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SCHOOLS: Cello, nice to meet you! with Greg Sinclair

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A 40-minute online workshop for a class of schoolchildren aged 7+ by cellist and composer Greg Sinclair. The purpose of the workshop is to introduce the class to the sounds and musical range of the cello. In the session the class will also creatively explore graphic notation – a bold, colourful form of composition. What

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SCHOOLS: CELLO, Nice to Meet You! with Greg Sinclair

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

We are delighted to present  a very special event for the classroom with musician and composer,  Greg Sinclair. A single class can join Greg LIVE on zoom for CELLO, Nice to Meet You! – a playful, interactive introduction to the cello and graphic notation. (suitable for 2nd Class-6th Class.) Greg Sinclair is an award-winning performer

€30

SCHOOLS: Geansaí Ottó le Sadhbh Devlin (bilingual – Irish/English)

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Tá stíl ag Ottó agus is breá leis éadaí deasa. Ach ní thuigeann Mamó rud ar bith faoi chúrsaí faisin. Nuair a thagann geansaí gránna eile sa phost uaithi tá rogha ag Ottó - caithfidh sé rud éigin a dhéanamh... Léifidh Sadhbh óna leabhar úr-nua agus beidh deis agaibh bhur geansaithe féin a dhearadh freisin!

€30
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SCHOOLS: Fighting Words – Creative Writing Workshops

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge is the Kildare Partner of Fighting Words. We present creative writing workshops for primary and secondary schools. Fighting Words workshops are always free of charge to the participants. These fun interactive workshops will be conducted via ZOOM or Microsoft Teams by an experienced Fighting Words tutor, Pierina Campbell,  and supported by

SCHOOLS: Pádraig Kenny introduces The Monsters of Rookhaven

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In this event for our Whiteboard Programme,  Pádraig Kenny introduces his new novel  The Monsters of Rookhaven and talks about monsters and why they frighten us so much. Pádraig will ask what monsters are, and what frightens you, and why we like scary stories. He reads a short extract and talks about what inspires him

SCHOOLS: Science Week Workshops with Super Paua

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre and Super Paua present Primary School Workshops for SCIENCE WEEK from 8-11 November Choose from three very different workshops outlined below to explore science, storytelling, creativity and activism in your classroom. These workshops will be conducted via ZOOM by Mark Ball of Super Paua, who created The Lonsdale Project - a theatrical

SCHOOLS: How to Catch A Star

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Once there was a boy who was always looking up. He dreamt of having a star as a friend. This is the story of his adventure. Branar, in association with Town Hall Theatre, are delighted to present a new film version of their acclaimed production of How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers. Partnering

€30

SCHOOLS: Super Paua Stories

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Choose from two online workshops outlined below to explore multilingual storytelling and creativity in your classroom. These workshops will be conducted via ZOOM. Super Paua Stories Workshop #1 - Krys’s Passport to Poland - Listening Party! “When Krys Maguire’s family move from Poland, she says goodbye to best friend Aggy and any chance of going

SCHOOLS: Graham Tugwell – Greetings, Heroes! 

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Greetings, Heroes! Online: The Impossible Library is an interactive storytelling experience where the students take the role of characters in the story, led by expert storyteller Graham Tugwell.  Like a choose-your-own-adventure-book, or world-famous role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, Graham will guide the adventurers through a series of exciting and deadly challenges - will each door

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SCHOOLS: Fighting Words – Creative Writing Workshops

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge is the Kildare Partner of Fighting Words. We present creative writing workshops for primary and secondary schools. Fighting Words workshops are always free of charge to the participants. These fun interactive workshops will be conducted via ZOOM or Microsoft Teams by an experienced Fighting Words tutor, Pierina Campbell,  and supported by

SCHOOLS: POLAR BEAR & PENGUIN (online)

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A new play for Young Audiences by Paul Curley & John Currivan. The tale of an unlikely encounter between a Polar Bear and a Penguin. This is the story of polar opposite characters meeting for the first time, how they get to know one another and ultimately how they learn to survive in a world

