Sarah Ward

Name: RISING Melbourne
Start: 2024-06-01
End: 2024-06-16
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
New Australian-First Vertical Dining Experience Vertigo Will Get You Eating While Hanging Off Brisbane Powerhouse

Get ready to climb over the iconic Brisbane venue's facade, all while donning safety harnesses, to eat four stories up.

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Huge News: Adelaide-Born Music Festival Heaps Good Is Expanding to Melbourne and Brisbane This Summer

The Secret Sounds-presented fest will make three stops in three states in its second year, starting with a big New Year's Eve gig at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

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Mark Your Calendar: Smash-Hit Musical 'Chicago' Has Locked in the Dates for Its Big Australian Return

The Broadway hit will unleash its razzle dazzle from November, with Zoë Ventoura as Velma Kelly and Lucy Maunder as Roxie Hart.

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Event
Oktoberfest in the Gardens 2023

Sat, 28 Oct, 2023
The Domain, Sydney

This big Bavarian celebration is bringing its steins, schnitties, schnapps and strudels to The Domain.

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Japan Underground

Fri, 11 Aug - Sat, 28 Oct 2023
Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Surry Hills

Feast your eyes on Japanese cult-cinema favourites at Golden Age, spanning everything from J-horror to an ace recent 'Godzilla' flick.

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Nel's Great British Memories

Wed, 16 Aug - Sat, 30 Sep 2023
Nel Restaurant, Sydney

This new 11-course British degustation is giving Paddington Bear's marmalade sandwiches a fine-dining makeover — and beef wellingtons and chocolate orange, too.

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NEL's New British Degustation Is Giving Paddington Bear's Marmalade Sandwiches a Fine-Dining Makeover

Nelly Robinson's takes on beef wellingtons, scampi and beer, Sunday roasts and chocolate orange are also on the 11-course menu.

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Weezer Are Returning to Australia in October for Three Big Arena Shows (Including Supporting KISS)

Catch the alt-rock favourites doing headline shows in Melbourne and Brisbane supported by Regurgitator, and warming up for KISS in Sydney.

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It's Official: The 2023 Emmys Has Been Postponed to January 2024 Due to Hollywood's Strikes

With writers and actors currently on strike, America's big annual TV awards has been pushed back four months.

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US Burger Chain Wendy's Just Cooked Up a Deal to Open 200 Stores in Australia by 2034

Australia's local ice creamery will no longer be the country's only Wendy's, with the burger chain locking in plans to launch Down Under.

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'Blade Runner' Is the Next Movie Classic That's Returning to the Big Screen Down Under with a Live Score

Bring on the synths: Vangelis' stunning score will echo as Ridley Scott’s sci-fi great flickers at Melbourne's Hamer Hall.

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Flight Facilities Are Taking Their Famed Decades Mixes on the Road for an Australia-Wide DJ Tour

Jump from the 1970s to today with the Australian duo, spanning hundreds of tracks in extended club sets around the country.

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TodayTix Is Doing a 'Wicked' Ticket Lottery So You Can Catch the Magical Hit Musical for Just $45

Get whisked off to the Land of Oz for cheap during the Broadway smash's upcoming Sydney run.

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Event
Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter

Thu, 10 Aug - Wed, 30 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

A single chapter of Bram Stoker's iconic novel inspires this seafaring vampire flick, which resembles 'Alien' but with Dracula on a ship.

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Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story

Thu, 10 Aug - Wed, 30 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

The true tale behind this racing flick is genuinely rousing, even if the film itself always sticks to the obvious track.

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'The Notebook' Stage Musical Will Splash Its Rain-Soaked Romance Across Broadway in 2024

Ryan Gosling or Rachel McAdams likely won't be starring, but it's still the same romantic drama based on Nicholas Sparks' debut novel.

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Tokyo's Stunning TeamLab Borderless Digital Art Gallery Will Reopen in a New Location in Early 2024

Add this spectacular experience back to your Japan itineraries — it'll feature both new and evolved artworks.

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It's Official: A24 Is Making a Sequel to RackaRacka's Australian Horror Smash 'Talk to Me'

Australian filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou will jump behind the camera again to make horror fans jump.

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Binge Has Renewed Charming Aussie Rom-Com Sitcom 'Colin From Accounts' for a Second Season

Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall's award-winner just picked up a trio of Logies — and a small-screen return.

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Fran Lebowitz Is Bringing Her Sharp Opinions and Deadpan Humour Back to Australia in 2024

The author, social commentator and 'Pretend It's a City' star will get chatting in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in February.

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Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter

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Tokyo's Stunning TeamLab Borderless Digital Art Gallery Will Reopen in a New Location in Early 2024

It's Official: A24 Is Making a Sequel to RackaRacka's Australian Horror Smash 'Talk to Me'

Binge Has Renewed Charming Aussie Rom-Com Sitcom 'Colin From Accounts' for a Second Season

Fran Lebowitz Is Bringing Her Sharp Opinions and Deadpan Humour Back to Australia in 2024

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