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
True History of the Kelly Gang

Thu, 9 Jan - Wed, 29 Jan 2020
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Ned Kelly returns to the big screen in a bold, brutal masterpiece that re-imagines and re-interrogates the notorious Aussie bushranger's place in the country's history.

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Event
True History of the Kelly Gang

Thu, 9 Jan - Wed, 29 Jan 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Ned Kelly returns to the big screen in a bold, brutal masterpiece that re-imagines and re-interrogates the notorious Aussie bushranger's place in the country's history.

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Event
True History of the Kelly Gang

Thu, 9 Jan - Wed, 29 Jan 2020
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Ned Kelly returns to the big screen in a bold, brutal masterpiece that re-imagines and re-interrogates the notorious Aussie bushranger's place in the country's history.

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Event
Raise 'Em Up — Raising the Roof for Australian Bushfire Relief

Sat, 25 Jan, 2020
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley

Megan Washington, Matt Corby, The Kite String Tangle and more are hitting The Tivoli's stage to raise $100,000 for bushfire relief.

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Sound Off at the Summit

Sun, 19 Jan, 2020
Brisbane Lookout, Mt Coot-tha, Toowong

Practice your best mountain pose while you’re standing on one.

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Dendy Opera Quays Is Closing Its Doors Next Month

After 20 years, the harbourside cinema is about to close its curtains for good.

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Winghaus Is Sydney's CBD's Soon-to-Open American-Style Diner Dedicated to Wings and Beer

The bar will have 40 beers — and negronis and margaritas — on-tap, and the kitchen will serve wings in lots of ten, 15, 20, 50 or 100.

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Metro Arts Is Moving from the CBD to West End's West Village This Autumn

Its new 680-square-metre home will feature an underground theatre, two galleries, two rehearsal rooms and an outdoor event area.

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Brisbane French Festival 2020 — CANCELLED

Fri, 16 Oct - Sun, 18 Oct 2020
Musgrave Park, West End

Brisbane's three-day celebration of French wine, cheese and culture returns.

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BrisAsia Bazaar

Sat, 15 Feb, 2020
Aspley Central, Aspley

An evening of food, stalls, shopping and performances in Brisbane's north.

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BrisAsia Festival 2020

Sat, 1 Feb - Sat, 29 Feb 2020
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Feast on Asian delicacies, dance in cosplay to DJs or party on a rooftop.

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Event
Ballistic Beer's Bushfire Fundraiser

Sat, 11 Jan, 2020
Ballistic Beer Co, Salisbury

Sip brews, listen to live music and support the bushfire recovery efforts.

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Animal Trivia Night Bushfire Fundraiser

Sat, 1 Feb, 2020
Fur Get Me Not, Yeerongpilly

Show off your trivia knowledge to help animals in need.

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Band Together

Sat, 25 Jan, 2020
The Zoo, Fortitude Valley

The Zoo is putting on a bushfire benefit gig, headlined by Regurgitator.

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News
Melbourne Coffee Pioneer Industry Beans Has Opened Its First Brisbane Cafe

Here, coffee is grown and roasted on site — and served in the brand's famed bubble-tea like cold brew.

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News
The New Trailer for Marvel's Long-Awaited 'The New Mutants' Turns 'X-Men' Into a Horror Film

The film was shot back in 2017 and is finally hitting the big screen this year.

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Ginuary 2020

Sat, 25 Jan, 2020
Covent Garden, West End

Count down Australia 100 best gins of the past year — and drink them.

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Semi-Pro's Bushfire Karma Kegs

Sun, 5 Jan - Sun, 12 Jan 2020
Semi-Pro Brewing Co, East Brisbane

Drink beer and help raise money for the Red Cross' bushfire appeal.

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Ten Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows to Add to Your 2020 Must-Watch List

If you're going to binge watch something this year, make sure it's one of these top-notch titles.

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Magnolia's Art Class Bushfire Relief Edition

Wed, 22 Jan, 2020
Dulcie's Kings Cross, Potts Point

Both the models and the artists shed their clothes at this judgement-free art class — and ticket sales will go towards helping those affected by the bushfires.

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