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SCHOOLS: Fighting Words – Creative Writing Workshops

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge is the Kildare Partner of Fighting Words. We present creative writing workshops for primary and secondary schools. Fighting Words workshops are always free of charge to the participants. These fun interactive workshops will be conducted via ZOOM or Microsoft Teams by an experienced Fighting Words tutor, Pierina Campbell,  and supported by

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SCHOOLS: Fighting Words – Creative Writing Workshops

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge is the Kildare Partner of Fighting Words. We present creative writing workshops for primary and secondary schools. Fighting Words workshops are always free of charge to the participants. These fun interactive workshops will be conducted via ZOOM or Microsoft Teams by an experienced Fighting Words tutor, Pierina Campbell,  and supported by

SCHOOLS: A Short Hopeful Guide to Climate Change with Oisín McGann

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This is the story of humans and fire and how we’ve changed the world. It’s a story about our civilisation and our environment, about wildfires and glaciers, war and wilderness. It’s about tiny ocean creatures, giant machines, and teenagers protesting on city streets. It’s about climate change, and the millions of people who are already

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SCHOOLS: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In a kitchen, in a theatre, two storytellers and their audience find something remarkable — a very old man with enormous wings. The wise neighbour woman tells us he’s an angel. The priest says he’s an imposter. Pilgrims flock to see him, hoping to be healed by him, hoping for a gawp. They leave with

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SCHOOLS: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In a kitchen, in a theatre, two storytellers and their audience find something remarkable — a very old man with enormous wings. The wise neighbour woman tells us he’s an angel. The priest says he’s an imposter. Pilgrims flock to see him, hoping to be healed by him, hoping for a gawp. They leave with

€6
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SCHOOLS: Fighting Words – Creative Writing Workshops

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge is the Kildare Partner of Fighting Words. We present creative writing workshops for primary and secondary schools. Fighting Words workshops are always free of charge to the participants. These fun interactive workshops will be conducted via ZOOM or Microsoft Teams by an experienced Fighting Words tutor, Pierina Campbell,  and supported by

SCHOOLS: StrongWomen Science

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

StrongWomen Science is a circus science show for children starring two women scientists turned circus performers. Aoife Raleigh is an engineer, Maria Corcoran an environmental scientist. Ever wanted to know how you balance a chair on your chin, if you can juggle liquid, or how circus performers eat fire? StrongWomen Aoife and Maria reveal the

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SCHOOLS: Lúminaria

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

There is an emergency in the village of Lúminaria and only Lúna can save them. Join Lúna on an adventure into the sky as she tries to find the light to protect her mother and the villagers from darkness. With an array of wonderful characters played by three amazing actors, colourful puppets and original music, Lúminaria brings

€6
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SCHOOLS: Lúminaria

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

There is an emergency in the village of Lúminaria and only Lúna can save them. Join Lúna on an adventure into the sky as she tries to find the light to protect her mother and the villagers from darkness. With an array of wonderful characters played by three amazing actors, colourful puppets and original music, Lúminaria brings

€6

SCHOOLS: Still Here

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

For children aged 3-6 years and their adults we are still here. we are stuck in the same place.  and it’s not a good or interesting place. it’s frustrating, it’s boring and it’s a bit scary. but we can take ourselves elsewhere, both on our own and together because we are still standing, still dreaming, still

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SCHOOLS: Still Here

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

For children aged 3-6 years and their adults we are still here. we are stuck in the same place.  and it’s not a good or interesting place. it’s frustrating, it’s boring and it’s a bit scary. but we can take ourselves elsewhere, both on our own and together because we are still standing, still dreaming, still

€6

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SCHOOLS: Fizz&Chips Presents – Never Mind the Weather

