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
'Severance' Returns to the Office and Unveils a New Twist in the Teaser Trailer for Season Two

Even something as simple as heading back to the office isn't straightforward in this Apple TV+ sci-fi series, which returns in January 2025.

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News
After Their 2020 Tour Was Cut Short Due to the Pandemic, Music Icons New Order Are Returning to Australia in 2025

'Blue Monday', 'Temptation', 'Bizarre Love Triangle' — more than four decades after forming in Manchester, the group will play them all.

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From 'Indiana Jones' to an 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Oscar and Leading an Action Movie: Ke Huy Quan Chats 'Love Hurts'

Second chances keep proving the theme of Ke Huy Quan's career resurgence on-and off-screen — this time playing a real-estate agent who used to be an assassin.

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News
Fontaines DC, Denzel Curry, The Kooks and Goo Goo Dolls Lead the 2025 Yours and Owls Lineup

Orville Peck, Hockey Dad, The Jungle Giants, Peach PRC and The Veronicas are also heading to Wollongong in March.

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News
'Beef' Is Returning for a Second Season with Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan Leading the Cast

Isaac and Mulligan have already co-starred in 'Drive' and 'Inside Llewyn Davis' together — and now they're stepping into Netflix's feuding anthology series.

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Awkward Workplace Antics, Chaotic Colleagues and Cringey Bosses, Australian-Style: Felicity Ward Talks 'The Office'

It might've taken 23 years, but this comedy franchise has now set up shop Down Under, starring Ward as Hannah Howard.

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News
Book That Annual Leave: Virgin Has Dropped One-Million-Plus Discounted International and Domestic Fares From $49

Keen for a Tokyo, Bali, Fiji, Whitsundays, Hamilton Island, Darwin or Hobart getaway? You've got seven days to nab cheap flights.

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Outdoor Movie Season Is Back: Sunset Cinema Has Announced Its 2024–25 Dates and Bondi Beach Film Lineup

Get ready to roll out your picnic blanket and watch movies under the stars — including at North Sydney, Abbotsford and St Kilda.

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Event
Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Thu, 14 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

This year's MQFF boasts a 42-feature lineup stacked with LGBTQIA+ must-sees — and a celebration of music videos.

Buy Tickets

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News
Melbourne Queer Film Festival Is Returning for 2024 with a 42-Feature Lineup Stacked with LGBTQIA+ Must-Sees

A documentary about Jackie Shane, a portrait of a 'Drag Race' star, Elliot Page's first leading role as a trans man, the Village People: they're all on the program.

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News
Jetstar's Latest Two-Day Member-Only Sale Has 26,000 Flights on Offer with Prices From $26

This bargain will get you from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast, Melbourne to the Gold Coast and Brisbane to Hobart — or you can head from Brisbane to the Whitsunday Coast from $49.

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Creepy Grins, Mega Pop Stars and Jumping From a SXSW-Screening Short to a Hit Horror Franchise: Parker Finn Chats 'Smile 2'

In four short years, this writer/director has gone from an unnerving short film to the highest-grossing horror movie of 2022, and now a sequel.

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Sandworms, Scheming and Subterfuge: They're All in the Full Trailer for HBO's 'Dune: Prophecy' TV Series

Inspired by the novel 'Sisterhood of Dune', this TV prequel to Denis Villeneuve's films is set 10,000 years before Paul Atreides' ascension.

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Eurovision on Tour

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Everyone's favourite Europop song contest is bringing its live concerts to Australia — and Melbourne — for the first time ever.

Buy Tickets

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Eurovision on Tour Is Bringing Its Live Europop Concerts to Australia for the First Time

This is the first time in the song contest's nearly 70-year history that it is going on tour with a heap of talents who have graced the competition's stages.

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Do You Hear the People Sing?: The 'Les Misérables' Arena Spectacular Is Coming to Australia in 2025

The music of the people, plus the songs of angry men, will echo thanks to a stacked cast and a 65-plus-piece orchestra.

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Sound and Vision: How Jed Kurzel Found the Right Score for 'Snowtown', 'The Babadook', 'Macbeth', 'Monkey Man' and More

The founding member of The Mess Hall has scored his filmmaker brother Justin's features and plenty beyond, fellow Australian masterpieces and big-budget Hollywood fare included.

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Coming Soon: Acclaimed Brisbane Hotel The Calile Is Expanding to Noosa with a Luxe New Resort

First announced in 2022, final plans for 2.4-hectare site with 153 rooms, 29 suites and four villas have now been approved by Noosa Shire Council.

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Save the Date: Beloved Wollongong Music Festival Yours and Owls Is Returning in March 2025

After throwing a birthday pre-party in 2024 instead, the festival will be back to kick off autumn 2025.

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'Cats' Is Returning to the Stage Down Under to Celebrate Its 40th Australian Anniversary

The movie mightn't have hit the mark, but you can see why this feline-fancying musical has been a huge theatre hit when it makes its Aussie stage comeback.

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Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Melbourne Queer Film Festival Is Returning for 2024 with a 42-Feature Lineup Stacked with LGBTQIA+ Must-Sees

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Eurovision on Tour

Eurovision on Tour Is Bringing Its Live Europop Concerts to Australia for the First Time

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Sound and Vision: How Jed Kurzel Found the Right Score for 'Snowtown', 'The Babadook', 'Macbeth', 'Monkey Man' and More

Coming Soon: Acclaimed Brisbane Hotel The Calile Is Expanding to Noosa with a Luxe New Resort

Save the Date: Beloved Wollongong Music Festival Yours and Owls Is Returning in March 2025

'Cats' Is Returning to the Stage Down Under to Celebrate Its 40th Australian Anniversary

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