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.

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Lune's Sprinkles-Topped Twice-Baked Birthday Cake Croissants Are Back on the Menu Just for October

This month's specials also include Snickers cruffins, choc-chip cookie pastries and an everything croissant.

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Palace's New Moonee Ponds Picture Palace with a Rooftop Cinema Is Opening Just in Time for Boxing Day

You'll be able to spend the biggest moviegoing day of the year (and plenty more afterwards) at Palace's latest Melbourne cinema.

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Melbourne Cocktail Favourite Byrdi Has Been Named in The World's 50 Best Bars 51-100 List for 2023

Just like in 2021, the La Trobe Street bar is the only Australian joint to make this year's extended list ahead of the top 50 reveal.

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'Elvis: A Musical Revolution' Will Keep Getting Australia All Shook Up About the King of Rock 'n' Roll in 2024

This brand-new Aussie stage musical features more than 40 of the singer's hits — and it's returning to Sydney, then hitting up Adelaide, Perth and the Gold Coast.

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Paul Mescal, Penelope Cruz, LGBTQIA+ Classics: They're All on Melbourne Queer Film Festival's 2023 Lineup

This year's celebration of queer cinema includes 50 feature films and 17 documentaries, plus the return of the Victorian Pride Centre Rooftop's outdoor cinema.

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Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2023

Thu, 9 Nov - Sun, 19 Nov 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Paul Mescal, Penelope Cruz, LGBTQIA+ classics: they're all on MQFF's 50-feature, 17-documentary 2023 lineup.

Buy Tickets

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Now Open: Vertigo Serves Dinner 17 Metres Up While You're Hanging Over the Side of Brisbane Powerhouse

The Australian-first vertical dining experience is now welcoming patrons for a meal with a view (and matched wines) at Brisbane Powerhouse.

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Literally Huge: Sydney's IMAX Is Finally Reopening with One of the Biggest Cinema Screens in the World

Relaunching on Wednesday, October 11 with a hefty 692-square-metre screen, Darling Harbour's IMAX will reopen with 'Avatar: The Way of Water', 'Barbenheimer' and Taylor Swift.

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'The Crown' Season Six Is Being Split Into Two Parts That'll Arrive From November — and There's a Trailer

Mark November and December in your diary for the hit regal drama's big farewell.

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'Sunset Boulevard' Is the Next Big Tony-Winning Musical That's Returning to the Stage Down Under

It's been almost 20 years since this screen-to-stage production brought Norma Desmond and her Hollywood story to Australia — and this time, Sarah Brightman is ready for her closeup.

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'Faraway Downs' Turns Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia' Into a Six-Part Miniseries — and It's Premiering at SXSW Sydney

Before it hits streaming in November, the new take on the Nicole Kidman- and Hugh Jackman-starring film will close out the SXSW Sydney Screen Festival with the 'Elvis' director in attendance.

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'Force of Nature: The Dry 2' Will Get Eric Bana Solving Mysteries Again in Cinemas Down Under in February

Detective Aaron Falk's next big-screen date is now your most-anticipated Australian film of 2024.

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Have You Ever, Ever Felt Like This?: The 'Round the Twist' Musical Will Premiere in Brisbane in 2024

The classic Australian series is hitting the stage with songs for the first time ever, debuting as part of Queensland Theatre's 2024 season.

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Chicago

Sat, 23 Mar - Sun, 19 May 2024
Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne

The smash-hit musical is bringing its 1920s razzle dazzle — and all that jazz — back to Melbourne.

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Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive 2023

Sat, 21 Oct, 2023
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne

Donate your old clothes to a worthy cause without leaving the house.

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Monster Fest 2023

Thu, 12 Oct - Sun, 22 Oct 2023
Cinema Nova, Carlton

Calling all genre fans: this ode to weird and wonderful cinema is unleashing 2023's batch of strange and surreal flicks in the lead up to Halloween.

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Calling All Genre Fans: Monster Fest Is Unleashing 2023's Wave of Strange and Surreal Films Throughout October

Among the highlights: a horror-comedy set in one of the last video stores and a Norwegian flick about a gnome uprising.

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Marvel's Huge New Exhibition Celebrates the Company's 85-Year History — and It's World-Premiering in NZ

If you want to check out 'Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Exhibition', you'll need to head to Wellington.

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'Tis the Season: Messina Is Bringing Back Its Chocolate Advent Calendars to Make Christmas Extra Delicious

Spend the first 24 days of December eating your way through gingerbread men, fruit mince tart choccies, pastry-choc clusters and more.

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'Speed': The Movie, The Play

Tue, 10 Oct - Sun, 22 Oct 2023
Prahran Square, Prahran

Revisit the Keanu Reeves-starring movie 'Speed' IRL — and as a comedy — from the backseat of a real bus.

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Chicago

Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive 2023

Monster Fest 2023

Calling All Genre Fans: Monster Fest Is Unleashing 2023's Wave of Strange and Surreal Films Throughout October

Marvel's Huge New Exhibition Celebrates the Company's 85-Year History — and It's World-Premiering in NZ

'Tis the Season: Messina Is Bringing Back Its Chocolate Advent Calendars to Make Christmas Extra Delicious

'Speed': The Movie, The Play

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