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
Apple TV+ Has Just Dropped Your First Look at the Second Seasons of 'Severance' and 'Silo'

They don't have release dates yet, but new episodes of the two sci-fi hits are finally on the way — and this calls for a waffle party.

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Bleach* Is Taking Over the Gold Coast with 110-Plus Performances When the Huge Arts Festival Returns for 2024

Immersive circus shows, free live tunes by the beach, 30-minute mini concerts in the Tallebudgera Valley: they're all on the lineup.

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The First Trailer for Adam Elliot's 'Memoir of a Snail' Is Here with a Stellar Sarah Snook-Led Voice Cast

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Tony Armstrong, Nick Cave and Jacki Weaver also lend their vocals to the second feature from the 'Mary and Max' animator.

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Dolly Parton Has Announced a Broadway Musical Based on Her Life So Start Begging for It to Please Come Down Under

Set to debut in New York in 2026, this new stage show will step through the icon's story and career — and Parton has written new songs for it.

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Laura Jones Has Just Picked Up the 2024 Archibald Prize for Her Portrait of Author Tim Winton

This is just the 14th time that a woman has taken home the prestigious accolade — and the fourth time that the Greater Western Sydney-based artist has been a finalist.

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Paddington's NOTA Is Closing Its Doors After Six Years — But Another Hospitality Figure Is Taking Over the Space

Come August, the Given Terrace restaurant will say goodbye, with co-owners and chefs Kevin Docherty and Sebastiaan de Kort focusing on Newstead's Allonda.

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Virgin's Latest Flight Sale Has Dropped 300,000-Plus Domestic Fares From $45 for Getaways This Winter

Add a holiday to Hamilton Island, Byron Bay, Cairns, Hobart, Darwin, the Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast to your plans.

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The Odds Are in Your Favour for Another 'Hunger Games' Prequel Book in 2025, Then a Movie in 2026

Set around the Second Quarter Quell, 'Sunrise on the Reaping' will add another instalment to the dystopian franchise both on the page and on the screen.

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Coming Soon: The West End Electric Is Brisbane's New 400-Plus-Seat Theatre and Entertainment Space

Strut & Fret isn't just bringing 'LIMBO — THE RETURN' to town for Brisbane Festival — it's launching a new venue.

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Brisbane Festival

Fri, 30 Aug - Sat, 21 Sep 2024
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

2024's Brisbane Festival program includes everything from dazzling fashion and the return of The Art Boat to a bingeable theatre show.

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Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Freak Show

Fri, 30 Aug - Sun, 15 Sep 2024
South Bank Piazza, South Brisbane

This fashion show-meets-musical revue ode to an inimitable designer is making its Australian debut at Brisbane Festival 2024.

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Lightscape Brisbane

Thu, 29 Aug - Sat, 12 Oct 2024
Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane City

This luminous after-dark experience is returning to the City Botanic Gardens for Brisbane Festival 2024.

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Virgin Is Slinging Cheap Fares to Celebrate Its First Direct Routes to Uluru From Melbourne and Brisbane

The Melbourne–Uluru and Brisbane–Uluru routes are both taking off to start June — and discounted flights begin at $119.

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Melbourne International Film Festival 2024 Will Open with Adam Elliot's New Stop-Motion Animation 'Memoir of a Snail'

Here's the first 24 movies that you need to see at this year's MIFF, including Sundance sensation 'I Saw the TV Glow' and a documentary about Warren Ellis establishing an animal sanctuary.

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Tony- and Grammy-Winning Musical 'Hadestown' Will Make Its Australian Premiere in Sydney in 2025

The hit production, which hit Broadway in 2019, gives the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice a new spin featuring jazz and American folk tunes.

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The Watchers

Thu, 6 Jun - Wed, 26 Jun 2024
Various cinemas in Brisbane

With this intriguing gothic-tinged horror film, Ishana Night Shyamalan makes her feature directorial debut and lives up to her surname.

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Luminous After-Dark Experience Lightscape Is Returning to the City Botanic Gardens for Brisbane Festival 2024

Brisbane is getting another chance to mosey through two kilometres of light and colour, all while walking through nature, complete with works by Queensland First Nations artists.

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Brisbane Festival's 2024 Program Is Here with Dazzling Fashion, The Art Boat's Return and a Bingeable Theatre Show

Also on the lineup across September: a Warumpi Band celebration, 400-plus drones telling a First Nations story above the city and 'Eucalyptus' turned into an opera.

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'Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Freak Show' Is Making Its Australian Debut at Brisbane Festival 2024

Playing an Aussie-exclusive season, this stage production features more than 200 original Gaultier couture pieces and celebrates the designer's 50-year career.

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Coming Soon: Kangaroo Point's Long-Awaited New Green Bridge Is Set to Open by the End of 2024

What's better than one new green bridge opening in Brisbane this year? Two, with the second featuring an overwater restaurant and bar.

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Brisbane Festival

Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Freak Show

Lightscape Brisbane

Virgin Is Slinging Cheap Fares to Celebrate Its First Direct Routes to Uluru From Melbourne and Brisbane

Melbourne International Film Festival 2024 Will Open with Adam Elliot's New Stop-Motion Animation 'Memoir of a Snail'

Tony- and Grammy-Winning Musical 'Hadestown' Will Make Its Australian Premiere in Sydney in 2025

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Luminous After-Dark Experience Lightscape Is Returning to the City Botanic Gardens for Brisbane Festival 2024

Brisbane Festival's 2024 Program Is Here with Dazzling Fashion, The Art Boat's Return and a Bingeable Theatre Show

'Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Freak Show' Is Making Its Australian Debut at Brisbane Festival 2024

Coming Soon: Kangaroo Point's Long-Awaited New Green Bridge Is Set to Open by the End of 2024

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