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 ABC Has Dropped the Trailer for Its New Tony Armstrong-Hosted Doco Series About Super-Cute Dogs

The three-part series enlists the ABC News Breakfast sports presenter to explore the world of canines, and will hit ABC and iView in March.

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'Looking for Alibrandi' Is the Latest Aussie Classic That's Making the Leap to the Stage

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

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Taronga Zoo Has Just Welcomed Two Adorable Red Panda Cubs and You Can Watch Them From Home

Add some cuteness to your day by watching Taronga's two new red panda cubs.

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Jetstar Is Celebrating February 22 By Dropping $22 Flights to Destinations Around Australia

The airline's 22,000 super-cheap fares cover everywhere from Cairns and Hamilton Island to Hobart and Uluru — and they're only available for one day.

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Australia's Celebrity Version of 'Letters and Numbers' Is Returning for a Second Season in March

'Wordle' isn't the only word game worth puzzling along with, with SBS bringing 'Celebrity Letters and Numbers' back for 12 more episodes.

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Victoria Is Scrapping Its Mask Mandate in Most Indoor Settings From February 26

In most circumstances, you'll no longer need to mask up indoors — and the recommendation to work and study from home is being removed, too.

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The Long-Awaited Third Season of 'Atlanta' Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in March

Four years after its last batch of episodes, Donald Glover's acclaimed series is returning — and SBS On Demand will start streaming new episodes from Friday, March 25.

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Laneway Festival Is Finally Set to Make a Comeback in 2023

After sitting out the last couple of years due to the pandemic, the beloved music festival has already started locking in bands for its 2023 events.

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Victoria Is About to Score a Huge New Round of Dining, Travel and Entertainment Vouchers

More free money is coming your way, Melburnians — this time for eating out, heading to movies and gigs, and staying both locally and throughout the state.

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Western Australia Will Reopen Its Domestic and International Borders on March 3

After postponing its plan to ditch its hard border in February, WA will finally reopen to the rest of the country — and the world — in March.

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The Second Season of 'Notting Hill'-Style Rom-Com 'Starstruck' Is Just As Much of a Gem As the First

Prepare to fall head over heels for season two of Rose Matafeo’s smart, heartfelt and gloriously relatable rom-com sitcom.

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Hottest 100 Victors and Noted Rainbow Aficionados The Wiggles Will Perform at the Mardi Gras Parade

For the first time ever, The Wiggles will perform at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade — on a lineup headlined by Savage Garden's Darren Hayes.

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'Stranger Things' Season Four Will Hit Netflix in May — But the Show Will End After Season Five

The Netflix hit will drop its fourth season in two batches, arriving on May 27 and July 1 — but after season five, it'll wrap up its 80s sci-fi mysteries.

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Event
Transitions Film Festival 2022

Fri, 18 Feb - Sun, 13 Mar 2022
Online

Watch your way through documentaries and dramas about the future of the planet, changing technologies and our evolving world.

Buy Tickets

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Parrtjima — A Festival in Light Is Back for 2022 to Shower Alice Springs with Dazzling Installations

Luminous arches, tunnels and projections will light up the First Nations art and culture festival, which uses the 300-million-year-old MacDonnell Ranges as a backdrop.

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Thank You, Thank You Very Much: The First Trailer for Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley Biopic Is Here

Here’s one for the money: nine years after ‘The Great Gatsby’, the Australian director returns to the big screen with an Aussie-shot film about the king of rock 'n' roll.

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Mark Wahlberg's Wahlburgers Burger Chain Has Just Opened Its First Australian Outpost in Sydney

Co-owned with his brothers, the Hollywood actor's burger empire has already scored its own reality TV show — and now it's open in Sydney, with more locations in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane to follow.

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Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby's Pirate Parody 'Our Flag Means Death' Has Dropped Its Full Trailer

The swashbuckling HBO sitcom takes very loose inspiration from a real-life 18th-century gentleman turned would-be pirate.

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Quo Vadis, Aida?

Thu, 17 Feb - Wed, 9 Mar 2022
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Following a woman's quest to save her family during the Bosnian War, this 2021 Oscar nominee is taut, rigorous, resonant and unforgettable.

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Uncharted

Thu, 17 Feb - Wed, 9 Mar 2022
Various cinemas in Melbourne

A committed Tom Holland makes this by-the-numbers archaeology-meets-swashbuckling game-to-film adaptation watchable enough.

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