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Life Under the Cloak by Aideen Cross

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Life Under the Cloak is an exhibition of textile art that was created by over 300 primary school students from 10 Kildare primary schools in collaboration with local Textile Artist/Designer

IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: The Fantastic Three | Les trois fantastiques

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Three friends, Max, Tom and Vivian, spend all their time together as the Fantastic Three, supporting each other in and out of school. When Max’s brother returns from prison seemingly

€6

IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: The Teachers’ Lounge

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is a newly appointed, very dedicated high school teacher. When one of her students is accused of theft, Carla decides to take the matter into her

€6

Beauty Myths by Olga Anacka

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Beauty Myths is a collaborative project between Olga Anacka and Riverbank Arts Centre, inviting the artist to undertake an Art Residency, Open Studio, and Exhibition at the McKenna Gallery. With

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Fabric Friends with Textile Artist Aideen Cross

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join Textile Artist/Designer Aideen Cross for a creative and fun workshop where children will create a small fabric animal from some recycled materials while learning skills of hand sewing. Participants

€15

Route 66 Big Band

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Route 66 Big Band return to Riverbank Arts Centre! The sixteen-piece band has captivated audiences all over Leinster with their distinct musical style. Their repertoire spans from timeless 1940’s numbers

€20 – €22

The Speks

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! Their hand-clapping, toe-tapping, hearty-laughing

€12 – €44

Anora

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Charismatic Anora "Ani" Mikheeva lives in Brooklyn and works as a stripper. When Ani meets Ivan - the young, party-loving son of a rich Russian oligarch - Ivan is smitten.

€5 – €9

Moxie Brawl Presents Punk Alley

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Punk Alley is a loud, wild, and unapologetic joyride of live original punk music and high energy dance. But don’t leave your adults at home – this is a punk

€10 – €36

Bernard O’Shea – Desperate House Husband

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Bernard O'Shea, the 'Desperate House Husband,' invites you on a hilarious escapade into the stay-at-home parenting world. Brace yourself for comical tales of domestic appliances with sinister intentions, yearning for

€22

Sing Sing

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Divine G (Colman Domingo), an inmate at Sing Sing prison, runs a theatre group as part of a Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program. Incarcerated for a crime he didn’t

€5 – €9

IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: La Suprema

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Welcome to the town of La Suprema, a tiny and remote Columbian village in the Caribbean region, where teenager Laureana finds out her estranged uncle will be boxing for the

€6
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Curragh Community College Presents Legally Blonde

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join us as we follow the vibrant journey of Elle Woods (Emma Behan), a spirited sorority girl on her chaotic journey to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner Huntington III (Vasile

€10 – €15
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Curragh Community College Presents Legally Blonde

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join us as we follow the vibrant journey of Elle Woods (Emma Behan), a spirited sorority girl on her chaotic journey to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner Huntington III (Vasile

€10 – €15

Spacebridge

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Spacebridge is a performance created through the collaboration between Crooked House Theatre Company and the KARE. Developed during weekly theatre workshops, it is entirely crafted and performed by the participants.

Free

This Flight Tonight – The Songs of Joni Mitchell

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Acclaimed singer/songwriters Zervas & Pepper present 'This Flight Tonight' an intimate five-piece acoustic live tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell. Featuring songs such as 'California', 'Blue', 'Woodstock' 'Both Sides

€25

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Fabric Friends with Textile Artist Aideen Cross

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join Textile Artist/Designer Aideen Cross for a creative and fun workshop where children will create a small fabric animal from some recycled materials while learning skills of hand sewing. Participants

€15

Up Till Dawn Presents Pucked by Cathal Ryan

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

PUCKED is a fast paced, comedic, theatrical, one-man blockbuster! PUCKED tells the story of the young and ambitious Matty Daly. Immersed in the GAA from birth, Matty has one dream and one dream

€18 – €20

Memoir of a Snail

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In 1970s Australia, snail-obsessed Grace lives in a shabby apartment with her pyromaniac twin brother Gilbert and their ailing father. When their father dies, the twins are separated and sent

€5 – €9

IFI SCHOOL SCREENING: Neneh Superstar

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Neneh loves to dance and perform, and fulfils her dreams of joining the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet School, despite her parents’ concerns that it’s not a welcoming place for a

€6
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Sketchbook Club with Kate Escolin

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Sketchbook Club is a monthly event that encourages fun and playful art-making whilst also building a community of new, old, professional or hobby artists! The goal is to provide a

Pay What You Can

Gemma Hayes

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

2020 saw Gemma Hayes and her family to relocate from London to West Cork in her native Ireland. It was here that she reignited her passion for song-writing that provided