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Never Mind The Weather is a fun, engaging show about the weather and so much more. Told primarily through the use of dance and movement, the audience learns the story of two very different characters: Cyrus and Drip. It is a versatile, multidisciplinary, transportable show for young audiences aged 5-8. The show is about relationships

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SCHOOLS: Fizz&Chips Presents – Never Mind the Weather

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Never Mind The Weather is a fun, engaging show about the weather and so much more. Told primarily through the use of dance and movement, the audience learns the story of two very different characters: Cyrus and Drip. It is a versatile, multidisciplinary, transportable show for young audiences aged 5-8. The show is about relationships

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SCHOOLS: Fizz&Chips Presents – Never Mind the Weather

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Never Mind The Weather is a fun, engaging show about the weather and so much more. Told primarily through the use of dance and movement, the audience learns the story of two very different characters: Cyrus and Drip. It is a versatile, multidisciplinary, transportable show for young audiences aged 5-8. The show is about relationships

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SCHOOLS: Fizz&Chips Presents – Never Mind the Weather

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Never Mind The Weather is a fun, engaging show about the weather and so much more. Told primarily through the use of dance and movement, the audience learns the story of two very different characters: Cyrus and Drip. It is a versatile, multidisciplinary, transportable show for young audiences aged 5-8. The show is about relationships

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SCHOOLS: Fizz&Chips Presents – Never Mind the Weather

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Never Mind The Weather is a fun, engaging show about the weather and so much more. Told primarily through the use of dance and movement, the audience learns the story of two very different characters: Cyrus and Drip. It is a versatile, multidisciplinary, transportable show for young audiences aged 5-8. The show is about relationships

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SCHOOLS: Fighting Words Creative Writing Workshop

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge is the Kildare Partner of Fighting Words. We present creative writing workshops for primary and secondary schools. Fighting Words workshops are always free of charge to the participants. Upcoming Fighting Words Workshops for Primary School: Friday 30 September, 10.30am Friday 28 October, 10.30am These workshops will be conducted in our venue

Free event

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SCHOOLS: An Ant Called Amy

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This is a story about an ant called Amy (an award-winning ant I might add), her brother Andy and a Brown Spider. A story about a busy little ant who learns to slow down. An Ant Called Amy is a story about an Ant called Amy, her brother Andy and a brown spider. Amy the

€6
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SCHOOLS: Fighting Words Creative Writing Workshop

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge is the Kildare Partner of Fighting Words. We present creative writing workshops for primary and secondary schools. Fighting Words workshops are always free of charge to the participants. Upcoming Fighting Words Workshops for Primary School: Friday 30 September, 10.30am Friday 28 October, 10.30am These workshops will be conducted in our venue

Free event
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SCHOOLS: I Wish I Was a Mountain

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

On the day of the famous annual fair, the town of Faldum receives an unexpected visit. A wanderer offers to grant a wish to anyone who wants one. Before long, the city is transformed. Mansions stand where mud huts once squatted, and beggars ride around in horse drawn carriages. And one man wishes to be

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SCHOOLS: I Wish I Was a Mountain

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

On the day of the famous annual fair, the town of Faldum receives an unexpected visit. A wanderer offers to grant a wish to anyone who wants one. Before long, the city is transformed. Mansions stand where mud huts once squatted, and beggars ride around in horse drawn carriages. And one man wishes to be

€6

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SCHOOLS: Up-Close

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A performance about friendship, trust and building resilience together. Hello! How are you? Do you want to play with me? An energetic dance piece where two strangers meet, connect and celebrate their new friendship. Together they look to the future with hope, optimism and an appetite for life. Up-Close is about trusting each other, building

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SCHOOLS: Up-Close

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A performance about friendship, trust and building resilience together. Hello! How are you? Do you want to play with me? An energetic dance piece where two strangers meet, connect and celebrate their new friendship. Together they look to the future with hope, optimism and an appetite for life. Up-Close is about trusting each other, building

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SCHOOLS: Whistleblast Quartet

