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
BIGSOUND 2023

Tue, 5 Sep - Fri, 8 Sep 2023
Various Fortitude Valley venues, Fortitude Valley

Fortitude Valley's huge annual music event is back for 2023, with 141 artists hitting the festival's stages across four big days.

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News
'Barbie' in Australia: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig on Turning a Toy Into 2023's Most-Anticipated Movie

Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Issa Rae and America Ferrera hit Sydney to chat about bringing a live-action version of Mattel’s six-decade-old doll to cinemas.

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Bar
The Carringbush Hotel

228 Langridge Street, Abbotsford

This 130-year-old pub is now slinging meat-free meals, wine on tap and more than 21 beers.

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News
Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in June

Start with a surreal and stunning instant gem about a 13-foot-tall Oakland teenager battling a tech billionaire — and capitalism.

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News
Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya Fight for Freedom and Arrakis in the New Trailer for 'Dune: Part Two'

"He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it."

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Event
First Nations Film Festival 2023 — NAIDOC Week

Sun, 2 Jul - Mon, 31 Jul 2023
Online

FanForce TV's Indigenous Australian online film fest returns for the second time in 2023 with documentaries, shorts and virtual discussions.

Buy Tickets

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News
'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season Three Will Sashay Into Your Streaming Queue in July

Ten more Australian and New Zealand drag queens will strut their stuff in the hit franchise's Down Under version — with RuPaul as host.

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News
Interpol and Bloc Party Are Coming to Australia This Spring on a Huge Joint East Coast Tour

The 2000s favourites are teaming up to play Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in November.

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News
The Full Lineup for Melbourne's New Now or Never Festival Includes an Art Trail and 360-Degree Cinema Dome

Also on the bill: more than 70 music performances, plus sculptural illuminations and projections over the Shrine of Remembrance.

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News
Danny Brown and Thelma Plum Have Been Added to the 2023 Splendour in the Grass Lineup

The festival's set times just dropped — and a replacement for Lewis Capaldi is set to be announced as soon as possible.

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News
Ready for It? Taylor Swift Has Added an Extra Show in Both Melbourne and Sydney to Her 'Eras' Tour

The two extra shows join the Australian leg of the music superstar's global tour thanks to "historically unprecedented demand".

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Event
Reality

Thu, 29 Jun - Wed, 19 Jul 2023
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Reality is stranger than fiction in this stunning verbatim recreation of whistleblower Reality Winner’s interrogation by the FBI — and Sydney Sweeney has never been better.

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News
Horror Favourite 'Five Nights at Freddy's' Is the Latest Game That's Getting the Big-Screen Treatment

Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, murderous animatronics aplenty: they're all in the trailer for this game-to-cinema flick.

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News
Retro Alert: IKEA's New Collection Reimagines the Swedish Retailer's Top Products From the Past 80 Years

To celebrate eight decades in the business, IKEA's new Nytillverkad collection riffs on 50s side tables, 60s plant stands, 80s quilt covers and more.

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Event
Focus on Greta Gerwig

Thu, 6 Jul - Sun, 23 Jul 2023
ACMI, Melbourne

Before she directed 'Barbie', Greta Gerwig's resume was filled with highlights as both an actor and a filmmaker — and they're playing ACMI.

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News
The Victorian Government Has Declared Taylor Swift's 'Eras' Tour a Major Event to Stop Ticket Scalping

Anyone reselling tickets for inflated prices will face fines of up to $554,760.

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News
Lewis Capaldi Has Cancelled His Splendour in the Grass Set and Other Tour Dates Down Under

After playing Glastonbury, the 'Someone You Loved', 'Before You Go' and 'Wish You the Best' singer is taking some time out.

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News
Neat!: 'Futurama' Has Just Dropped Its Full Trailer Ahead of the Animated Favourite's July Return

It's back, baby, with the animated comedy's 31st-century antics getting thawed out after a ten-year hiatus.

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CluedUpp: Beauty & the Beast Experience

Sat, 15 Jul 2023, Sat, 12 Aug 2023 and
Secret Melbourne location, Melbourne

This 'Beauty and the Beast' escape room-meets-scavenger hunt game is taking over Melbourne's streets.

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News
Australia's National Film and Sound Archive Has Launched Its Own On-Demand Streaming Platform

To celebrate NAIDOC Week, the service's first collection showcases trailblazers in Indigenous films, TV shows, documentaries and animation.

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Sarah Ward

BIGSOUND 2023

'Barbie' in Australia: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig on Turning a Toy Into 2023's Most-Anticipated Movie

The Carringbush Hotel

Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in June

Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya Fight for Freedom and Arrakis in the New Trailer for 'Dune: Part Two'

First Nations Film Festival 2023 — NAIDOC Week

'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season Three Will Sashay Into Your Streaming Queue in July

Interpol and Bloc Party Are Coming to Australia This Spring on a Huge Joint East Coast Tour

The Full Lineup for Melbourne's New Now or Never Festival Includes an Art Trail and 360-Degree Cinema Dome

Danny Brown and Thelma Plum Have Been Added to the 2023 Splendour in the Grass Lineup

Ready for It? Taylor Swift Has Added an Extra Show in Both Melbourne and Sydney to Her 'Eras' Tour

Reality

Horror Favourite 'Five Nights at Freddy's' Is the Latest Game That's Getting the Big-Screen Treatment

Retro Alert: IKEA's New Collection Reimagines the Swedish Retailer's Top Products From the Past 80 Years

Focus on Greta Gerwig

The Victorian Government Has Declared Taylor Swift's 'Eras' Tour a Major Event to Stop Ticket Scalping

Lewis Capaldi Has Cancelled His Splendour in the Grass Set and Other Tour Dates Down Under

Neat!: 'Futurama' Has Just Dropped Its Full Trailer Ahead of the Animated Favourite's July Return

CluedUpp: Beauty & the Beast Experience

Australia's National Film and Sound Archive Has Launched Its Own On-Demand Streaming Platform

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