€25

Wildwood

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Bass clarinettist, Deirdre O’Leary, and percussionist, Alex Petcu came together in 2021 to create programmes of funky rhythms and wildly beautiful sounds, full of eccentricity and wit. A new duo

€15 – €18

Pat & Faye Shortt- Knuckle Down

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Pat and Faye Shortt return with their sell out show Knuckle Down! Due to popular demand, they are returning to Riverbank with the final leg of the tour. The show

€30

Joe the Magician – Live

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

It’s Joe the Magician from RTÉjr! And he’s bringing his spectacular children’s comedy magic and illusion show back to Riverbank for an afternoon of mind-boggling fun! Joe’s show fuses laugh

€16

Bird

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Gravesend, England. 12-year-old Bailey lives in a dilapidated apartment with her caring but immature father Bug. When Bug abruptly announces he’s marrying his girlfriend, a furious Bailey runs away and

€5 – €9

The Devil’s Spine Band

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Leaning heavily into the genre of ‘Dark Cabaret,’ (previously explored with “The Whistling Girl”- settings of  Dorothy Parker’s poetry with Honor Heffernan), The Devil’s Spine Band takes its’ lead from

€18 – €20

Kyle Riley: Little Folk – On The Road

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kyle’s back with his wildly popular family concert for young children! Little Folk- On the Road is perfectly suited for 2-7yr olds and their adults. Featuring his award winning children’s

€10 – €36

Shane Daniel Byrne – Trouble Denim

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This Irish fella is back after BURSTING onto the Irish scene in 2024. Shane Daniel Byrne is on fire; fresh from sell-out touring in Ireland, UK and Australia. Pop in

€24
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Kildare Youth Theatre Presents Mia and the Fish

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The story explores the challenges of displacement and the immigrant experience and inspires reflection on our shared responsibility to protect each other and the environment. Faced with an apocalyptic storm

€5 – €10
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Kildare Youth Theatre Presents Mia and the Fish

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The story explores the challenges of displacement and the immigrant experience and inspires reflection on our shared responsibility to protect each other and the environment. Faced with an apocalyptic storm

€5 – €10

Cat Crainn agus Madraí Uisce / Treecats and Waterdogs

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

An exhibition by Corrina Askin with Manchán Magan This original exhibition explores words for nature and our connection with the natural world. Corrina’s vibrant artwork combines with a bilingual soundscape

The Wild Robot

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The epic adventure follows the journey of a

€4

David O’Doherty – Tiny Piano Man

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The dishevelled prince of €10 eBay keyboards tries to make you feel alive with a new pageant of laughter, song and occasionally getting up from a chair. It’s gonna be

€23

All We Imagine As Light

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Nurses Prabha and Anu share an apartment in Mumbai. Prabha’s husband moved abroad years previously and no longer contacts her. Despite that, she remains loyal to him and rejects the

€5 – €9

Emma Doran – Dilemma!

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

It’s the post-apocalyptic world. There’s only one contraceptive pill left. Do you give it to your 19-year-old daughter or keep it for yourself? Is it better to be a 40-year-old

€27

Chicken

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Don Murphy is a proud Irish man, a hopeless ketamine addict and one of his generation’s greatest actors. He also happens to be a chicken. Across one fateful night, the

€18 – €20

Hard Truths

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Present-day London. Middle-aged sisters Pansy and Chantal could not be more different. Chantal is cheerful and empathetic. Pansy, on the other hand, is argumentative, hypersensitive and full of anger, with

€5 – €9

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SCHOOLS: Kildare Youth Theatre Presents The Crucible

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kildare Youth Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s powerful play which explores the dangers of mass hysteria, political corruption, and the scapegoating of vulnerable individuals. Set during the Salem witch trials, it

€6
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Kildare Youth Theatre Presents The Crucible

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kildare Youth Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s powerful play which explores the dangers of mass hysteria, political corruption, and the scapegoating of vulnerable individuals. Set during the Salem witch trials, it

€6 – €10
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SCHOOLS: Kildare Youth Theatre Presents The Crucible

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kildare Youth Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s powerful play which explores the dangers of mass hysteria, political corruption, and the scapegoating of vulnerable individuals. Set during the Salem witch trials, it

€6
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Kildare Youth Theatre Presents The Crucible

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Kildare Youth Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s powerful play which explores the dangers of mass hysteria, political corruption, and the scapegoating of vulnerable individuals. Set during the Salem witch trials, it

€6 – €10

Neil Ó Lochlainn’s Immram

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Eithne Ní Chatháin- voice Lucia Mac Partlin - fiddle Eilís Lavelle - harp Neil Ó Lochlainn - double bass, flute, music Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill - text Immram is a suite

€15 – €18