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
Five Must-See Films at the 2019 Moro Spanish Film Festival

With an award-winning queer romance and a 'Real Housewives'-style drama set in 1980s Mexico, this year's fest is thrilling, funny and varied.

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Event
Wynnum Manly Seafood Festival

Mon, 6 May, 2019
George Clayton Park, Manly

An area so filled with seafood, they’ve made a festival out of it.

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Buddha Birthday Festival 2019

Fri, 3 May - Sun, 5 May 2019
South Bank Cultural Forecourt, South Brisbane

The biggest annual celebration of Buddha’s birthday in the world.

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Event
Winter Has Arrived — A 'Game of Thrones' Celebration

Fri, 17 May, 2019
Netherworld, Fortitude Valley

The party for the games and beer-loving 'GoT' fan who knows everything.

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Moro Spanish Film Festival 2019

Wed, 24 Apr - Wed, 15 May 2019
Palace Cinemas Brisbane, Brisbane

This year, the festival showcases films from both Spain and Latin America — and 11 of them are by female filmmakers.

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Briz-Chilli Fest 2019

Sun, 9 Jun, 2019
Waterfront Park, Newstead

A celebration of face-melting tastiness.

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News
The World's Tallest Indoor Waterfall Is Now Open Inside Singapore's Changi Airport

There's also a five-storey garden, complete with walking trails — and bouncing sky nets, a hedge maze and a mirror maze to come.

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Chucky Is Up to His Old Killer Doll Tricks In the Latest Trailer for the New 'Child's Play' Remake

The killer doll franchise returns to the big screen — with Mark Hamill voicing the flame-haired plaything.

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Biggest Shorncliffe Food Truck Fest Ever

Sun, 19 May, 2019
VMR Brisbane, Shorncliffe

Meals on wheels with a coastal view.

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Pioneering Indigenous Musical 'Bran Nue Dae' Will Return to the Australian Stage in 2020

Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of the original production.

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Two New Beyoncé Specials Could Be On Their Way to Netflix

The singer's 'Homecoming' documentary, about her epic 2018 Coachella set, dropped this week.

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The World's First Single-Use Plastic Free Long-Haul Flight Will Land in Australia Tomorrow

It's flying from Abu Dhabi to Brisbane — eradicating more than 95 single-use plastic items, and saving over 50 kilograms of waste from landfill.

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iPONG Brisbane - CLOSED

547 Kessels Road, MacGregor

Play beer pong and darts — digitally, and over drinks.

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The Star-Studded First Trailer for 'Big Little Lies' Season Two Is Here

Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoë Kravitz are all back — and Meryl Streep is joining them.

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Event
Mamma Mia — Let Me Go: ABBA vs Queen

Fri, 3 May, 2019
The Brightside, Brisbane

This dedicated ABBA vs Queen night will rock your inner dancing queen.

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You'll Soon Be Able to Race Your Way Around Multiple Nintendo Theme Parks

And yes, a real-life 'Mario Kart' experience is on the cards.

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Queensland's New Container Refund Scheme Has Recycled More Than 400 Million Items

Since launching on November 1, the scheme has also paid out around $40 million in refunds.

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Prepare to Get Fast and Furious Again with the New Extended Trailer for 'Hobbs & Shaw'

This 'Fast and Furious' spinoff features Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba and plenty of ridiculous stunts.

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Burning

Thu, 18 Apr - Wed, 12 Jun 2019
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

This South Korean drama is a ruminative mystery, a fine-tuned character study and an intricately observed examination of human relationships all in one.

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The Curse of the Weeping Woman

Thu, 18 Apr - Wed, 12 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Brisbane

The sixth film in the Conjuring franchise serves up a few effective bumps and jumps, but also exposes a worrying thematic undercurrent.

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