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.

News
The Best Advice Ever: Osher Günsberg on TV Stardom, Satirising the News (and Himself) and Giving 100 Percent

Fresh from 'The Bachelors', Osher Günsberg is taking to the stage with a live news parody — and we chatted to him about his career, new gig and comedy dreams.

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News
Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Coming to Brisbane to Be in the Room Where a 'Hamilton' Fan Event Happens

Don't throw away your shot to see the man who gave 'Hamilton' a shot, with Lin-Manuel Miranda making his first trip Down Under since the musical's local run began.

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Family, Revenge and Vin Diesel Versus Jason Momoa: They're All in the Just-Dropped 'Fast X' Trailer

This high-octane franchise keeps living its life one reference to family — and a heap of new high-profile cast members — at a time.

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Event
$9.95 Schnitzel Tuesday 2023

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne

Tuck into $9.95 schnitzels one day a week at The Bavarian.

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Movie Frenzy 2023

Fri, 10 Feb - Thu, 16 Feb 2023
Online

Rent some of the past year's big movies for pocket change.

Buy Tickets

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Sydney WorldPride

Fri, 17 Feb - Sun, 5 Mar 2023
Various Sydney venues, Sydney

WorldPride hits Australia for the first time ever with a stunning lineup of gigs and events, including performances by Charli XCX, Kylie Minogue and First Nations drag queens.

Buy Tickets

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'Cunk on Earth' Is Netflix's Gloriously Ridiculous Satirical Spin on David Attenborough-Style Docos

Created by Charlie Brooker of ‘Black Mirror’ fame, this history-of-the-world series is an absurdist comedy delight.

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Event
Neighbourhood Watch 2023

Multiple single dates
Testing Grounds, Melbourne

Watch movies under the stars for free at this pop-up outdoor cinema at Queen Victoria Market.

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News
SXSW Has Just Dropped Its Inaugural Sydney Lineup Details — and Amy Webb Is the First Keynote Speaker

For a week in October, SXSW Sydney will debut with more than 1000 sessions, including dedicated music, gaming and screen festivals.

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Event
The Son

Thu, 9 Feb - Wed, 1 Mar 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Hugh Jackman, Australian up-and-comer Zen McGrath and Oscar-winning 'The Father' filmmaker Florian Zeller explore a difficult family dynamic in this well-acted but uneven drama.

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Event
Spoiler Alert

Thu, 9 Feb - Wed, 1 Mar 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

After 'The Big Sick', director Michael Showalter turns TV journalist Michael Ausiello's memoir into his next illness tearjerker.

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News
Eerie and Twisted Apple TV+ Horror Series 'Servant' Is One of M Night Shyamalan's Best-Ever Projects

Like a thriller take on 'Mary Poppins', this unsettling series charts the strange events that follow a Philadelphia family when they hire a new nanny.

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Welcome Back to Rydell High: The Full Trailer for 'Grease' Prequel Series 'Rise of the Pink Ladies' Is Here

"Grease" is the word — again — in this new musical streaming series, which gives an iconic cinema girl gang an origin story.

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Start Making Broadway Plans: 'La La Land' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical

The hit flick is taking its singing and dancing to the theatre — fingers crossed for a run Down Under.

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'Suzume', the Gorgeous New Film by 'Your Name' Director Makoto Shinkai, Hits Cinemas Down Under in April

Following a girl travelling through ruins in Japan, the movie heads to Australia and New Zealand after releasing in Japan last year — and playing this year's Berlin Film Festival.

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Punk-Rock Legend Henry Rollins Is Bringing His New Spoken-Word Tour to Australia This Winter

On his first trip to our shores since 2016, the former Black Flag frontman — and actor, author and radio host — will look back over the past seven years.

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Corsage

Thu, 9 Feb - Wed, 1 Mar 2023
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Starring 'Phantom Thread' standout Vicky Krieps as Empress Elisabeth of Austria, this smartly anachronistic film is no mere dutiful biopic.

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Magic Mike's Last Dance

Thu, 9 Feb - Wed, 1 Mar 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Channing Tatum's stripper saga returns with spectacular dance scenes and winning chemistry, but a half-hearted thrust of a story.

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Oh Hi Mark: 'The Disaster Artist' Author Greg Sestero Is Touring Australia to Celebrate 20 Years of 'The Room'

As well as chatting about (and screening) Tommy Wiseau's disasterpiece, Sestero is showing his new horror flick 'Miracle Valley'.

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'The Room' and 'Miracle Valley' with Greg Sestero

Sat, 18 Feb, 2023
Cinema Nova, Carlton

'The Disaster Artist' author is returning to Australia to celebrate 20 years of Tommy Wiseau's disasterpiece.

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