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.

News
Sydney's Josh and Julie Niland Just Scored the Game Changer Award From France's Prestigious La Liste

The French-based guide recognised the duo for changing "the way chefs use fish all over the world with [their] zero-waste 'fish butchery' approach".

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Event
Violent Night

Thu, 1 Dec - Wed, 21 Dec 2022
Various cinemas in Sydney

Casting David Harbour as a kick-ass Santa is a gift, but this festive action-comedy pilfers too many of its parts from other, better films.

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Press Start: 'The Super Mario Bros Movie' Just Unveiled Its Full Trailer, Complete with a Rainbow Road

Nintendo's mushroom-loving plumber gets his own animated film, which hits cinemas in March.

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Get Yourself a Cup of Morning Brown: The ABC Has Dropped Its First 'Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe' Teaser

The comedy troupe's new ABC sitcom is set in a Melbourne laneway cafe, and features guest appearances by Miranda Tapsell, Pia Miranda and Richard Roxburgh.

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$3 Scoops at Gelatissimo

Thu, 1 Dec, 2022
Various Sydney venues, Sydney

Start summer with $3 ice creams — including Gelatissimo's brand-new smashed berry pavlova flavour.

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Wicked

Fri, 25 Aug - Sun, 31 Dec 2023
Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star, Sydney

Get ready to defy gravity: this 'Wizard of Oz'-inspired blockbuster musical is returning to Sydney.

Buy Tickets

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Girls to the Front: Bikini Kill in Conversation Will Headline All About Women's 2023 Program

Sydney Opera House's 2023 festival will also expand to three days for the first time ever, and be guided by four co-curators.

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Peaches, Future Islands and 'Pan's Labyrinth' with a Live Score Lead Brisbane's New "Festival of Other Music"

Across February and March, ΩHM will take over Brisbane Powerhouse with a boundary-pushing lineup of sound, music and performances.

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'Madagascar the Musical' Will Sing and Dance Its Way Around Australia This Summer

DreamWorks' animated hit takes to the stage, complete with a lavish set, world-class puppets and colourful costumes.

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Don't Throw Away Your Shot: 'Hamilton' Will Finish Its Australian Run in 2023

The Broadway sensation has been touring Down Under since 2021, but it'll farewell Australia for New Zealand after its Brisbane 2023 season.

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Mona Foma's Massive 2023 Lineup Is Here with a Tunnel of Light, Complaints Choir and Punk Bunker

MONA's summer music and arts festival has unveiled its full 2023 lineup, featuring 370 artists across two weekends.

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Charli XCX, Duke Dumont and Sonny Fodera Are Headlining For the Love's 2023 Waterfront Festivals

Snakehips, Cosmo’s Midnight, Budjerah, Kye, Sumner and Jade Zoe will also take to the stage at the fest's Gold Coast, Wollongong, Melbourne and Perth shows.

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Event
Westpac Openair Cinema 2023

Sun, 8 Jan - Tue, 21 Feb 2023
Mrs Macquarie's Point, Sydney

Mrs Macquaries Point's stunning outdoor cinema is back for another summer, screening new, recent and classic flicks across 40 nights.

Buy Tickets

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Sydney's Westpac Openair Cinema Has Just Unveiled Its Full 40-Night Summer 2023 Program

Your summer movie plans are sorted, with Sydney's most stunning openair cinema returning to Mrs Macquaries Point in January and February.

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Get Yourself an Egg and Beat It: Weird Al Yankovic Is Touring Australia in 2023

On this tour, the singer is swapping his usual parodies for his other musical-comedy standouts across his 14-album catalogue.

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Bondi Briefly Turned Into a Nude Beach for Photographer Spencer Tunick's Latest Mass Installation

For the acclaimed photographer's latest shoot, more than 2500 Aussies stripped off on the famous stretch of sand to raise funds for and awareness about skin cancer.

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$9.95 Schnitzel Tuesday

Tue, 3 Jan, 2023
Various locations across Sydney

Tuck into $9.95 schnitzels one day a week at The Bavarian.

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Dylan Moran: We Got This

Thu, 11 May and
State Theatre, Sydney

The 'Black Books' star is bringing his latest comedy show to Sydney, complete with comic reflections on the last few chaotic years.

Buy Tickets

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Netflix's Mind-Bending Mystery-Thriller '1899' Is Here to Fill the 'Dark'-Shaped Hole in Your Life

Just as they did with their last hit streaming series, Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar think big, get trippy and tease out a twisty puzzle.

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Aunty Donna Are Legit Dropping a $30 Bottle of Wine That's Literally Called '$30 Bottle of Wine'

Everyone will know how much you spent on vino thanks to Aunty Donna's new plonk — and yes, you should chug-a-lug it with a little bit of pud.

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Sydney's Westpac Openair Cinema Has Just Unveiled Its Full 40-Night Summer 2023 Program

Get Yourself an Egg and Beat It: Weird Al Yankovic Is Touring Australia in 2023

Bondi Briefly Turned Into a Nude Beach for Photographer Spencer Tunick's Latest Mass Installation

$9.95 Schnitzel Tuesday

Dylan Moran: We Got This

Netflix's Mind-Bending Mystery-Thriller '1899' Is Here to Fill the 'Dark'-Shaped Hole in Your Life

Aunty Donna Are Legit Dropping a $30 Bottle of Wine That's Literally Called '$30 Bottle of Wine'

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