You Can Now Stay in This Refurbished Beach House in the South Coast's Murramarang National Park

It's surrounded by bushland on one side and looks out over the beach to Batemans Bay on the other.

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High-Profile Musicians Are Doing Surprise Performances Around Melbourne for the Next Fortnight

Next time you walk past a busker, it might be someone familiar.

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Nicolas Cage Will Teach You the History of Swear Words in Netflix's Next Must-See Series

And if the trailer is anything to go by, it's going to be hilarious.

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Brisbane Looks Set to Cop An Onslaught of Rain So Prepare Your Brollies

Parts of the Gold Coast experienced a drenching overnight — and Brisbane could receive up to 80 millimetres of rain today.

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'The Handmaid's Tale' Has Been Renewed for a Fifth Season Before Its Fourth Even Airs

This tale of rebellion and revolution isn't anywhere near done yet.

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The Victorian Government Is Releasing 30,000 More Regional Travel Vouchers Due to Demand

The first round proved so popular that the Business Victoria voucher registration page went offline for extended periods, so the scheme has been extended.

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