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
Aftersun

Thu, 23 Feb - Wed, 15 Mar 2023
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Paul Mescal thoroughly deserves his Oscar nomination for this heartwrenching father-daughter tale from first-time feature filmmaker Charlotte Wells.

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News
Marvel Might Start Spacing Out Its Usually Jam-Packed Slate of MCU Movies and TV Shows

Disney is reportedly thinking about slowing down the pace of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and getting better at curating it.

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Alice Springs' Stunning Parrtjima Light Festival Has Just Unveiled Its 2023 Music Lineup

The ten-night Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling fest has also dropped a sneak peek at this year's dazzling light installations.

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News
'The Coldest Case in Laramie' Is the New Must-Listen 'Serial' True-Crime Podcast Dropping This Week

The first Serial Productions show hosted by a 'New York Times' reporter, it focuses on the unsolved murder of a college student in Wyoming in 1985.

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News
Hommey Has Launched Its First-Ever Pet Bed, Pillow and Blanket Collection — and It's Barking Adorable

Treat your furry friends to soft memory-foam mattresses, bone-shaped pillows and cosy faux-fur blankets.

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Event
'John Wick'-a-Thon

Sat, 11 Mar, 2023
The Astor Theatre, St Kilda

Spend a night soaking in the action-packed exploits of everyone's favourite assassin (and dog owner).

Buy Tickets

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News
Don't Throw Away Your Shot: Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Doing a Live 'Hamilton' Q&A in Brisbane in March

You can be in the room where the Tony-, Grammy-, Emmy-, Olivier- and Pulitzer Prize-winner discusses his smash-hit musical.

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Brisbane Is Getting a 100-Metre-High Sky Deck with a Restaurant, Bar and Glass-Floor Viewing Platform

Part of the River City's Queen's Wharf development, which is expected to start opening in late 2023, it'll feature 360-degree views out over the river and CBD.

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News
The Trailer for the 'Tetris' Movie Lines Up a Wild Cold War-Era Thriller About the Hit Game's Origins

"I still see falling blocks in my dreams."

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Event
El Camino Cantina's Top Ten 'Ritas for 2023

Mon, 13 Feb - Mon, 13 Mar 2023
El Camino Cantina Fitzroy, Fitzroy

The Tex-Mex chain is pouring its all-time favourite margaritas flavours for a month, including fruit tingle, marshmallow and Skittles.

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Event
Harry Styles: Love on Tour 2023

Fri, 24 Feb - Sat, 25 Feb 2023
Marvel Stadium, Docklands

Harry Styles' rescheduled world tour is finally hitting stadiums Down Under.

Buy Tickets

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Event
Weird Al Yankovic: The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour

Fri, 10 Mar - Sat, 11 Mar 2023
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

The one and only Weird Al is heading to Melbourne, swapping his usual parodies for his other musical-comedy standouts across his 14-album catalogue.

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Thirteen New Movies You Can Watch in February That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Get comfy on the couch with Timothée Chalamet's latest, a savage culinary thriller, a doco about a tale so wild it can only be true and a viral horror hit.

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Acclaimed British Chef Marco Pierre White Is Bringing His First-Ever Live Theatre Show to Australia

Catch the ‘White Heat’ author and 'MasterChef' alum chatting about his culinary career — including being the first British chef to be awarded three Michelin stars.

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Woke Up This Morning, Got Yourself a Gun: The New Action-Packed 'John Wick: Chapter 4' Trailer Is Here

Keanu Reeves is still using every weapon at his disposal in his fourth stint as cinema's favourite dog-loving assassin.

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'Mad Men' Meets 'The Jetsons' in Apple TV+'s Stylish New Lunar Salesman Dramedy 'Hello Tomorrow!'

What happens when selling the American dream means literally shooting for the moon? That’s this retro-futuristic sci-fi series’ premise.

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All In: Natasha Lyonne-Starring Sleuth Series 'Poker Face' Has Been Renewed for Season Two

You didn't need to be a detective to pick that this whodunnit TV show, which hails from 'Knives Out' filmmaker Rian Johnson, would prove a hit.

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Semi Permanent Will Return to Sydney for Vivid 2023 with a Stacked Creativity and Design Program

This year's speakers include academic and disability activist Sinéad Burke, filmmaker and architect Liam Young, and Iranian American designer FISK founder Bijan Berahim.

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Get Splashing: Disney's Live-Action 'The Little Mermaid' Just Dropped a New Teaser Trailer

Halle Bailey slips into Ariel's scales and tail in the latest Mouse House remake — and in this new teaser, Ursula shows up.

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Netflix Has Unveiled Its First 'Queen Charlotte' Trailer Ahead of the 'Bridgerton' Prequel's May Debut

This dive into the monarch's origins and rise to power will be the talk of your streaming queue come autumn.

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'John Wick'-a-Thon

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Brisbane Is Getting a 100-Metre-High Sky Deck with a Restaurant, Bar and Glass-Floor Viewing Platform

The Trailer for the 'Tetris' Movie Lines Up a Wild Cold War-Era Thriller About the Hit Game's Origins

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Harry Styles: Love on Tour 2023

Weird Al Yankovic: The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour

Thirteen New Movies You Can Watch in February That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Acclaimed British Chef Marco Pierre White Is Bringing His First-Ever Live Theatre Show to Australia

Woke Up This Morning, Got Yourself a Gun: The New Action-Packed 'John Wick: Chapter 4' Trailer Is Here

'Mad Men' Meets 'The Jetsons' in Apple TV+'s Stylish New Lunar Salesman Dramedy 'Hello Tomorrow!'

All In: Natasha Lyonne-Starring Sleuth Series 'Poker Face' Has Been Renewed for Season Two

Semi Permanent Will Return to Sydney for Vivid 2023 with a Stacked Creativity and Design Program

Get Splashing: Disney's Live-Action 'The Little Mermaid' Just Dropped a New Teaser Trailer

Netflix Has Unveiled Its First 'Queen Charlotte' Trailer Ahead of the 'Bridgerton' Prequel's May Debut

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