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
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow

Sat, 4 Nov 2017 - Sun, 11 Feb 2018
GOMA, South Brisbane

Go dotty with more than 70 pieces from the Japanese artist's seven-decade career.

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News
Riverland Is Brisbane's New Riverside Bar and Beer Garden

The new CBD spot will boast the city's biggest river frontage.

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This Spinning Indoor Garden Brings a Veggie Patch to Any Space

The round, rotating system can grow around 100 plants in about half a square metre of space.

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Event
Etsy Community Market

Sat, 29 Jul, 2017
Eagle Farm Racecourse, Ascot

The global online marketplace comes to life with a one-day showcase of Australian makers, designers, artists and curators.

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News
This Australian Company Wants to Recycle Old Coffee Grounds Into Brew-Infused Sheets

Turning yesterday's cuppas into today's odour-eliminating, moisture-wicking bedding.

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Muji to Open Its First Hotels

You'll soon be able to stay in the Japanese home goods giant's sites in China and Japan.

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Event
Weekend of Darkness 2017

Fri, 28 Jul - Sun, 30 Jul 2017
The Scratch, Milton

A beer-loving walk on the dark side.

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News
Australian Supermarkets Put the Environment First, Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags

Woolworths, Coles and Harris Farm will all stop providing bags from 2018.

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A Major New Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Is Coming to Brisbane's GOMA

Go dotty with more than 70 pieces from the Japanese artist's seven-decade career.

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Event
The Beguiled

Thu, 13 Jul - Wed, 30 Aug 2017
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Beneath Sofia Coppola’s painterly images lies a pulpy, darkly funny genre flick about the interplay of sex and violence.

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Baby Driver

Thu, 13 Jul - Wed, 30 Aug 2017
Various cinemas in Brisbane

A stylish, high-octane caper set to a toe-tapping soundtrack.

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Event
Celebrate Studio Ghibli

Thu, 24 Aug - Wed, 20 Sep 2017
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Prepare to be spirited away as all 22 of the Japanese animation house's films are screened around the country.

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News
A Huge Studio Ghibli Showcase Is Coming to Australia

Prepare to be spirited away as all 22 of the Japanese animation house's films are screened around the country.

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Event
Brisbane Japanese Festival

Sat, 19 Aug, 2017
West Village, West End

All the sake and bubble tea, gyoza and yakitori, origami and arcade games will come together for a new one-day street fest.

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Brisbane Is Getting Its First Japanese Festival

All the sake and bubble tea, gyoza and yakitori, origami and arcade games will come together for a new one-day street fest.

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News
Brisbane Is Getting Yet Another Fried Chicken Joint, Flippin' the Bird

It's the new container kitchen from The Defiant Duck's Shaun Hyland.

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Event
Brisbane International Film Festival 2017

Thu, 17 Aug - Sun, 3 Sep 2017
Palace Cinemas Brisbane, Brisbane

The revived festival will return to Brisbane for 16 days this August.

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Brisbane International Film Festival Is Back with a Stacked 2017 Program

The revived festival will return to Brisbane for 16 days this August.

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Brisbane Festival Reveals Huge 2017 Program

This year's fest features jumping castle theatre, a mini festival headlined by London Grammar and — of course — fireworks.

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Seven Must-See Films at the 2017 Queensland Film Festival

See Samuel L. Jackson's powerful race relations doco and Robert Pattinson as a low-level crim in a film fresh from Cannes.

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