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
You Can Now Sleep In a Luxury Pod Right Next to the Vines at This South Australian Winery

And 20 more are expected to roll out across the state in the next year.

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Alice Springs' Incredible Light-Filled Parrtjima Festival Has Unveiled Its 2018 Program

The Red Centre's Indigenous festival of light returns for its third year.

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You'll Soon Be Able to Drink Like You're In a Galaxy Far, Far Away at a Boozy 'Star Wars' Cantina

Oga's Cantina will be part of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, opening at Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World in Florida in 2019.

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A Major Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition from the Tate Britain Is Coming to Australia

It'll feature more than 40 of the Tate's beloved works, including iconic pieces such as John Everett Millais’ 'Ophelia' and John William Waterhouse’s 'The Lady of Shalott'.

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Samsung Is Set to Launch a Foldable Smartphone

It'll feature a single screen that can fold in the middle — and it's expected to launch this year.

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Meditating with Baby Farm Animals Is Australia's Newest Wellness Trend

Find inner bliss while surrounded by goats, lambs and piglets.

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Event
Matsuri Japanese Festival 2018

Sat, 8 Sep, 2018
Mount Gravatt Showgrounds, Mount Gravatt

Celebrate all things Japanese at this free cultural festival.

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Guide
The Best Things to See and Do at Brisbane Festival 2018

Including a kaleidoscopic house of mirrors, a spine-tingling theatre show and a trash-themed block party.

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Event
Home

Wed, 12 Sep - Sat, 15 Sep 2018
QPAC Playhouse, South Brisbane

Watch a house materialise on the QPAC Playhouse stage — and then a house party.

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Biladurang

Wed, 12 Sep - Sat, 15 Sep 2018
The Johnson, Spring Hill

A one-man performance that takes place in a hotel room.

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Event
Mother's Ruin: A Cabaret About Gin — Milke

Tue, 18 Sep - Sat, 22 Sep 2018
La Boite Theatre, Kelvin Grove

A singing ode to everyone's favourite juniper spirit.

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Event
Heaps Gay Trash Palace

Sat, 8 Sep, 2018
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley

The Tivoli becomes an 80s-themed trash wedding and block party.

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Hiromi Tango and Craig Walsh: A Force

Mon, 10 Sep - Sun, 14 Oct 2018
Flowstate, South Brisbane

Watch this imaginative installation grow and evolve before your very eyes.

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Brisbane Festival Closing Party

Sat, 29 Sep, 2018
Riverstage, Brisbane

See out this year's celebrations with a music festival.

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Event
LIFE - The Show — Strut & Fret

Thu, 6 Sep - Sat, 29 Sep 2018
The Courier-Mail Spiegeltent, South Brisbane

The creative minds behind Blanc de Blanc and Limbo Unhinged return.

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Event
Umami Mermaids

Tue, 18 Sep - Sat, 22 Sep 2018
La Boite Theatre, Kelvin Grove

This isn't your average puppet show.

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Peter Grimes

Thu, 20 Sep and Sat, 22 Sep 2018
QPAC Concert Hall, South Brisbane

An acclaimed opera performed by a Grammy-nominated star.

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#CelebrateBrisbane River of Light

Sat, 8 Sep - Sat, 29 Sep 2018
South Bank Cultural Forecourt, South Brisbane

Brightening up the river for Brisbane Festival.

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Bakery Lane's Nom Nom Korean Eatery Has Opened a New Bao Bar

And it's giving away 100 free bao to celebrate.

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McQueen

Thu, 6 Sep - Wed, 17 Oct 2018
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

A documentary as fascinating as the fashion designer at its centre.

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