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
Splendour Lineup Party

Fri, 21 Apr, 2017
Bistrotheque, Fortitude Valley

Dance around to the best tunes from the Splendour lineup, well before the festival.

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Event
Prince: When You Were Mine (One Year On)

Sat, 22 Apr, 2017
Bistrotheque, Fortitude Valley

On the anniversary of his passing, thank Prince for a funky time.

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Event
Wide Open Road: A Celebration of Australian Music

Fri, 21 Apr, 2017
The Triffid, Newstead

An all-Aussie celebration at Newstead's favourite venue.

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Event
Chris Bennie: Mood Swings

Thu, 20 Apr - Sun, 30 Apr 2017
POP Gallery, Woolloongabba

Splash around in an artistic contemplation of water.

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News
American Essentials Film Festival Reveals Indie-Focused 2017 Program

Two Greta Gerwig films, Australia's own Bond and Ewan McGregor jumping behind the camera rank among the second-year festival's 31 titles.

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News
Suki Brings Make-Your-Own Poke Bowls and Sushi Burritos to South Bank

Their first store opens this week, and they're already planning a second.

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News
This Eye-Catching Development Takes Inspiration From An Ancient Wonder

The proposed Birmingham buildings aim to recreate Babylon's fabled Hanging Gardens.

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This Immersive London Exhibition Will Put You Inside an Episode of 'Black Mirror'

Relive the anthology series' "Fifty Million Merits" episode as part of the Barbican's three-month science-fiction showcase.

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Four-Wheeled Food Delivery Robots Are Cruising the Streets of San Francisco

Forget UberEATS — your next meal could be delivered by a robot.

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News
Follow in Giant Footsteps at Australia's Own Open-Air Dinosaur Exhibition

Wander over a gorge to view scale replicas of Australian dinosaurs in outback Queensland.

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Dive Deep Into a Shipwreck Cellar at Croatia's First Underwater Winery

Tour a wine cellar in a shipwreck and bring your own bottle back to the surface.

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Event
Denial

Thu, 13 Apr - Wed, 24 May 2017
Various cinemas in Brisbane

A gripping and uncomfortably timely drama.

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One of the World's Thinnest Towers Could Soon Join the Gold Coast's Skyline

The metro's penchant for polarising beachfront skyscrapers continues.

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Brisbane Has a New Live Music Venue, The Flamin' Galah

Alf Stewart would approve of this Upper Roma Street newcomer.

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Guide
The Best Things to Do Around Brisbane This Long Weekend

From Easter egg hunts around bars to 18-hour pinball tournaments and long lazy Easter brunches.

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Event
Feel Good: Gorillaz Party

Sat, 15 Apr, 2017
Bistrotheque, Fortitude Valley

Damon Albarn's virtual band gets a tribute night six years in the making.

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Event
Easter Surf Rock Spectacular

Thu, 13 Apr, 2017
The Junk Bar, Ashgrove

Live tunes, chocolate cocktails and an Easter egg hunt.

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Event
Death by Pinball

Sat, 15 Apr - Sun, 16 Apr 2017
Netherworld, Fortitude Valley

Survive 18 hours playing pinball at Brisbane's arcade bar. Yep, 18 hours.

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Thu, 13 Apr - Wed, 24 May 2017
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Kristen Stewart sends texts to the afterlife in this unsettling arthouse ghost story.

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Fri, 14 Apr, 2017
Lower Moora Park, Shorncliffe

Spend a day by the shore to celebrate the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race.

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