Sarah Ward

Name: Haunted Mansion
Start: 2023-08-31
End: 2023-09-20
Location: Melbourne

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 Third Season of 'The Boys' Is Still a Bloody Ace (and Very Bloody) Antidote to Superhero Fatigue

The page-to-screen caped crusader satire remains as smart, entertaining, gory and funny — and savvy — in its characteristically OTT third batch of episodes.

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News
The 'What If The Future Never Happened?' Trailer Turns Daniel Johns' Teen Years Into a Sci-Fi Film

The semi-autobiographical featurette stars Rasmus King, a dead ringer for the Aussie Silverchair muso in his teenage years, and ponders what might've happened if things turned out differently.

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Ex-Video Store Employee Quentin Tarantino Is Launching His Own Podcast About VHS Tapes

The acclaimed filmmaker is teaming up with his fellow ex-video store clerk-turned-director Roger Avary on 'The Video Archives', which is named after the Californian shop they worked at in the 80s.

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Forget Mixing: These New Aussie-Made Mimosas in a Can Will Level Up Your Brunch Game

The brainchild of two Brisbane communications professionals — and cocktail fans — these canned mimosas pair Aussie dry white wine with natural orange flavours, then carbonate it.

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Event
Flight — Darkfield

Thu, 26 May - Wed, 31 Aug 2022
138 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Strap yourself into a section of a real airplane, and prepare for an eventful and immersive experience.

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Pepe Saya Has Launched Its Own Delicious Range of Buttery Salted Caramel Bon Bons

Made with Pepe Saya's cultured butter and Olsson’s sea salt, the salty sweet treats are made in limited-edition batches — with only 250 boxes available each week.

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The Yarra Valley Is Getting a Huge New Tourism Precinct with a 300-Bed Hotel and Outdoor Gig Venue

Expected to open in 2024, it'll take over a 100-acre site on the Maroondah Highway.

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News
Lune Croissanterie Is Opening Its Third Pastry-Slinging Melbourne Spot in Armadale This Winter

The world-famous bakery will soon be serving its flaky croissants in the city's south.

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Event
Pride On Screen

Fri, 10 Jun - Wed, 15 Jun 2022
Cinema Nova, Carlton

Cinema Nova is celebrating queer film favourites for Pride Month — and throwing in a few must-see new queer flicks, too.

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News
The Grass Is Greener Is Returning to the Gold Coast in 2022 — and Debuting in Canberra and Geelong

The hit Queensland music, food and art festival is expanding — and heading down south for the first time.

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Event
Looking for Alibrandi — Malthouse Theatre and Belvoir

Fri, 8 Jul - Sun, 31 Jul 2022
Merlyn Theatre, The Malthouse, Southbank

Melina Marchetta's beloved 1992 book has already been adapted into a movie — and now a stage version is heading to Malthouse.

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Event
Six the Musical

Fri, 17 Jun - Sun, 7 Aug 2022
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

This West End hit explores the stories of Henry VIII's six wives — by getting them to sing at a pop concert.

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Event
Mothering Sunday

Thu, 2 Jun - Wed, 22 Jun 2022
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Starring Aussie talent Odessa Young and ‘The Crown’ standout Josh O'Connor, plus Colin Firth and Olivia Colman, this handsome 1920s-set British drama is passionate, sensual and exceptionally cast.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From June 2

Head to the flicks to see a moving and sensual British drama.

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9 to 5 The Musical

Sun, 10 Jul - Sun, 11 Sep 2022
State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

Dolly Parton's hit musical is finally coming to Melbourne.

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HBO Has Just Renewed Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby's 'Our Flag Means Death' for a Second Season

One of the best shows of 2022 so far, this heartwarming gem of a swashbuckling comedy will sail the streaming seas again.

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'Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical' Is Bringing Its Song-Filled Upside Down Satire Down Under

An award-winner during its off-Broadway run, this 'Stranger Things' stage send-up is making its Australian debut in Melbourne this spring.

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Tinder Is Building a Big Rainbow in a Regional Aussie Town — and You Can Vote for Where It'll Live

You've got until June 30 to pick Daylesford in Victoria, Hay in NSW, Broome in WA or Katherine in the Northern Territory as the site for Australia's next big landmark.

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Melbourne Cat Lovers Show 2022

Sat, 4 Jun - Sun, 5 Jun 2022
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf

Melbourne's dedicated cat show returns for two feline-filled days.

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Nude 'Nude Tuesday' Screening

Sun, 26 Jun, 2022
Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn

Get your kit off to watch a Jemaine Clement-starring New Zealand comedy filled with naked hiking.

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Tinder Is Building a Big Rainbow in a Regional Aussie Town — and You Can Vote for Where It'll Live

Melbourne Cat Lovers Show 2022

Nude 'Nude Tuesday' Screening

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