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
Sweet Endings

Sun, 31 Dec, 2017
Wandering Cooks, South Brisbane

A sweet-filled end to 2017.

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Guilty Pleasures — Gin Fizz & Champagne NYE Party

Sun, 31 Dec, 2017
Covent Garden, West End

Four hours of G&Ts in West End's garden gin bar? Happy new year indeed.

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New Year's Eve Open House Party

Sun, 31 Dec, 2017
Little Big House, South Brisbane

There ain't no party like this new party pub's open house party.

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Italian Long Table Dinner

Sun, 31 Dec, 2017
Il Molo, Bulimba

Finish 2017 with a hearty feast.

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Event
Take Me Out

Sun, 31 Dec, 2017
The Foundry Brisbane, Fortitude Valley

End the year by celebrating three decades of indie tunes.

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Summer Up Late

Fri, 19 Jan, 2018
GOMA, South Brisbane

Party your way through GOMA's Yayoi Kusama and Gerhard Richter exhibitions.

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Toto's 'Africa' Appreciation Night 2018

Wed, 10 Jan, 2018
Black Bear Lodge, Fortitude Valley

Hear the drums echoing over and over again.

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News
The Ten Best Films Hardly Anyone Saw in 2017

Forget lightsabers, caped crusaders, fast cars and fairy tales and catch up on these under-seen gems over summer.

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Best of 2017 Brightside Christmas Party

Sat, 23 Dec, 2017
The Brightside, Brisbane

'Tis the season.

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The Yiros Shop Expands to Newmarket with Free Yiros

Another store, another night dedicated to free yiros.

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Event
Stranger Things Trivia Night

Fri, 29 Dec, 2017
Black Bear Lodge, Fortitude Valley

Enter the upside down of the trivia world.

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Event
That '80s Time Travel Movie: A Back to the Future Musical Parody

Sun, 11 Feb - Tue, 27 Mar 2018
Brisbane Arts Theatre, Brisbane

Great Scott!

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Neon Nights Walking Tour

Sat, 3 Feb, 2018
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

See Brisbane glow by night as part of The State Library of Queensland's neon exhibition.

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New Year's Day Cocktail Brunch

Mon, 1 Jan, 2018
Victoria Park Bistro, Herston

Recover with bellinis, bacon, froze and waffles.

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Sunlit Sounds Festival

Sat, 23 Dec, 2017
Hilder Road State School, The Gap

Markets, music and getting merry on the night before the night before Christmas.

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A Very Netherworld Christmas

Sat, 23 Dec, 2017
Netherworld, Fortitude Valley

With games, gift-swapping, eggnog and a festive roast.

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Event
A Very Vegan Christmas

Fri, 22 Dec - Sat, 23 Dec 2017
The Green Edge, Windsor

Settle in for a three-course cruelty-free festive feast.

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Event
John Hughes Double Feature

Thu, 21 Dec, 2017
New Farm Cinemas, New Farm

Two '80s classics from one of the best directors of the decade.

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Event
Jet Black Cat Music Xmas and Top 10 Albums Party

Thu, 21 Dec, 2017
Jet Black Cat Music, West End

Celebrating the year in music.

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Event
Truckin' Hungry

Sat, 9 Dec, 2017
Truckin' Hungry, Woolloongabba

Between five to eight of the city's finest meals-on-wheels purveyors will man the site seven days a week.

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