Sarah Ward

Name: National Cinema Day at Reading Cinemas
Start: 2023-08-27
End: 2023-08-27
Location: Sydney

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.

Restaurant
Five Guys George Street

383 George Street, Sydney

The cult-favourite US burger chain has opened its first Sydney CBD store.

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News
Woolworths and Big W Are Completely Ditching Reusable Plastic Bags

You'll still be able to buy recycled paper bags, but those thick plastic carriers are being phased out.

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News
Sydney Film Festival Has Just Added a Heap of Cannes Award-Winners to Its 2022 Program

Sydneysiders will now be able to see this year's Palme d'Or winner at SFF — and close out the fest with the latest from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda.

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News
The Third Season of 'The Boys' Is Still a Bloody Ace (and Very Bloody) Antidote to Superhero Fatigue

The page-to-screen caped crusader satire remains as smart, entertaining, gory and funny — and savvy — in its characteristically OTT third batch of episodes.

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News
The 'What If The Future Never Happened?' Trailer Turns Daniel Johns' Teen Years Into a Sci-Fi Film

The semi-autobiographical featurette stars Rasmus King, a dead ringer for the Aussie Silverchair muso in his teenage years, and ponders what might've happened if things turned out differently.

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News
Ex-Video Store Employee Quentin Tarantino Is Launching His Own Podcast About VHS Tapes

The acclaimed filmmaker is teaming up with his fellow ex-video store clerk-turned-director Roger Avary on 'The Video Archives', which is named after the Californian shop they worked at in the 80s.

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News
Forget Mixing: These New Aussie-Made Mimosas in a Can Will Level Up Your Brunch Game

The brainchild of two Brisbane communications professionals — and cocktail fans — these canned mimosas pair Aussie dry white wine with natural orange flavours, then carbonate it.

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Event
Vivid Sydney Later

Fri, 27 May - Sat, 18 Jun 2022
Various Sydney venues, Sydney

These 12 Circular Quay spots are staying open for late-night bites and drinks from Wednesday–Sunday during Vivid.

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News
These 12 Circular Quay Spots Are Staying Open for Late-Night Bites and Drinks During Vivid

Grabbing a bite till late just got easier during Vivid, with a dozen bars and restaurants extending their opening hours so you can pop in after a show, gig or seeing those dazzling lights.

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News
Pepe Saya Has Launched Its Own Delicious Range of Buttery Salted Caramel Bon Bons

Made with Pepe Saya's cultured butter and Olsson’s sea salt, the salty sweet treats are made in limited-edition batches — with only 250 boxes available each week.

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News
The Yarra Valley Is Getting a Huge New Tourism Precinct with a 300-Bed Hotel and Outdoor Gig Venue

Expected to open in 2024, it'll take over a 100-acre site on the Maroondah Highway.

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Event
Sam Whiteside: Contact

Multiple single dates
Carriageworks, Eveleigh

Wander through thick haze, an intense red glow and a monolithic lightwork as part of Carriageworks' Vivid program.

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News
The Grass Is Greener Is Returning to the Gold Coast in 2022 — and Debuting in Canberra and Geelong

The hit Queensland music, food and art festival is expanding — and heading down south for the first time.

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Looking for Alibrandi — Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre

Sat, 1 Oct - Sun, 6 Nov 2022
Belvoir St Theatre Upstairs, Surry Hills

Melina Marchetta's beloved 1992 book has already been adapted into a movie — and now a stage version is heading to Belvoir.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From June 2

Head to the flicks to see a moving and sensual British drama.

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Event
Mothering Sunday

Thu, 2 Jun - Wed, 22 Jun 2022
Various cinemas in Sydney

Starring Aussie talent Odessa Young and ‘The Crown’ standout Josh O'Connor, plus Colin Firth and Olivia Colman, this handsome 1920s-set British drama is passionate, sensual and exceptionally cast.

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Sydney Fringe's 2022 Fest Will Be Its Biggest Yet to Mark Its First Physical Event Since 2019

The independent arts showcase will run for six weeks from mid-August till late-September, and feature 500-plus events.

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HBO Has Just Renewed Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby's 'Our Flag Means Death' for a Second Season

One of the best shows of 2022 so far, this heartwarming gem of a swashbuckling comedy will sail the streaming seas again.

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'Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical' Is Bringing Its Song-Filled Upside Down Satire Down Under

An award-winner during its off-Broadway run, this 'Stranger Things' stage send-up is making its Australian debut in Melbourne this spring.

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Tinder Is Building a Big Rainbow in a Regional Aussie Town — and You Can Vote for Where It'll Live

You've got until June 30 to pick Daylesford in Victoria, Hay in NSW, Broome in WA or Katherine in the Northern Territory as the site for Australia's next big landmark.

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Sam Whiteside: Contact

The Grass Is Greener Is Returning to the Gold Coast in 2022 — and Debuting in Canberra and Geelong

Looking for Alibrandi — Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre

The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From June 2

Mothering Sunday

Sydney Fringe's 2022 Fest Will Be Its Biggest Yet to Mark Its First Physical Event Since 2019

HBO Has Just Renewed Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby's 'Our Flag Means Death' for a Second Season

'Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical' Is Bringing Its Song-Filled Upside Down Satire Down Under

Tinder Is Building a Big Rainbow in a Regional Aussie Town — and You Can Vote for Where It'll Live

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