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
Twelve Excellent New TV Shows From 2021 That You Might've Missed

Add savvy comedies, searing dramas and an 80s-set gem about building an aerobics empire to your summer catch-up list.

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Masks Will Be Mandatory in Queensland Shopping Centres and on Public Transport From December 18

With COVID-19 cases rising in Queensland, face coverings will become compulsory again in a number of settings.

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Event
West Side Story

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 - Wed, 19 Jan 2022
Various cinemas in Brisbane

The 1950s-set spin on 'Romeo and Juliet' returns to the screen — and, making his first-ever musical, Steven Spielberg turns it into a spectacular cinematic achievement.

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Licorice Pizza

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 - Wed, 19 Jan 2022
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Freewheeling, meticulous and glorious all at once, Paul Thomas Anderson's ninth film serves up a 70s-set coming-of-age slice of life, as topped by a transcendent performance from Alana Haim.

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Milton Markets Christmas Pop-Up

Thu, 23 Dec, 2021
Milton Markets, Milton

Cribb Street's markets are popping up one last time before Christmas.

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The Lost Daughter

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 - Wed, 12 Jan 2022
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Actor-turned-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal makes a bold directorial debut, bringing Elena Ferrante's novel to the screen with an exceptional performance by Olivia Colman.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 - Wed, 5 Jan 2022
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Everyone's favourite friendly neighbourhood web-slinger swings back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to face a lineup of familiar villains.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From December 16

Head to the flicks to see Spider-Man face a bevy of familiar baddies, Olivia Colman turn in another phenomenal performance and a wild NYC-set horror film that tussles with a headline-grabbing news story.

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Moonlight Cinema Has Released Its January Lineup So You Can Spend Summer Seeing Movies by Starlight

Pack a picnic, grab a beanbag, and catch 'No Time to Die', 'Scream' and 'Spencer'.

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Very Peri Is Pantone's "Inquisitive and Intriguing" 2022 Colour of the Year

The newly created colour combines "a dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a vivifying violet red undertone".

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Qantas Is Launching Direct Flights From Australia to Rome Just in Time for European Summer Getaways

The only direct service between Australia and continental Europe, the Perth–Rome flights will take off three times a week between June and October 2022.

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All About Women Is Expanding Its 2022 Program Across Two Days to Celebrate Its Tenth Anniversary

Grace Tame, Rosie Batty and Roxane Gay lead the festival's program, which'll take over the Sydney Opera House in March — and live-stream its sessions, too.

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Event
The Big Anxiety Festival 2022

Thu, 26 May - Sat, 28 May 2022
QUT Gardens Theatre, Brisbane

The mental health and arts festival is coming to Brisbane for the first time.

Buy Tickets

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Mental Health and Arts Festival The Big Anxiety Is Coming to Brisbane for the First Time in 2022

Featuring virtual reality and interactive environments, conversation sessions and workshops, the event brings together artists, scientists, technologists, thinkers, mental health workers, activists and people with lived experience.

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The Nutcracker — Queensland Ballet

Thu, 16 Dec - Thu, 23 Dec 2021
QPAC Lyric Theatre, South Brisbane

Queensland Ballet's seasonal tradition returns, complete with sentient toys and dancing snowflakes.

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An American in Paris

Sat, 8 Jan - Sun, 30 Jan 2022
QPAC Lyric Theatre, South Brisbane

The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is starting its first-ever Australian run at QPAC in January.

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Nicolas Cage Plays (and Parodies) Himself in the Trailer for 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'

It's the role Nicolas Cage was born to play: himself.

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Six Brisbane Spots Open for Christmas Lunch (or Christmas Eve Dinner) If You're Not in the Mood to Cook

Spend this year's merriest days eating five-spice turkey spring rolls, drinking bottomless spritzes or treating yo'self to a French feast.

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Brisbane Quarter Christmas Pop-Up 2021

Wed, 1 Dec - Sat, 25 Dec 2021
Brisbane Quarter, Brisbane City

The inner-city precinct is getting festive with 8000 lights — and carols.

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Western Australia Will Reopen to the Rest of the Country (and the World) on February 5

WA will drop its hard border at 12.01am on Saturday, February 5, based on the expectation that 90 percent of residents over the age of 12 will be double-vaccinated by then.

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