Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward is a film and television critic; arts, entertainment and culture editor and journalist; and film festival organiser. She is the film and TV critic for ABC radio Gold Coast, the Australia-based film critic for Screen International, and a critic and member at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Sarah’s background also spans stints as film and television editor at both Concrete Playground and Variety Australia, and as Goethe-Institut Australien’s Kino in Oz critic and writer. Her work has been published by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Birth.Movies.Death, SBS, SBS Movies, Flicks, Lumina, Senses of Cinema, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, Junkee, FilmInk, Broadsheet, Televised Revolution, Metro Magazine and Screen Education, the City of Gold Coast, the World Film Locations book series and more.

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Suzie Miller. Photo: Michele Aboud.
Interviews

Suzie Miller on writing for the page and stage: ‘All I ever want to do is start conversations’

Suzie Miller is appearing around the country, talking about her phenomenal career as a playwright and her latest novel Inter…

Dead as a Dodo. Photo: Erato Tzavara.
Interviews

Dead As a Dodo descends into the underworld: ‘That's what puppetry brings – an easy way in’

Arriving this week at Brisbane Festival, the international hit Dead as a Dodo uses puppetry to draw audiences into a…

Werewolf plays at the 2026 Brisbane Festival. Photo: Lewis Ferris.
Interviews

Werewolf turns a party game into immersive theatre: ‘Every night is so completely different’

The hit production Werewolf arrives in Australia for Brisbane Festival.

Patrick Brammall in Last Seen. Image: Apple TV.
Interviews

Patrick Brammall and Brendan Cowell on Last Seen: ‘It works in a way that we don’t expect’

For stars Patrick Brammall, Brendan Cowell and Chloe Jean Lourdes, the new thriller Last Seen is set apart by its…

The Farm's No One Gets Out of Here Alive. Photo: Billie Wilson Coffey.
Interviews

No One Gets Out of Here Alive dances with death: ‘We want it to go beyond words’

Playing Brisbane Festival and then Bleach Festival, No One Gets Out of Here Alive is a dance-theatre work about an…

Jim Henson with the Fraggle Five from Fraggle Rock. Photo: The Jim Henson Company.
Interviews

Celebrating 70 years of The Jim Henson Company at QAGOMA: ‘I think puppetry is the last magic trick’

A world exclusive exhibition is about to open in Brisbane with puppets, props and even a full-size set from The…

Strong is the New Pretty. Photo: Sam Scoufus / Compadre.
Interviews

Strong is the New Pretty is about more than women kicking goals: 'It speaks to a bigger movement'

Strong is the New Pretty traces the inspiring story of how the AFLW was created, but for its creative team,…

Anthony Frith, the Adelaide-based Director of Mockbuster and The Land That Time Forgot. Photo: Supplied.
Interviews

Anthony Frith on Mockbuster: ‘I had my cake and ate it too – I was greedy and it paid off’

Adelaide filmmaker Anthony Frith made his first feature in six days – then made the documentary Mockbuster about what it…

Daybreaker, pictured here in New York City, presents a morning dance party at Brisbane Festival. Photo: Sasha Bianca.
Features

10 must-see highlights at Brisbane Festival 2026

This year's Brisbane Festival ranges from a morning dance party to the world premiere about the women fighting to play…

Photo: Zachary Kadolph on Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

Sorry Albanese, the creative sectors aren’t going to stop worrying about AI job threats

Despite the PM's promises, Australia's arts and creative workers have good reason to be nervy about AI.

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