Sarah Ward

Name: You Hurt My Feelings
Start: 2023-06-15
End: 2023-07-05
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.

News
These Four Wine Venues Have Been Dubbed Australia's Best by the 2021 Wineslinger Awards

Melbourne's Embla is the country's best wine-sipping spot for 2021, while Sydney’s P&V Merchants is the best new vino haunt.

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News
'Nitram' Has Been Named the Best Australian Film of the Year at the 2021 AACTA Awards

Exploring the events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, the drama nabbed the awards' eight major film prizes, including best actor for Caleb Landry Jones.

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News
Mecca Is Opening Its Biggest Store in the Southern Hemisphere in Melbourne's Bourke Street Mall

It'll sprawl across a 3000-square-metre space, and eclipse Sydney's Mecca flagship as the biggest dedicated beauty store on this half of the globe.

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News
These Four Australian Venues Have Been Named in the World's 50 Best Bars for 2021

Sydney's Maybe Sammy came in at number 22, with Cantina OK! and Re also earning a spot — plus Melbourne's Above Board.

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News
Uber Eats Is Giving Away $350,000 Worth of Messina Prizes If You Need Some More Gelato in Your Life

You can score discounts ranging from ten to 50 percent off, free tub upgrades or, if you're particularly lucky, a year's supply of Messina's gelato.

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News
Pub Choir Is Touring Its Boozy Communal Karaoke Sessions Around Australia This Summer

Singing in a crowd is back.

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News
Zac Efron Is the Latest Star to Battle the Outback in the Trailer for Stan's New Thriller 'Gold'

The movie Efron shot when he decamped from Hollywood to Australia during the pandemic is finally heading to screens big and small.

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News
Terminal 4 Is Sydney's New Waterfront Electronic Music Venue in an Operational Shipping Terminal

The new venture from the team behind the Beyond the Valley and Pitch Music + Arts festivals, it boasts views over Glebe Island and Port Jackson, and will host international and local electronic acts.

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News
Queensland Is Reopening Quarantine-Free Travel to Vaxxed Interstate Visitors From December 13

The Sunshine State is bringing forward its reopening date to interstate visitors from domestic hotspots by five days.

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News
Multiple Spideys Are Still Better Than One in the First 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Trailer

The best 'Spider-Man' movie ever made is getting a sequel — and it'll be split across two films.

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Event
Happy Hour at Montage Piazza

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 - Thu, 24 Feb 2022
Montage Piazza, Lilyfield

Sip half-price cocktails over woodfired pizzas at this inner west Italian gem by the bay.

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News
Jamie Dornan Gets Stranded in the Outback in the Trailer for New Stan Thriller Series 'The Tourist'

The six-part Stan series follows a man with amnesia, and also stars Aussie actors Danielle Macdonald, Alex Dimitriades and Damon Herriman.

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News
Ministry of Sound Is Touring Australia in 2022 with an Orchestra Show Filled with Dance Music Hits

Hear classical renditions of Basement Jaxx, Darude, Röyksopp, Robin, Underworld, Moby and more — played by an orchestra, and with live vocals.

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News
The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From December 2

Head to the flicks to see phenomenal new version of 'Dune', Disney's latest lively animated musical and an Oscar Isaac-starring gambling drama.

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News
Mona Foma's 2022 Lineup Is Here with Icebergs, Lasers and 300-Plus Artists Across 40 Venues

Also on the bill: monster trucks, Midnight Oil, sonic sculptures, the return of the festival's beloved morning meditations and a tribute to video stores.

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Event
The French Dispatch

Thu, 9 Dec - Wed, 29 Dec 2021
Various cinemas in Sydney

As symmetrical, idiosyncratic, thoughtful and delightful as ever, Wes Anderson's star-studded tenth film is one of his best.

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News
Australia's First European-Inspired Floating Beach Club Is Opening on the Gold Coast in 2022

Built on pontoons, it'll feature daybeds, private cabanas, pools, a bar, and dining both indoors and by the water.

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The Lost Leonardo

Thu, 2 Dec - Wed, 22 Dec 2021
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

As tense and suspenseful as any thriller, this wild art-world documentary explores the story of recently discovered potential Leonardo da Vinci painting 'Salvator Mundi'.

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Taronga Zoo Has Released Footage of Its New Pygmy Hippo Calf to Give Your Day a Super-Cute Boost

The adorable little pygmy hippo calf is expected to make her public debut in the coming weeks.

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Encanto

Thu, 2 Dec - Wed, 22 Dec 2021
Various cinemas in Sydney

Featuring infectious tunes by Lin-Manuel Miranda, this lively Disney musical is a gorgeous and heartfelt love letter to Latin American culture.

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