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
Underground Cinema: 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'

Fri, 22 Nov 2019, Sat, 23 Nov 2019 and Sun, 24 Nov 2019
The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne

Step inside Wes Anderson's beloved 2014 film — with food, booze and a screening inside a real hotel.

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Sip & Shop Pop-Up

Sun, 17 Nov, 2019
City Winery Brisbane, Fortitude Valley

Browse for handmade wares over a wine.

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Sunday Splash

Sun, 6 Oct, 2019
The Pool Terrace + Bar, Brisbane City

Drinks, DJs and hanging out in the pool.

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Event
Birds of Passage

Thu, 3 Oct - Wed, 23 Oct 2019
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Engrossing from start to finish, this distinctive Colombian drug drama doubles as a breathtaking study of the country's Wayúu culture.

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Birds of Passage

Thu, 3 Oct - Wed, 23 Oct 2019
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Engrossing from start to finish, this distinctive Colombian drug drama doubles as a breathtaking study of the country's Wayúu culture.

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Birds of Passage

Thu, 3 Oct - Wed, 23 Oct 2019
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Engrossing from start to finish, this distinctive Colombian drug drama doubles as a breathtaking study of the country's Wayúu culture.

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Gold Coast Open House 2019

Sat, 19 Oct, 2019
Various Gold Coast venues, Gold Coast

Take a peek inside the Gold Coast's interesting and architecturally significant buildings.

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News
One of Australia's Most Beautiful Beaches Has Been Washed Away

Coastal erosion has seen Stockton Beach gradually lose its coveted patch of sand over the last decade — but a recent storm has closed the beach almost entirely.

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Brisbane Open House 2019

Sat, 12 Oct - Sun, 13 Oct 2019
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

Explore the apartments located inside the Walter Taylor Bridge, step inside the Old Windmill Tower or wander behind the scenes at GOMA.

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Event
Melbourne Queer Film Festival Extra

Fri, 4 Oct - Sun, 6 Oct 2019
Cinema Nova, Carlton

MQFF serves up more queer film delights at this new mini-festival.

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Event
Japanese Film Festival 2019 Classics Program

Wed, 2 Oct - Wed, 23 Oct 2019
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Watch free horror classics in the lead up to this year's Japanese Film Festival.

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News
Margot Robbie Returns as Harley Quinn in the Trailer for Her Own 'Suicide Squad' Spin-Off

After stealing the show in 'Suicide Squad', Robbie looks set to unleash colourful crime chaos in the star-studded 'Birds of Prey'.

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Event
East Brisbane Night Market

Sat, 5 Oct, 2019
Lord Stanley Hotel, East Brisbane

Street food, pop-up bars, and plenty to browse and buy.

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News
'Stranger Things' Has Thankfully Just Been Renewed for a Fourth Season

It's leaving Hawkins behind and plunging deep into the Upside Down, too.

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Event
Rose Revolution 2019

Sat, 16 Nov, 2019
The Old Museum, Bowen Hills

A huge rosé party that donates its proceeds to charity.

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Event
The Brisbane Pub Crawl

Sat, 19 Oct, 2019
Barbara, Brisbane City

Four venues, four beverages and four hours of boozy partying.

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The Home Collective Market

Sun, 13 Oct, 2019
Wavell Heights Community Hall, Wavell Heights

A northside market dedicated to homewares and greenery.

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Beers on the Lawn

Sat, 19 Oct - Sun, 20 Oct 2019
Howard Smith Wharves Precinct, Brisbane City

Two days of brews by the river.

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'The Disaster Artist' and 'The Room' Double Feature

Sat, 5 Oct, 2019
Metro Arts, West End

Watch the best worst movie ever made — and the star-studded dramatisation that shows how it came about.

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Yang Liping's Rite of Spring — Peacock Contemporary Dance Company

Thu, 3 Oct - Sun, 6 Oct 2019
State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

The acclaimed Chinese choreographer and dancer reimagines Stravinsky’s famous ballet.

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