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A very WhistleBlast Christmas Show including lots of favourites from Tchaikovsky to the Snowman, a sing along WhistleBlast Christmas Tale and other seasonal songs! Bell ringing and percussion for you to join in a joyful concert finale… Performed by fun loving musicians: Conor Linehan, piano; Ken Edge, saxes and clarinets; Oonagh Keogh, violin; and Mary

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SCHOOLS: Whistleblast Quartet

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A very WhistleBlast Christmas Show including lots of favourites from Tchaikovsky to the Snowman, a sing along WhistleBlast Christmas Tale and other seasonal songs! Bell ringing and percussion for you to join in a joyful concert finale… Performed by fun loving musicians: Conor Linehan, piano; Ken Edge, saxes and clarinets; Oonagh Keogh, violin; and Mary

€6

SCHOOLS WORKSHOP: Tamzen Lundy Wet Felting Workshop

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In this fun morning, children will learn the basics of wet-felting, the worlds oldest form of textile making.  This is a fabulous introduction to a very sensory craft, suitable for beginners. There will be plenty of soapy bubbles and soft fibres. Roll up your sleeves and rub a dub dub!  Tamzen (former chairperson Feltmakers Ireland

SCHOOLS: Theatre Lovett Presents The Teddy Bears’ Picnic by Louis Lovett

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Theatre Lovett present The Teddy Bears’ Picnic By Louis Lovett If you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise…   The teddy bears’ picnic! Where can we find it? What’s the address? Are we invited? Do teddies eat food? Is the tea they drink real? It’s hard to digest, this mythical

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SCHOOLS: A Daily Cloud – Illustrated Talk with Chris Judge

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Meet Chris Judge, the award-winning illustrator behind A Daily Cloud! Chris will guide students through this illustrated talk where they can learn to create their own 'Daily Cloud' illustrations. Students are invited to let their imagination wander in the clouds, observe and draw the fantastical friendly creatures hiding there and discover their exciting stories in a

Free event, booking necessary
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SCHOOLS: Jess Rowell – Making Waves

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Making Waves is an immersive multi-sensory dance theatre performance, designed specifically for children aged 8 to 13 years with mild to more complex needs. In this magical sea voyage the audience and performers set sail in search of hidden treasure and along the way encounter rolling waves, sparkling fish and swooping gulls. In this inclusive

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SCHOOLS: Jess Rowell – Making Waves

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Making Waves is an immersive multi-sensory dance theatre performance, designed specifically for children aged 8 to 13 years with mild to more complex needs. In this magical sea voyage the audience and performers set sail in search of hidden treasure and along the way encounter rolling waves, sparkling fish and swooping gulls. In this inclusive

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SCHOOLS: Jess Rowell – Making Waves

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Making Waves is an immersive multi-sensory dance theatre performance, designed specifically for children aged 8 to 13 years with mild to more complex needs. In this magical sea voyage the audience and performers set sail in search of hidden treasure and along the way encounter rolling waves, sparkling fish and swooping gulls. In this inclusive

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SCHOOLS: Jess Rowell – Making Waves

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Making Waves is an immersive multi-sensory dance theatre performance, designed specifically for children aged 8 to 13 years with mild to more complex needs. In this magical sea voyage the audience and performers set sail in search of hidden treasure and along the way encounter rolling waves, sparkling fish and swooping gulls. In this inclusive

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SCHOOLS: AdoleTA!

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Joy loves running, spinning and flying in nature. Sky loves reading, singing and gaming indoors. AdoleTA! is a dance theatre piece that joyously explores friendship and play. Come into a world with Joy and Sky where anything is possible - a rent can be a crab, an umbrella can be a cloud, and the moon can

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SCHOOLS: AdoleTA!

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Joy loves running, spinning and flying in nature. Sky loves reading, singing and gaming indoors. AdoleTA! is a dance theatre piece that joyously explores friendship and play. Come into a world with Joy and Sky where anything is possible - a rent can be a crab, an umbrella can be a cloud, and the moon can

€6