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
A Second Season of 'Beef' Might Be in the Works Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway

Cailee Spaeny and 'May December' star Charles Melton have also been named as possible season-two talents, with the anthology series' next storyline featuring two feuding couples.

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News
Thirteen New Movies You Can Watch in February That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Get comfy on the couch with Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White as wrestlers, Willy Wonka's origin story, Nicolas Cage haunting dreams and Sydney Sweeney's Sydney-shot rom-com.

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News
Paddington's Verona Is Being Redeveloped Into Eight Levels of Offices and Shops with a Basement Cinema and Rooftop Bar

Here's what's in store for the Oxford Street site now that Palace's picture palace has left the building.

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Event
LUZIA — Cirque du Soleil

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 - Sun, 12 Jan 2025
Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park

This spectacular Mexican-inspired production is also Cirque du Soleil's first touring performance to feature rain in its acrobatic and artistic scenes.

Buy Tickets

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Cirque du Soleil Is Bringing Its Spectacular Mexican-Inspired Production 'LUZIA' to Australia

This year also marks the circus troupe's 25th anniversary in Australia, with its latest production the tenth big-top show to visit the country.

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HBO's Next 'Game of Thrones' Prequel 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight' Will Arrive in 2025

'House of the Dragon' will return this year, then a new 'Game of Thrones' spinoff will join your streaming queue next year.

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Sydney's Manly Beach Has Been Named the Seventh Best Beach in the World for 2024

Tripadvisor's yearly picks also include seven Australian locations and one from NZ on its list of the South Pacific's best beaches.

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Really Tying Crime Capers, Queer Comedies and Road Movies Together: Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke Chat 'Drive-Away Dolls'

One half of the Coen brothers has made his first fictional feature without his sibling, teaming up with his long-term editor on a wildly delightful addition to his resume — and they told us all about it.

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News
HBO Has Renewed 'True Detective' for a Fifth Season After 'Night Country' Proved Such a Hit

After overseeing the detective series' fourth season, 'Tigers Are Not Afraid' filmmaker Issa López will return for season five, too.

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Pearl Jam Have Added New Shows to Their First Down Under Tour in a Decade Due to Demand

The Seattle-born band will be joined by Pixies, so Eddie Vedder and Black Francis will share a stage.

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News
'The Boys' Is Bringing Back Its Chaotic Caped-Crusader Antics for Season Four This Winter

Mark your diary: this page-to-screen take on superheroes will return in mid-June.

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Event
Hamilton

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 - Sat, 25 Jan 2025
Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star, Sydney

Sydney, don't miss your last chance to see the the epic global musical blockbuster on Australian shores.

Buy Tickets

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Queenstown's Alpine Music and Skiing Festival Snow Machine Has Unveiled Its Packed 2024 Lineup

This year, you'll be partying in frosty surroundings with Peking Duk, The Rubens, Angus & Julia Stone, Bag Raiders and Cub Sport.

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Netflix Has Set Up Toilets Based on 'Squid Game', 'Heartbreak High' and 'Emily in Paris' in Sydney for One Day Only

Almost three-million Australians have watched Netflix on the toilet, so the streaming platform has created the perfect pop-up loos.

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The First Trailer for the 'Borderlands' Movie Is Here with Cate Blanchett and Big 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Vibes

Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart and Ariana Greenblatt also star in the Eli Roth-helmed game-to-screen adaptation, while Jack Black voices Claptrap.

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News
Tense and Terrific New Space Thriller 'Constellation' Is Streaming's Next Stellar Sci-Fi Series

Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks star in Apple TV+'s new mystery, which follows astronauts grappling with their trips to the heavens.

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Baghead

Thu, 22 Feb - Wed, 13 Mar 2024
Various cinemas in Sydney

Based on a 2017 short film, this Freya Allan-led horror flick with 'Talk to Me' vibes gets 'The Witcher' star chatting with the dead.

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Drive-Away Dolls

Thu, 22 Feb - Wed, 13 Mar 2024
Various cinemas in Sydney

There’s no shortage of Coenesque fun in this gloriously wild road-trip comedy, even with just one of the filmmaking brothers driving the show.

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You'll Have to Wait Till 2025 to See Bong Joon-ho's New Robert Pattinson-Starring Sci-Fi Film 'Mickey 17'

Hanging out for the Oscar-winning filmmaker's first movie since 'Parasite'? It's been delayed from 2024, so you'll now see it next year.

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Rebel Wilson Is Touring the East Coast to Chat About Her Journey From Australia to Hollywood

The 'Pitch Perfect', 'Bridesmaids', 'Fat Pizza' and 'Cats' star has plenty to talk about — and a new memoir to spruik, too.

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Sarah Ward

A Second Season of 'Beef' Might Be in the Works Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway

Thirteen New Movies You Can Watch in February That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Paddington's Verona Is Being Redeveloped Into Eight Levels of Offices and Shops with a Basement Cinema and Rooftop Bar

LUZIA — Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil Is Bringing Its Spectacular Mexican-Inspired Production 'LUZIA' to Australia

HBO's Next 'Game of Thrones' Prequel 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight' Will Arrive in 2025

Sydney's Manly Beach Has Been Named the Seventh Best Beach in the World for 2024

Really Tying Crime Capers, Queer Comedies and Road Movies Together: Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke Chat 'Drive-Away Dolls'

HBO Has Renewed 'True Detective' for a Fifth Season After 'Night Country' Proved Such a Hit

Pearl Jam Have Added New Shows to Their First Down Under Tour in a Decade Due to Demand

'The Boys' Is Bringing Back Its Chaotic Caped-Crusader Antics for Season Four This Winter

Hamilton

Queenstown's Alpine Music and Skiing Festival Snow Machine Has Unveiled Its Packed 2024 Lineup

Netflix Has Set Up Toilets Based on 'Squid Game', 'Heartbreak High' and 'Emily in Paris' in Sydney for One Day Only

The First Trailer for the 'Borderlands' Movie Is Here with Cate Blanchett and Big 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Vibes

Tense and Terrific New Space Thriller 'Constellation' Is Streaming's Next Stellar Sci-Fi Series

Baghead

Drive-Away Dolls

You'll Have to Wait Till 2025 to See Bong Joon-ho's New Robert Pattinson-Starring Sci-Fi Film 'Mickey 17'

Rebel Wilson Is Touring the East Coast to Chat About Her Journey From Australia to Hollywood

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