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LITERATURE: The Gerard Manley Hopkins 31st International Festival presents: International Poetry Reading

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival, under the guidance of its artistic director and internationally renowned poet Desmond Egan, is celebrating its 31st anniversary this year. As part of this year’s festival, Riverbank Arts Centre will host an array of International poets including Roger Mc Gough (UK), Fr. Seamus Collins (Ireland), Emilia Ivancu (Romania), Pushpa Parekh

€10

MUSIC: Heidi Talbot, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich, John McCusker and Paul Meehan

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Rejoice in the energetic polkas and slides of West Kerry and waltzes, marches and reels from Scotland, as four folk musicians at the top of their game come together for the very first time. Chanteuse Heidi Talbot has garnered rave reviews for her live performances, both with Cherish the Ladies and as featured soloist with

€12 – €15

THEATRE: Autumn Royal

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

AUTUMN ROYAL - Written by Kevin Barry, the multi-award winning writer of the novels Beatlebone and City Of Bohane, is coming to the Riverbank Arts Centre! Following the success run of its world premiere last year, Autumn Royal by Kevin Barry embarks on a nationwide tour, and comes to the Riverbank Arts Centre 18-19 May.

€16 – €18

WORKSHOP: National Drawing Workshop

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join us this National Drawing Day on Saturday 19th May. We’ll have a drop-in workshop, 10am to 2pm, designed by visual artist Saidhbhín Gibson to inspire you to get drawing every day of the year! Drawing is fun, relaxing and useful and this workshop is a great opportunity to try your hand at it and

FREE
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LOCAL ARTS: The Crucible

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Newbridge Drama Group is back, this time taking on Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. It is a story of tender love and murderous jealousy; of lives destroyed by false accusations; of passion and adultery and sin and of a storm of terror  let loose through the effects of real and pretended mass hysteria on the

€12 – €15

Parent and Toddler Fun Morning: The Very Curious Eyes

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The workshop is inspired by spring. We will take a flower and look at it as a art medium so there will be printing with flowers, making little monsters with flowers, and more. 23rd May: Where is the most colourful flower

€7

WORKSHOP: 3D Paper Scene Making with Maeve Clancy

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This intensive workshop will teach children paper cutting skills, how to draw in shapes and make their own designs using paper and scissors. Using the exhibition 'The Moon Belongs to Everyone' as inspiration, the group will work together to create a large cut paper scene which will be displayed in the foyer of the Riverbank

€10

DES BISHOP LIVE

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Des Bishop returns to the Riverbank Arts Centre on Sunday 27th May! Des, who is currently taking the US comedy circuit by storm is returning to Ireland for a limited time only. Don’t miss this chance to see one of the nations most celebrated comedians perform his hilarious stand up show.

€23

CINEMA: The Square

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Christian is the successful but self-centred curator of a modern art museum. A few days before the opening of his new prestigious exhibition The Square, Christian is mugged and his mobile phone stolen, an action which propels him to hunt for the perpetrator. This personal search, as well as the pressures of handling a controversial

€6 – €9

Engaging the Senses Symposium

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Helium Arts in partnership with Kildare County Council Arts Service is hosting this symposium and practical workshop for arts, healthcare and early years professionals interested in exploring multi-sensory, creative play through the arts for very young children with complex needs. ‘Engaging the Senses’ is informed by outcomes and learning from Helium Arts’ Pop Up Picnic,

FREE

MUSIC: Mick Hanly & Donal Lunny

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

It was inevitable that two stalwarts of the Irish music scene, whose careers have intertwined many times over the last 45 years would sooner or later emerge in the guise of a musical duo. The combination of songwriter Mick Hanly and multi-instrumentalist and composer Donal Lunny is a marriage made in musical heaven. Both have

€20

The Successful TD

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

One of your own – a vote for Tull is a vote for yourself! THE SUCCESSFUL TD follows the Trials, Tribulations, misadventures and hilarious antics of TULL McADOO as he seeks re-election to the Dail in the "October Elections” Written by John B Keane in 1967 he displays his edge for humor and satire that are uncomfortably close to the politics of

€18 – €20

Declan O Rourke

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Declan O’Rourke is a highly successful Irish artist, acclaimed by his peers, and having achieved many plaudits with his five albums released to date. Declan’s soulful music, rooted in folk and trad, has attracted the praise of countless industry giants, including John Prine, and Paul Weller, among others. The Dubliner’s legend John Sheahan, declared recently

€22

TALK: Emil Nolde – Colour is Life

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This public talk will introduce your audiences to both the man and his art: his techniques, his motivations and the historical context of his work. Lasting approx. 60 minutes, including time for questions and informal discussion, the talk will give those who wish to visit the exhibition in Dublin a wonderful introduction to what they’ll

FREE

TALK: Irish Military Seminar

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Ireland has a long, proud military tradition. The aim of this seminar is to look at all aspects of Irish military history, drawing chiefly on events and personnel from within our nation’s past. Great episodes in Ireland's history are intermingled with escapades in far-off places like South Africa, Flanders and the U.S.A. Hosted by Kildare

