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
The Miseducation of Cameron Post

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

Chloë Grace Moretz turns in a career-best performance in this quietly revelatory look at life inside a gay conversion camp.

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Arcadia at Brisbane Festival 2018

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

Because every good festival needs a great hub.

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Brisbane Festival 2018

Sat, 8 Sep - Sat, 29 Sep 2018
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

With a kaleidoscopic house of mirrors, nightly light shows and 600 performances across 22 days.

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You Were Never Really Here

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

Joaquin Phoenix is at his wounded best in Lynne Ramsay's intense hitman thriller.

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Scandinavian Festival Brisbane 2018

Sun, 9 Sep, 2018
Perry Park, Bowen Hills

Revel in everything that makes Scandinavia great — and yes, that includes Ikea and Lego.

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Seafood & Sparkling Festival

Sat, 15 Sep - Sun, 16 Sep 2018
Welcome to Bowen Hills, Bowen Hills

Including a two-hour package filled with bubbles, oysters and all of the ocean's finest.

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Netherworld Generic Wizard Party

Mon, 10 Sep, 2018
Netherworld, Fortitude Valley

Unleash your inner wizard.

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Spring Time Drinks

Fri, 28 Sep, 2018
Treasury Casino, Brisbane

A weekly courtyard party filled with pop-up bars and cocktails.

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Event
Love is King

Sat, 8 Sep - Sat, 29 Sep 2018
King Street, Bowen Hills

King Street celebrates love, romance and marriage equality with weddings, free martinis and heart-shaped meals.

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Garden of Vegan

Thu, 13 Sep and Thu, 11 Oct 2018
Covent Garden, West End

West End's resident gin joint goes vegan for a decadent feast.

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Dead Format II: A Risograph Exhibition

Sat, 8 Sep, 2018
Junky Comics, West End

Celebrating a medium that's gone, but not forgotten.

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Event
The Dead Will Walk The Valley

Mon, 22 Oct, 2018
Netherworld, Fortitude Valley

Party like you're being attacked by zombies — or like you've got a hankering for brains yourself.

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Cult Cinema Cocktail Club

Multiple single dates
Welcome to Bowen Hills, Bowen Hills

Enjoy a cult flick with a cocktail in hand.

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Gimlets & Games

Tue, 25 Sep, 2018
Dutch Courage Officers' Mess, Fortitude Valley

Tuesday night is now boozy board game night.

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BIGSOUND 2018

Tue, 4 Sep - Fri, 7 Sep 2018
Various Fortitude Valley venues, Fortitude Valley

Brisbane's massive annual live music event returns.

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Brisbane Writers Festival 2018

Thu, 6 Sep - Sun, 9 Sep 2018
State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane

Featuring discussions from the writers behind 'The Devil Wears Prada' and 'Divergent'.

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News
You'll Soon Be Able to Zoom Down Brisbane's Mt Coot-tha Via Zipline

Due to open in stages across 2019 and 2020, it'll become Australia's longest zipline.

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Melbourne's White Night Is Moving Its All-Night Arts Extravaganza to a New Winter Time Slot

It'll form part of a broader city-wide winter arts festival that's set to launch in 2019.

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BIGSOUND Is Getting Its Own One-Off Beer

The new Mountain Goat brew is only available for the four days of the festival.

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'Mrs Doubtfire' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical

Hello, the latest 90s film to make the leap to the theatre.

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