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
Breathe In & Bleat Out — Meditating with Baby Goats & Lambs

Sun, 19 Jan, 2020
Raw Dance Company, Moorooka

Find inner bliss while surrounded by baby farm animals.

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Ltd. Edition Fashion Fun-Raiser

Sun, 19 Jan, 2020
The Station Brisbane, Fortitude Valley

This day-long pre-loved and designer sale will donate all proceeds to folks affected by the bushfires.

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Hop Fest

Sun, 26 Jan, 2020
Osbourne Hotel, Fortitude Valley

This new day-long beer festival will serve up more than 60 craft brews.

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Metro Arts, With Love

Sat, 1 Feb - Sat, 15 Feb 2020
Metro Arts, West End

Before moving across the city, Metro Arts is farewelling its CBD digs with a fortnight-long festival.

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Dolly Parton's Smash-Hit '9 to 5' Musical Is Coming to Melbourne

Pour yourself a cup of ambition and buy tickets to this.

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Retro Cinema at Red Hill

Multiple single dates
Red Hill Cinemas, Red Hill

Revisit classic flicks at Brisbane's newest cinema.

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National Cheese Toast Day

Sat, 18 Jan, 2020
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Tuck into free cheese toast — and try a new flavour.

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Event
Five Bands Five Bucks

Fri, 17 Jan, 2020
The Zoo, Fortitude Valley

An evening's entertainment, all for a fiver.

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The Yot Club

Multiple single dates
South Bank Ferry Terminal 1, Brisbane

The next-level party boat has two bars, a stage and a dance floor — and it's sailing through Brisbane for the next two months.

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'Friends' Trivia

Thu, 16 Jan, 2020
Foresters Gastropub, Fortitude Valley

No one told you that watching endless television reruns could turn out this way.

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News
Studio Ghibli Is Working On Two New Animated Films This Year

They'll mark the Japanese animation studio's first movies since 2016 co-production 'The Red Turtle' — and one is being directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

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Event
Inner West Fiesta

Sun, 19 Jan, 2020
Sydney Portugal Community Club, Marrickville

Sydney's Latin cultural festival returns.

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News
'Fantastic Beasts' Is Being Turned Into a Huge 'Harry Potter'-Themed Natural History Exhibition

It'll showcase items from JK Rowling's Wizarding World alongside real-life creatures, specimens and artefacts — and it's set to tour the world.

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Event
Royal Stacks' Fourth Birthday: 90s Week

Tue, 14 Jan - Tue, 21 Jan 2020
Royal Stacks, Melbourne

Grab a burger, shake and ice cream at 90s prices — while listening to tunes from the era, too.

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Event
Indie Spirits Tasting 2020

Sun, 31 May, 2020
The Triffid, Newstead

One day, 100 boutique spirits, more than 30 spirit maestros.

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News
Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn Serves Up Colourful Crime Chaos in the New Trailer for 'Birds of Prey'

The 'Suicide Squad' spinoff also stars Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Rosie Perez.

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Lunar New Year Festival

Sat, 18 Jan, 2020
Forest Road, Hurstville, Hurstville

Celebrate Lunar New Year with food, acrobatics, origami, and traditional lion and dragon dances.

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The Sydney Opera House Illuminated Its Sails with Images of Firefighters to Support Bushfire Relief

The iconic venue will also host a huge comedy gig on its forecourt to raise funds for those in need.

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Ocean Film Festival World Tour 2020

Multiple single dates
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Dive into a festival filled with sea-focused cinema.

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Event
Ocean Film Festival World Tour 2020 — POSTPONED

Wed, 25 Mar - Thu, 26 Mar 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Dive into a festival filled with sea-focused cinema.

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