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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'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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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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'Loki' Remains One of Marvel's Standout Streaming Shows in Its Lively and Entertaining Second Season

This returning Tom Hiddleston-starring stint of time-hopping trickery also benefits from adding 'Everywhere All At Once' Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan to its cast.

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Nicole Kidman, Jason Clarke and Filmmaker Phillip Noyce Just Joined SXSW Sydney's Speaker Lineup

Kidman will chat about her production company, which has been behind 'Big Little Lies' and 'The Undoing', while Clarke and Noyce will share Hollywood tales.

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If You Really Love Christmas, You'll Want to See 'Love Actually' in Concert Down Under This Festive Season

To ‘Love Actually’ fans, this full orchestra-backed screening is perfect — and it's back for another year.

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Olivia Colman, Ian McKellen, Alfred Hitchcock: They're All on the 2023 British Film Festival Lineup

Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins all also have movies in the touring cinema celebration's program.

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Zach Bryan's First-Ever Australian Gig Has Been Moved to a Bigger Venue Before Tickets Even Go on Sale

The country music superstar will now take his Melbourne-exclusive concert to Flemington Racecourse.

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Ibiza-Born Dance Music Festival Don't Let Daddy Know Is Coming to Australia for the First Time in 2024

More than a decade after starting in Spain, this dance music fest is heading Down Under with AFROJACK, Timmy Trumpet, MORTEN and Sub Zero Project.

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Crime Capers Don't Get Much More Charming Than Netflix's Suave Omar Sy-Starring Standout 'Lupin'

Slick, stylish, twisty and thrillingly entertaining, this heist series about everyone's favourite French gentleman thief is back for a third easy binge.

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Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi's Pirate Rom-Com 'Our Flag Means Death' Keeps Sailing Sweetly in Season Two

After proving one of the standout new shows of 2022, the queer seafaring sitcom is back for a second voyage — and it's just as charming.

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A Huge Interactive NBA Exhibition That Bounces Through Basketball History Is Coming to Australia

Making its Australian debut in Brisbane, this basketball showcase will take over two levels, sprawl across 1000 square metres and feature 20 themed sections.

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KFC Is Opening a One-Night-Only Sydney Nightclub That's Pairing Free Zinger Sliders with Luude's Beats

Hit the dance floor with fried chicken pieces in hand — after entering through the secret fridge door.

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Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi Step Into the Presleys' Shoes in Sofia Coppola's Full 'Priscilla' Trailer

After Baz Luhrmann focused on Elvis in his 2022 Oscar-nominee, Sofia Coppola is approaching the story from a different angle.

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'Only Murders in the Building' Has Been Renewed for a Fourth Season of Amusing Murder-Mysteries

More episodes, more murders and more comedy are all on the way for Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short's hit show.

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Beyoncé's New 'Renaissance' Tour Concert Film Is Playing Cinemas Worldwide From December

Covering the singer's 56-performance, 39-city world tour, 'RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ' just dropped its first trailer, too.

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Country Music Superstar Zach Bryan Is Heading to Melbourne for His First-Ever Australian Concert

Country music fans, the biggest name in the genre right now is playing St Kilda's Catani Gardens.

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Tim Minchin's Stage Musical Version of 'Groundhog Day' Is Finally Coming to Australia in 2024

Déjà vu comes with the territory with this stage version of the Bill Murray-starring classic comedy, which will play an exclusive Aussie season in Melbourne.

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'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' Is Pure Wes Anderson Gold (and It Has Three More Shorts for Company)

If you watch all four of Netflix's Wes Anderson-directed, Roald Dahl-inspired shorts at once, you've got yourself a new feature-length anthology.

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