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
Elton John: Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour

Sat, 21 Jan, 2023
Suncorp Stadium, Milton

Elton John's 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' tour will see him play his last-ever shows in Australia.

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Pint Palooza Part II

Thu, 26 Jan - Sun, 29 Jan 2023
Osbourne Hotel, Fortitude Valley

A four-day beer festival is taking over the Osbourne Hotel with plenty of brews, music, air hockey and ping pong.

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Event
Snoop Dogg: "I Wanna Thank Me" Tour

Tue, 7 Mar, 2023
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall

Break out the gin and juice: Snoop Dogg is coming to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

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News
Australia Zoo Has Expanded Its Overnight Stays Among the Animals with New One-Bedroom Cabins

Fancy a sleepover at the Irwin family's zoo? You've now got more options — and three-bedroom cabins are also on their way.

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News
The Best Things to Do On, By and Near the Water in Brisbane

From visiting overwater bars to sailing a picnic boat along the river, there are plenty of ways to enjoy our River City in summer.

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Event
Babylon

Thu, 19 Jan - Wed, 8 Feb 2023
Various cinemas in Brisbane

'La La Land' filmmaker Damien Chazelle steps back into Hollywood's past, with Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt leading a jam-packed Golden Age-set spectacle.

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New Low-Cost Australian Airline Bonza Is Finally Set to Take to the Skies in 2023

The new carrier has just received regulatory approval, and will fly 27 routes to 17 destinations.

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Event
Bite Markets at North Harbour

Fri, 13 Jan - Sat, 14 Jan 2023
BITE Markets, Morayfield

Eat your way around this sprawling weekend food market in Brisbane's north.

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Hoi Cho Tet 2023 Vietnamese Lunar New Year Festival

Fri, 13 Jan - Sat, 14 Jan 2023
CJ Greenfield Complex Park, Richlands

This two-day Lunar New Year festival includes Vietnamese cuisine, music, lion dances and calligraphy.

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News
Date-Night Alert: Moonlight Cinema Has Dropped Its February Lineup and It's Big on Rom-Coms

Whether you're celebrating Valentine's or Galentine's, you can head to a week romantic movies under the stars.

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Joaquin Phoenix Gets Trapped in a Surreal Nightmare in the Trailer for Ari Aster's 'Beau Is Afraid'

New film by the 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' writer/director, new mind-warping cinema experience.

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News
Coming Soon: Rumba Is the New Jazz-Heavy Cuban and Latin American Joint Taking Over Evita's Digs

The crew behind Lina Rooftop and Soko Rooftop is farewelling its Argentinian eatery — and unveiling a new cocktail- and platter-slinging spot in its place.

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News
TodayTix's $10 'Hamilton' Lottery Is Coming to Brisbane So You Can See the Hit Musical for Cheap

Don't throw away your shot to see the most talked-about theatre production of the past decade when it finally hits Brisbane — without breaking the bank.

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Event
Bottomless Gin Brunches 2023

Sun, 24 Dec, 2023
Covent Garden, West End

Sip gin cocktails, sangria and Pimm's cups over a shareboard brunch.

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Goat Yoga 2023

Multiple single dates
The Station Brisbane, Fortitude Valley

Find inner bliss while surrounded by baby farm animals.

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Shrek Rave 2023

Fri, 24 Mar, 2023
Kickons, Fortitude Valley

Be an all star at this 'Shrek' party — there'll be Smash Mouth sing-alongs, 'Shrek'-themed drink specials and free green glow sticks.

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Mardi Gras Film Festival Online 2023

Wed, 15 Feb - Thu, 2 Mar 2023
Online

Stream along with this year's 30th-anniversary MGFF at home, with 21 movies screening digitally nationwide.

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Emily

Thu, 12 Jan - Wed, 1 Feb 2023
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Starring Emma Mackey, this passionate biopic mixes fact and fiction to imagine how Emily Brontë conjured up 'Wuthering Heights'.

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Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Thu, 12 Jan - Wed, 1 Feb 2023
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Guy Ritchie's latest caper turns Jason Statham and Aubrey Plaza into globe-trotting spies, and is happy to stick to the filmmaker's usual formula.

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M3GAN

Thu, 12 Jan - Wed, 1 Feb 2023
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Move over Chucky: there's a new killer doll terrorising the screen, and entertaining cinemagoers, in this supremely self-aware sci-fi/horror flick.

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