Sarah Ward

Name: RISING Melbourne
Start: 2024-06-01
End: 2024-06-16
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
NEL's New British Degustation Is Giving Paddington Bear's Marmalade Sandwiches a Fine-Dining Makeover

Nelly Robinson's takes on beef wellingtons, scampi and beer, Sunday roasts and chocolate orange are also on the 11-course menu.

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Weezer Are Returning to Australia in October for Three Big Arena Shows (Including Supporting KISS)

Catch the alt-rock favourites doing headline shows in Melbourne and Brisbane supported by Regurgitator, and warming up for KISS in Sydney.

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It's Official: The 2023 Emmys Has Been Postponed to January 2024 Due to Hollywood's Strikes

With writers and actors currently on strike, America's big annual TV awards has been pushed back four months.

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News
US Burger Chain Wendy's Just Cooked Up a Deal to Open 200 Stores in Australia by 2034

Australia's local ice creamery will no longer be the country's only Wendy's, with the burger chain locking in plans to launch Down Under.

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'Blade Runner' Is the Next Movie Classic That's Returning to the Big Screen Down Under with a Live Score

Bring on the synths: Vangelis' stunning score will echo as Ridley Scott’s sci-fi great flickers at Melbourne's Hamer Hall.

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Flight Facilities Are Taking Their Famed Decades Mixes on the Road for an Australia-Wide DJ Tour

Jump from the 1970s to today with the Australian duo, spanning hundreds of tracks in extended club sets around the country.

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News
TodayTix Is Doing a 'Wicked' Ticket Lottery So You Can Catch the Magical Hit Musical for Just $45

Get whisked off to the Land of Oz for cheap during the Broadway smash's upcoming Sydney run.

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Event
Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter

Thu, 10 Aug - Wed, 30 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

A single chapter of Bram Stoker's iconic novel inspires this seafaring vampire flick, which resembles 'Alien' but with Dracula on a ship.

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Event
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story

Thu, 10 Aug - Wed, 30 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

The true tale behind this racing flick is genuinely rousing, even if the film itself always sticks to the obvious track.

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News
'The Notebook' Stage Musical Will Splash Its Rain-Soaked Romance Across Broadway in 2024

Ryan Gosling or Rachel McAdams likely won't be starring, but it's still the same romantic drama based on Nicholas Sparks' debut novel.

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News
Tokyo's Stunning TeamLab Borderless Digital Art Gallery Will Reopen in a New Location in Early 2024

Add this spectacular experience back to your Japan itineraries — it'll feature both new and evolved artworks.

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News
It's Official: A24 Is Making a Sequel to RackaRacka's Australian Horror Smash 'Talk to Me'

Australian filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou will jump behind the camera again to make horror fans jump.

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Binge Has Renewed Charming Aussie Rom-Com Sitcom 'Colin From Accounts' for a Second Season

Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall's award-winner just picked up a trio of Logies — and a small-screen return.

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Fran Lebowitz Is Bringing Her Sharp Opinions and Deadpan Humour Back to Australia in 2024

The author, social commentator and 'Pretend It's a City' star will get chatting in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in February.

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Adding Paul Rudd and Meryl Streep to 'Only Murders in the Building' Season Three Is Pure Whodunnit Heaven

Getting sleuthing with the murder-mystery comedy’s OG crew and high-profile newcomers is an utter delight.

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News
'Barbie' Just Became the First Film by a Solo Female Director to Make $1 Billion at the Global Box Office

Life in plastic keeps proving fantastic for Greta Gerwig's hit comedy — with audiences worldwide and box-office records.

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Cute Alert: The Gold Coast's Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Has Named Its Latest Koala Joey Matilda

However you're supporting the Matildas this Women's World Cup, this wildlife haven has you beat.

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A List of All the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked

No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all.

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Messina's Latest Limited-Edition Gelato Tubs Come Topped with Hazelnut Rocher Crack

The one-litre specials feature layers of gianduia gelato, cone crunch and hazelnut mousse.

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Dave Brown: Behind The Boosh

Wed, 16 Aug - Sun, 20 Aug 2023
North Gallery, Fitzroy

This mighty exhibition takes a peek into the comedy troupe's history, as snapped by Dave Brown aka Bollo the Gorilla.

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