Sarah Ward

Name: Insidious: The Red Door
Start: 2023-07-06
End: 2023-07-26
Location: Brisbane

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
Daniel Radcliffe's Weird Al Yankovic Biopic Will Finally Be Available to Stream in Australia in March

The 'Harry Potter' star picks up the accordion for this gleefully silly flick, which also features Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna — and will stream via Paramount+.

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Brisbane's Newest Park Is Turning a Wastewater Plant Into Wetlands As Part of a 150-Hectare Precinct

Archerfield Wetlands District Park is set to open in 2024, with the broader park spanning trails, eucalypt forests, open grassland, freshwater wetlands and creeks.

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Event
myDrishti Puppy Yoga and Adoption Day

Sun, 5 Feb, 2023
myDrishti Yoga, Kangaroo Point

Celebrate this Kangaroo Point yoga studio's reopening with dog yoga — and, if you're looking for a four-legged friend, you can take one home with you.

Buy Tickets

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A New Elvis Musical Is Touring Australia to Get You All Shook Up (Again) About the King of Rock 'n' Roll

'Elvis: A Musical Revolution' will feature more than 40 of the singer's hits, and tell his tale from his childhood through to the '68 Comeback Special'.

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This Stunning Scenic Rim Festival Will Let You Wander Through a Million Sunflowers — and a Maze

Autumn is looking golden at Kalbar's returning sunflower fest, complete with picnics in the blooms, helicopter rides over the field and a sunset soirée.

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Kalbar Sunflower Festival 2023

Fri, 10 Mar - Sun, 12 Mar 2023
Kalbar Sunflower Farm, Kalbar

The Scenic Rim's annual sunflower festival will bloom again this autumn, with over a million golden stems over 24 acres — and a four-acre sunflower maze.

Buy Tickets

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The World Is a Vampire Is Australia's New Festival Led by The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction

Also on the bill: Amyl and The Sniffers, RedHook and Battlesnake, plus professional wrestling.

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Event
Knock at the Cabin

Thu, 2 Feb - Wed, 22 Feb 2023
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Anchored by Dave Bautista's best performance yet, M Night Shyamalan's latest gets creepy and mostly compelling in the woods.

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News
Brisbane's 'Spicks and Specks'-Style IRL Music Game Show 'Not On Your Rider' Has Dropped Its 2023 Dates

Another year, another round of Brisbane musos Aimon Clark, Patience Hodgson and Jeremy Neale playing a live music game show at The Triffid.

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World Science Festival Brisbane's 2023 Program Is Here with Dinosaurs, Astronauts and Interactive Art

This year, Brisbane's annual celebration of all things science will unleash dinosaurs upon the South Bank Piazza, chat about the cosmos and have you marvelling at coral in the planetarium.

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Scenic Rim's Eat Local Festival Is Returning for 2023 This Winter — and It'll Run for an Entire Month

Why spend just a week at harvest festivals, sipping carrot beers and hanging out with alpacas when you can spend a whole month?

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Fatboy Slim, Denzel Curry, Eliza Rose and Skepta Lead Groovin the Moo's Huge 2023 Lineup

Amy Shark, Ball Park Music, Barkaa, Skegss, and Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers will also tour to six regional locations around Australia in April and May.

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It's Official: K-Pop Group BLACKPINK Are Bringing Their World Tour to Australia This Winter

The hugely successful K-Pop group will play two shows in both Melbourne and Sydney in June.

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Event
The Whale

Thu, 2 Feb - Wed, 22 Feb 2023
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Brendan Fraser and Hong Chau thoroughly deserve their Oscar nominations for this complicated drama — and 'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink is also phenomenal.

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Queensland Music Trails Has Announced the First Batch of 2023 Acts Worth Road Tripping For

Lime Cordiale, CW Stoneking & His Primitive Horn Orchestra, Hatchie, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks and Sycco lead the first lineup for this music festival and road trip in one.

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Three Michelin-Starred English Restaurant L'Enclume Is Coming to Australia for a Sydney Residency

Balmoral Beach's Bathers' Pavilion will host British chef Simon Rogan's acclaimed eatery for a five-week stint this winter — and it's the first time the restaurant is venturing away from its Northern England home.

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra Is Screening 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' with a Live Soundtrack

Catch one of the 'Star Wars' saga's recent highlights back on the big screen with its score played live.

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'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' in Concert

Sat, 22 Apr, 2023
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

Queensland Symphony Orchestra is revisiting this recent 'Star Wars' flick complete with a live score.

Buy Tickets

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Australia's Streaming Platforms Will Soon Be Required to Make More Local Movies and TV Shows

Under the nation's new National Cultural Policy, services like Netflix, Stan and Disney+ will be obliged to fund and screen more Aussie-made movies and TV shows.

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Australia Just Scored a New $286-Million National Cultural Policy to Boost the Local Arts Industry

The Federal Government's new plan includes a National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs, an Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Perth and four new arts bodies.

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The Whale

Queensland Music Trails Has Announced the First Batch of 2023 Acts Worth Road Tripping For

Three Michelin-Starred English Restaurant L'Enclume Is Coming to Australia for a Sydney Residency

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'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' in Concert

Australia's Streaming Platforms Will Soon Be Required to Make More Local Movies and TV Shows

Australia Just Scored a New $286-Million National Cultural Policy to Boost the Local Arts Industry

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