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.

Articles

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Monster Fest Is Back for Another 2022 Lineup of Weird, Wild, Strange and Surreal Genre Films

Australia's showcase of dark, twisted, offbeat and out-there cinema is back with bloody Christmas movies, Swissploitation flicks and films about gatecrashing aliens.

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IKEA Is Launching Sustainable Living Shops Filled with Eco-Friendly Wares Inside Its Australian Stores

The Swedish chain wants to help you make environmentally friendly choices, so it's creating dedicated shops within its stores filled with appropriate products.

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Virgin Is Doing a Black Friday Sale on 500,000 Domestic and International Flights with Prices From $55

Celebrate Black Friday with cheap flights to Bali, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Queenstown.

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Barack Obama Is Coming to Australia in 2023 for a Speaking Tour About Leadership

The former US President is heading to Sydney and Melbourne in March — and his Sydney talk will be livestreamed, too.

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Get Ready for the Time of Your Life: This Immersive 'Dirty Dancing' Experience Is Returning to Australia

Check into Kellerman's Mountain House for Swayze-style painting classes, volleyball games and dance lessons.

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Spotify Has Just Launched Its Audiobooks Library with 300,000-Plus Titles in Australia and New Zealand

Your summer can now include listening to Aussie literary hits like 'The Dry' and 'Boy Swallows Universe' via Spotify.

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Dusk's Bubble O'Bill, Paddle Pop, Golden Gaytime and Splice Candles Are Making a Comeback for Summer

Don't just spend your summer scoffing ice cream — turn your home into a dessert-scented haven, too.

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Just In: Megan Thee Stallion Is No Longer Coming to Australia to Headline Festival X

Australia is no longer in for a hot girl summer at Festival X, with the American rapper unable to travel Down Under for what were slated to be her first-ever Aussie shows.

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Netflix's New 'Addams Family' Revamp 'Wednesday' Is Enjoyably Spooky, Kooky and Bingeable

Jenna Ortega is fantastic as everyone’s favourite Addams teen, who gets caught up in a murder-mystery in a Hogwarts-like school for outcasts in this Tim Burton-directed series.

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A Huge Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism Exhibition Is Coming to Australia in 2023

More than 150 works will display at the Art Gallery of South Australia, as part of an Aussie-exclusive exhibition and the most comprehensive exhibition of Mexican modernism ever seen in Australia.

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Marlon Williams, Spiderbait and CW Stoneking Will Headline the 2023 Riverboats Music Festival

As well as the main event in Victoria's Echuca-Moama region, this festival includes intimate sideshows on the PS Pevensey paddlesteamer.

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HBO Has Renewed 'The White Lotus' for a Third Season — and It'll Head to a New Luxe Destination

The anthology series will focus on a new White Lotus hotel, and new characters staying there, in season three.

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You'll Soon Be Able to Stay in Rooftop Cabins Surrounded by Tropical Gardens at QT's Gold Coast Hotel

The Surfers Paradise hotel has converted a lower-level roof into an urban oasis — and you and your mates can even book out the whole place.

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The First Trailer for Pixar's New 'Inside Out'-Style Movie 'Elemental' Is As Adorable As You'd Expect

This time, the Disney-owned animation studio is focusing on fire-, water-, land- and air-residents — and what happens when the fiery Ember and go-with-the-flow Wade cross paths.

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'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Is Returning for a Third Fierce and Fabulous Season in 2023

Start your engines: another lineup of Australian and New Zealand drag queens will compete for glory.

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Swimply Is Relaunching Its Airbnb-Style Pool-Sharing Service in Australia Just in Time for Summer

This pool-rental platform lets you escape the warm weather in someone else's backyard.

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Get Excited Right Here, Right Now: Dance Music Legend Fatboy Slim Is Touring Down Under in 2023

The UK DJ and producer is heading to Australia and New Zealand to break out 'The Rockafeller Skank', 'Praise You', 'Weapon of Choice' and more.

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'Dead to Me' Wraps Up Its Three-Season Run with a Last Easy-to-Binge Round of Grief, Friendship and Twists

The Christina Applegate- and Linda Cardellini-starring Netflix black comedy gets soapier in its final season, but still remains compelling, hilarious and heartfelt.

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Everybody Needs More 'Neighbours': Amazon Is Bringing the Aussie Soap Back for a New Season in 2023

Ramsay Street's residents are returning to your screen, after the Australian series initially called it quits after 37 years earlier in 2022.

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Luxury Hotel Brand St Regis Is Opening Its First Australian Outpost on the Gold Coast in 2027

The swanky chain's Aussie debut will feature 185 guest rooms and suites, views over the ocean and hinterland, a sky bar, and a pool bar and lounge.

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