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Editor, Film and TV Editor, Film and TV Critic, and Brisbane Editor

Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward is Concrete Playground's Editor — and also Film and TV Editor, Film and TV Critic, 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 and hosting Q&As at Australian film festivals, including the Brisbane International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Queensland Film Festival and Sydney Underground 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.

  • Calling All 'Normal People' Obsessives: Sally Rooney's New Book 'Intermezzo' Will Hit Shelves This Spring

    You'll be able to read the acclaimed Irish author's fourth novel, which focuses on two grieving brothers, in September.

  • Coming Soon: Thredbo Is About to Become Home to the First Alpine Coaster in the Southern Hemisphere

    Set to open in winter 2024 and run across a 1.5-kilometre track, the Thredbo Alpine Coaster will operate all year round.

  • 'TRON: Ares' Is Finally Set to Return to the Grid in 2025, 15 Years After 'TRON: Legacy'

    Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters and Gillian Anderson star in the third film in the 'TRON' franchise, this time following AI from the digital world into reality.

  • A New Documentary About the Matildas Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in the Lead Up to the Paris Olympics

    'Trailblazers' features interviews with Sam Kerr, Steph Catley, Mary Fowler, Ellie Carpenter, Katrina Gorry, first-ever Matildas captain Julie Dolan and more.

  • A Six-Metre-Tall Puppet Will Tower Over the Red Centre at 2024's 'Parrtjima — A Festival in Light'

    The program also includes a three-night marketplace for the first time in the festival's history, featuring food and other products from local Aboriginal businesses.

  • Manchester's Rave Scene Is Heading Down Under: The Warehouse Project Has Announced Its First Australian Dates

    The British city's famous club night will make its Aussie debut in Sydney and Melbourne over one huge weekend, with Bonobo and Mall Grab headlining.

  • Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month

    Spend your couch time watching the new 'Mr & Mrs Smith', one of this year's Oscar Best Picture nominees and a stellar new space thriller.

  • Mould — A Cheese Festival 2023

    Friday 28th June - Saturday 29th June
    @ Royal Exhibition Building

  • Virgin Is Celebrating Leap Day with a 24-Hour-Only Sale on 200,000-Plus Flights with Fares From $35 

    You've only got until 11.59pm AEST on Thursday, February 29 to score cheap flights to Byron Bay, Launceston, Hamilton Island, Bali, Fiji and more.

  • Cheese Alert: Australian Dairy Festival Mould and Its All-Inclusive Tastings Are Returning for 2024

    More than 100 varieties of cheese will be on offer when this all-you-can-sample dairy festival starts touring the country from May.

  • Original Pages From Leonardo da Vinci's 'Codex Atlanticus' Are Set to Display in Australia for the First Time

    Penned by the artist and inventor, the priceless sheets will be on display at The Lume in Melbourne as part of its immersive da Vinci exhibition.

  • Fred again.. Has Announced a Heap More Australian Shows for Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast

    Get excited, Fred again.. fans — the British producer and DJ didn't just come to Australia for his one-night-only Sydney Opera House gig.

  • The Greatest Rita Show

    Monday 18th March - Sunday 7th April
    @ El Camino Cantina Fitzroy

  • Not on Your Rider: Melbourne International Comedy Festival

    Thursday 18th April
    @ Brunswick Ballroom

  • 'Not on Your Rider' Is Back for 2024 with Another Round of 'Spicks and Specks'-Style IRL Music Game Shows

    Don't just play music game shows at home — join Aimon Clark, Patience Hodgson and Jeremy Neale for this regular live version.

  • A Big Art and Fashion Exhibition Dedicated to Paris in the Belle Époque Period Is Coming to Australia

    We've found your next reason to plan a trip to Bendigo Art Gallery: 'Paris: Impressions of Life 1880–1925'.

  • 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.

  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival

    Wednesday 27th March - Sunday 21st April
    @ Various Melbourne venues

  • Here's Everyone Who'll Get You Giggling at Melbourne International Comedy Festival's 600-Plus 2024 Shows

    'Starstruck' talent Rose Matafeo, 'Fire Island' and 'Loot' star Joel Kim Booster, drunken Shakespeare, and Australian favourites Hannah Gadsby and Sam Simmons are all on this year's lineup.

  • Chef Motokichi Yukimura From Kyoto's Kichi Kichi Is Bringing His Viral Omurice to Melbourne

    The Japanese chef will cook his speciality dish, and collaborate with Ishizuka Head Chef Shin Kato to highlight Japanese flavours.

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