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
QUT Vintage Book Sale

Thu, 10 Oct, 2019
QUT Gardens Theatre, Brisbane

Browse for vintage books, and help a good cause.

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Event
Back to the 1980s

Wed, 9 Oct, 2019
Donna Chang, Brisbane City

Tuck into a retro-themed four-course Cantonese banquet.

Buy Tickets

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News
The Anarchic 'Rick and Morty' Season Four Trailer Promises Plenty of Interdimensional Chaos

The smartest Rick and Morty-est Morty in the universe are back.

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Event
'Friends' 25th: The One With the Anniversary

Sun, 27 Oct, 2019
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Catch classic episodes of the 90s sitcom on the big screen at this marathon viewing session.

Buy Tickets

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News
Queensland's Mon Repos Turtle Centre Is Set to Reopen After a $22 Million Redevelopment

It's relaunching just in time for this year's turtle season.

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News
Archie Rose's New Limited-Edition Gins Pay Boozy Tribute to the Sydney Opera House

And you can sip the two tipples at the harbourside landmark's bars and restaurants, too.

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News
HBO Has Dropped the Tense Full Trailer for Its Next Big Fantasy Series, 'His Dark Materials'

It stars James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and 'Logan' scene-stealer Dafne Keen — and it's based on Philip Pullman's award-winning young adult novels.

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News
Uluru's Incredible 'Field of Light' Installation Has Been Extended Indefinitely

A huge success since it first launched in 2016, Bruce Munro’s immersive installation will keep lighting up the Red Centre.

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Event
The Boom Boom Room's R&B Night

Sun, 6 Oct, 2019
The Boom Boom Room, Brisbane City

See in the public holiday with drinks, decadent surroundings and R&B tunes.

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News
Ten Must-See Films at the 2019 Brisbane International Film Festival

See a moving 19th century Vietnamese drama, get your claws into a doco on New York's stray cats and revisit Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo + Juliet'.

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Event
The End of the Line Festival 2019

Sat, 9 Nov, 2019
Little Logan Road and Jurgens Street, Woolloongabba

Woolloongabba's free street party returns.

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Event
Setting the Stage

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 - Sun, 22 Mar 2020
GOMA, South Brisbane

GOMA explores the influence of the stage on other art forms, including cinema, video art, photography, painting and sculpture.

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Event
The Souvenir

Thu, 3 Oct - Sun, 13 Oct 2019
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Starring alongside her mother, Honor Swinton Byrne is a revelation in this moving and perceptive 80s-set drama.

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Event
Joker

Thu, 3 Oct - Wed, 6 Nov 2019
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Joaquin Phoenix is in stunning form as Gotham’s clown prince of crime, but this nightmarish film often proves as thematically muddled as it is striking.

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Restaurant
Baja Brisbane

211 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

SoCal-style Mexican meals in Fortitude Valley.

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Event
Sip & Shop Pop-Up

Sun, 17 Nov, 2019
City Winery Brisbane, Fortitude Valley

Browse for handmade wares over a wine.

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Event
Sunday Splash

Sun, 6 Oct, 2019
The Pool Terrace + Bar, Brisbane City

Drinks, DJs and hanging out in the pool.

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Event
Birds of Passage

Thu, 3 Oct - Wed, 23 Oct 2019
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Engrossing from start to finish, this distinctive Colombian drug drama doubles as a breathtaking study of the country's Wayúu culture.

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Event
Gold Coast Open House 2019

Sat, 19 Oct, 2019
Various Gold Coast venues, Gold Coast

Take a peek inside the Gold Coast's interesting and architecturally significant buildings.

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News
One of Australia's Most Beautiful Beaches Has Been Washed Away

Coastal erosion has seen Stockton Beach gradually lose its coveted patch of sand over the last decade — but a recent storm has closed the beach almost entirely.

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