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
Guys and Dolls — Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour

Fri, 21 Mar - Sun, 20 Apr 2025
Mrs Macquarie's Point, Sydney

Opera Australia is bringing this iconic Tony-winning musical to Sydney Harbour's floating stage.

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'Guys and Dolls' Is the Next Iconic Musical That Opera Australia Is Bringing to Sydney Harbour's Floating Stage

The Tony-winning Broadway sensation is Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour's pick for 2025, running for a month from late March.

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Warwick Thornton, 'The Babadook' Composer Jed Kurzel and a Pixar Director Are All Headed to SXSW Sydney 2024

One of the producers of 'Barbie' and 'Saltburn', a session on women in VFX and animation, and stepping through the impact of screening at SXSW Austin are also on the lineup.

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News
The 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far

From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.

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Every Soul in Middle-Earth Is in Peril in the Full Season Two 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Trailer

Contentious jewellery, talking and walking trees, giant spiders, Sauron's chaos: they're all in this new sneak peek at the Prime Video series.

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News
Steins and Schnitties Alert: Oktoberfest in the Gardens Is Bringing Its Bavarian Celebrations Back for 2024

When you're not hitting up the beer hall and food stalls, you'll be making the most of the silent disco, rides and sideshows.

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News
More Heartbreak: Spilt Milk Is the Latest Australian Music Festival That's Cancelled Its Plans for 2024

Instead of returning to close out this year, the Canberra, Ballarat, Gold Coast and Perth fest is shifting its focus to 2025.

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News
Eight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.

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Event
Now or Never

Thu, 22 Aug - Sat, 31 Aug 2024
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne

Back for its second year, this huge arts festival is closing out winter in Melbourne with more than 100 events.

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The Korean Film Festival in Australia's 2024 Cinema Celebration Is Focusing on Sydney, Then Introducing a Touring Program

As well as the Harbour City, Canberra, Burnside, Benalla and Alice Springs will also welcome KOFFIA this year.

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News
Triple J's One Night Stand Is Heading to Warrnambool in Victoria for Its Long-Awaited 2024 Return

A huge 2087 towns around Australia were submitted to host this year's fest — but only this coastal spot emerged victorious.

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Timothée Chalamet Becomes (and Sings) Bob Dylan in the First Trailer for Music Biopic 'A Complete Unknown'

Elle Fanning and Edward Norton also feature in this 60s-set recounting of the icon's rise to stardom from 'Walk the Line' director James Mangold.

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Event
Queer Screen Film Fest Online

Mon, 2 Sep - Sun, 8 Sep 2024
Online

Whether you're keen to see a film about female cable-car conductors expressing their emotions in the sky or a heap of LGBTQIA+ shorts, you can stream them at home.

Buy Tickets

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News
Queer Screen Film Fest Is Back for 2024 with a Five-Day Sydney Program and a Week of Movies to Stream Nationally

This year's lineup includes films starring Elliot Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Lukas Gage and Keiynan Lonsdale.

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News
Coming Soon: The Symmetry-Loving 'Accidentally Wes Anderson' Exhibition Is Making Its Australian Debut in Melbourne

Leaping from Instagram to an IRL immersive art experience, this showcase features 200-plus photographs that spy the director's style around the globe.

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Event
Deadpool & Wolverine

Thu, 25 Jul - Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Various cinemas in Melbourne

If there’s a Marvel messiah in the MCU's 34th film — and the first to feature either Deadpool or Wolverine — it's Hugh Jackman back in the claws as Logan.

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News
Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga Sing, Dance and Cause Chaos in the Full 'Joker: Folie à Deux' Trailer

Get ready for the Joker and Harley show, with Phoenix reprising his Oscar-winning role and Gaga following in Margot Robbie's footsteps.

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The 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far

These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.

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News
Here's When and Where You Can Watch the Matildas' Quest for Gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Set your alarms: the Tillies play Germany, Zambia and the United States in the group stage, all at 3am Australian time.

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Event
The Big Pineapple Festival

Sat, 19 Oct, 2024
The Big Pineapple, Nambour

For the first time in three years, this Sunshine Coast music festival is back — and The Amity Affliction, Bliss n Eso and Peking Duk lead the lineup.

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