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.

News
HBO's Chilling and Horrifying 'Chernobyl' Is the Next Powerful Drama Screaming for a Binge-Watch

It's as masterful as it is haunting and shocking.

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Bar
El Matador

Burnett Lane, Brisbane City

An all-day tapas bar hidden down a CBD laneway.

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Hello Gorgeous Bar

32A Chester Street, Newstead

Pay a visit to Newstead's cocktail bar with tropical vibes and neon.

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Trash Taco

38 Warner Street, Fortitude Valley

Tacos, tostadas and tequila inside one of Fortitude Valley's tiny bars.

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Event
Meeanjin Markets 2019

Fri, 31 May - Sat, 1 Jun 2019
Reddacliff Place, Brisbane

An Indigenous-focused market in the middle of the city.

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Event
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Thu, 30 May - Wed, 26 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Sydney

Battling beasties can't save this by-the-numbers kaiju film, which favours its bland human squabbles over its massive monster mash.

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Thu, 30 May - Wed, 26 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Battling beasties can't save this by-the-numbers kaiju film, which favours its bland human squabbles over its massive monster mash.

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Event
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Thu, 30 May - Wed, 26 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Battling beasties can't save this by-the-numbers kaiju film, which favours its bland human squabbles over its massive monster mash.

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Rocketman

Thu, 30 May - Wed, 26 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Elton John gets the biopic treatment in this gloriously vivid musical, complete with a spot-on performance by Taron Egerton.

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Rocketman

Thu, 30 May - Wed, 26 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Sydney

Elton John gets the biopic treatment in this gloriously vivid musical, complete with a spot-on performance by Taron Egerton.

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Event
Rocketman

Thu, 30 May - Wed, 26 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Elton John gets the biopic treatment in this gloriously vivid musical, complete with a spot-on performance by Taron Egerton.

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Event
Clayschool Winter Show 2019

Sat, 29 Jun, 2019
Wandering Cooks, South Brisbane

Potter around a clay-based showcase, find pottery gifts, sink a few pots at the bar.

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Event
Big Band Cabaret Dinner and Show

Fri, 5 Jul, 2019
Cloudland, Fortitude Valley

Dinner, drinks and an evening of speakeasy-style entertainment.

Buy Tickets

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News
Melbourne International Film Festival Has Revealed Its First 2019 Films

A 14-hour epic, Ai Weiwei's latest doco and a new zombie comedy starring Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o — and that's just in the first announcement.

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Event
'Love Actually' Christmas in July 2019

Fri, 5 Jul, 2019
New Farm Cinemas, New Farm

Pretend it's the season — with mulled wine and a mince pie.

Buy Tickets

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News
Betty's Burgers Is Now Slinging Burgers and Shakes at Its New Howard Smith Wharves Joint

Stop by for stacked burgers, decadent thickshakes and its signature frozen custard treats by the river.

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Event
Free Saturday Yoga

Sat, 1 Jun, 2019
Eden Lane, Woolloongabba

If anything is worth getting out of bed for on a Saturday morning, it's a free stint of bending and stretching.

Book Now

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The Brisbane Pub Crawl

Sat, 20 Jul, 2019
Blute's Bar, Fortitude Valley

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

Buy Tickets

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All-You-Can-Eat Taco Sundays

Sun, 2 Jun, 2019
Trash Taco, Fortitude Valley

Fortitude Valley's new Mexican joint gets into the all-you-can-eat game.

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Petrie Terrace Will Soon Be Home to a Huge New Two-Level Bavarian Beer Hall

The 600-seater venue will serve pork knuckles, schnitzels and steins of beer.

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