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
This Never Happened Presents

Fri, 17 Jan, 2025
170 Russell, Melbourne

Dance Music record label This Never Happened is back for another Melbourne party that won't allow phones.

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Australia's Helpful Map Plotting Out All the Best and Brightest Christmas Lights Has Been Updated for 2024

Enter your postcode or suburb, then find out where to see luminous festive displays near you and around town — 'tis the season.

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When a Delightfully Strange Screen-to-Stage Australian Musical Happens: Paul Hodge and Simon Phillips Chat 'Round the Twist'

Have you heard the word about Queensland Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts Centre's new adaptation of the beloved 90s series? We chatted to the composer/playwright and director behind it.

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The NGV's Huge Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Will Feature Ten Immersive Installations — Which Is a World Record

The Japanese artist's latest Australian showcase will include more of her immersive environments than has ever been assembled in one place before.

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Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone Are Headlining Coachella 2025 — Whether You'll Be There or Be Livestreaming

Missy Elliott, Charli XCX, Megan Thee Stallion, Travis Scott, The Prodigy and Kraftwerk are also on the lineup — plus plenty more.

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Event
Pitch Music & Arts Festival

Fri, 7 Mar - Tue, 11 Mar 2025
Moyston, Moyston

Joy Orbison, Honey Dijon, Funk Tribu, 2manydjs: they're heading to Grampian Plains for this long-weekend festival in 2024.

Buy Tickets

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'Yellowjackets' Is Returning for Season Three on Valentine's Day 2025 — and It Just Dropped Its First Teaser Trailer

This sneak peek at the survivalist thriller's third season is brief — but get ready to eat your heart out come February 14.

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Playing a Woman Who Impersonates Her Teenage Daughter in a Dark Australian Comedy: Jackie van Beek Talks 'Audrey'

"You just don't come across these characters very often. Well, I hadn't," the 'What We Do in the Shadows' and 'The Breaker Upperers' star told us.

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Coming Soon: A Debris-Strewn Post-Disaster Landscape Is Taking Over Mona's Former Library Space for a Year

French artist Théo Mercier is creating sand sculpture 'DARK TOURISM' to comment on travel to locations with grim histories, as well as the planet's changing climate.

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Joy Orbison, Honey Dijon, Funk Tribu, 2manydjs: They're Heading to Grampian Plains for Pitch Music & Arts 2025

Daria Kolosova, SPFDJ, 999999999, Shanti Celeste, FJAAK, Lady Shaka, Job Jobse: they're all on the lineup as well.

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Australia's World-First Lego 'Star Wars' Exhibition Will Premiere in Melbourne in 2025 — on May the Fourth

How do you recreate all things 'Star Wars' using eight-million plastic bricks? You'll soon be able to find out at Melbourne Museum.

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Rhys Darby Is Bringing His First Stand-Up Show in Almost a Decade to Australia's Stages in 2025

The 'Flight of the Conchords' and 'This Flag Means Death' favourite is heading back behind the mic, locking in a nine-stop Aussie tour.

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Now Open: Australia's First-Ever René Magritte Retrospective Is Here with Dreamy Eyes, Oversized Apples and More

The Belgian surrealist is in the spotlight at the 2024–25 Sydney International Art Series, including some of his most-famous works.

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Blur on Film: How Toby L Made Both a Documentary and a Concert Movie About the Britpop Greats (and the First Band He Ever Saw Live)

Loving the Damon Albarn-fronted group as a kid in the 90s has turned out well for the Transgressive record label co-founder and filmmaker — and Australia's British Film Festival also benefits.

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Farewell The Lume: Australia's Multi-Sensory Digital Art Gallery Is Closing Its Doors in 2026

The Melbourne venue will still bring back its Vincent van Gogh exhibition from Boxing Day into 2025, then say goodbye the following January.

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Diaries Out, Tents Ready: Grampian Plains Festival Pitch Music & Arts Has Locked in Its 2025 Dates

The fest's lineup is also on the way, complete with a bigger Pitch One stage — and the ticket ballot is now open.

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Finding Inspiration in Ridley Scott's Colosseum: Paul Mescal, Connie Nielsen and Fred Hechinger Chat 'Gladiator II'

"Basically I want to be like Ridley when I grow up. That’s the root of it for me," Mescal told us about working with the iconic filmmaker on this epic sequel.

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Now Open: Brisbane's New 'Bluey's World' Experience Lets You Step Inside the Heeler Home for Real Life

This custom-built 4000-square-metre attraction recreates the show's famous sets in the perfect place for it.

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Home Truth

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne

A house-within-a-house labyrinth has popped up outside the NGV International to get everyone thinking about small-scale architecture.

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A House-Within-a-House Labyrinth Has Popped Up in Melbourne to Get Everyone Thinking About Small-Scale Architecture

The NGV's 2024 Architecture Commission 'Home Truth' is all about thinking about alternative ways of building houses in Australia.

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