€5

Exhibition: M7 by Michael Holly

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

M7 16’30” looped digital video and multi-channel sound Vocal commentary from Liam Kenny An exhibition by Michael Holly McKenna Gallery In May of this year, I walked the length of the M7 Motorway, from the Naas interchange to the Rathroe roundabout outside Limerick City, weaving along the secondary roads, the country lanes, the underpasses and

FREE

Home is where the Art is II

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Home is where the Art is II A collaborative youth-led art project and exhibition The Children's Gallery Now in its second year, Home Is Where the Art Is is a youth-led project, matching professional artists with schools and youth groups across Kildare to encourage and foster creativity. Riverbank Arts Centre invited youth community groups to

FREE

MUSIC: The Birth of a Nation

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Birth of a Nation, a musical extravaganza set against the backdrop of Irish history up to the founding of the modern Irish State. It was a time of great change, the effects of which im-pacted on the lives of people throughout the country from all walks of life; a period of rebel-lion, war, emigration and

€10

FAMILY THEATRE: Tom Thumb

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

One night tiny Tom overhears Mum and Dad talking - there's nothing left to eat so they are going to leave him and his six brothers in the forest! Outwitting his parents and the ogre Tom shows everybody that even though he is small he is still mighty as he protects his brothers, finds the

€8

CINEMA: Marlina, The Murderer in Four Acts

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

It’s not every day that one happens upon a feminist Indonesian Spaghetti Western, especially one that brazenly blares out the mariachi horns from the get-go. Even against a backdrop of rape-revenge, motherhood dominates fourth film from Mouly Surya. Marlina has lost a son, her chatty chum Novi (Dea Panendra) is nearly 10 months pregnant, and

€6 – €9
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LOCAL ARTS: Riff Raff Drama Group presents The Work of Art

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The Work of Art is set in 1960, rural Ireland. When Biddie’s husband Mick is away in the Congo, Biddie is left to keep her home and family in order but with her son Tommy wheeling and dealing with Biddie’s brother in-law they get on the wrong side of the parish priest, and her daughter

€10 – €12

DINNER THEATRE: A Midsummer Night’s Murder

Kildare House Hotel Dublin Road, Kildare Town, Ireland

It's the height of Summer and temperatures aren't the only things on the rise. Bloodlust is on the boil and there's savagery simmering when one of the nation's most powerful men invites the great and the good to a midsummer night's feast. Murder, revenge and pollen are in the air as the long days draw

MUSIC: The Songs & Tall Tales of Jerry Fish

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

He’s one of Ireland’s most enigmatic and entertaining performers to the point where Ireland’s biggest music and arts festival, the Electric Picnic have for the past five years afforded him his very own stage. An indie legend and ringmaster of exceptional renown, Jerry Fish has evolved into a showman extraordinaire, capturing the hearts and minds

€20

CINEMA: Lean On Pete

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

From acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Haigh comes a deeply moving story told through the unique prism of one boy’s connection to a very special racehorse. 15-year-old Charley (Charlie Plummer) arrives in Portland, Oregon, with his single father Ray (Travis Fimmel), both eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into

€6 – €9

JUNE FEST: Opera Gala

The Keadeen Hotel Curragh Road, Newbridge, Ireland

June Fest is thrilled to present a packed programme of Opera classics, captivating, passionate, and dramatic – an evening to remember. Four of Ireland’s award-winning Opera Singers, Soprano Rachel Croash, Mezzo Soprano Kate Allen, Tenor Patrick Hyland and Baritone Rory Musgrave have come together to form an ensemble - Irish Opera Artists. “The Irish Opera

€15

Parent and Toddler Art & Fun Morning: The Very Curious Eyes

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Visual Feast for young children (1-3years old) led by artist Marta Golubowska from Fourhandsart. Inquiry and play based workshop engaging all senses. Creating focused on playing with free parts far from commercially generated pre-cuts. Every workshop is based on a story, involves making and playing. 20th June: Who lives in the woods? This workshop invites

€7

MUSIC: Luan Parle & Clive Barnes

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Two of Ireland's finest songwriters and performers Luan Parle and Clive Barnes have for many years been gaining an international reputation as solo performers. For the past three years they have been performing together to sold out audiences across Ireland, US & Europe. Luan Parle released her critically acclaimed album 'Free' in 2007. To date

€15

COMEDY: Further Ted

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Further Ted is a show that brings two of the most memorable characters from Father Ted to-gether for a night of stand-up and musical comedy and a chance to compete in a "Lovely Girls" competition. You don't have to be a girl to enter and the winner gets a romantic candle lit night in for

€17.50

FAMILY CINEMA: Coco

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together,

€4

Walking, Immersion and The Creative Process: Artists presentation on M7 Project.

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

With artist Michael Holly and special guest Des Egan Saturday 23rd June, 4pm Riverbank Arts Centre In May of this year, artist Michael Holly walked the length of the M7 Motorway, from the Naas interchange to the Rathroe roundabout outside Limerick City, weaving along the secondary roads, the country lanes, the underpasses and overpasses of

FREE

CINEMA: Let The Sunshine In

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Inspired by Roland Barthes’s A Lover’s Discourse, Claire Denis teams up with writer Christine Angot to tell, in fragments, the romantic journey of Isabelle (Juliette Binoche), a sensitive, middle-aged, unhappily divorced artist and mother, as she moves from one lover to the next in search of definitive love. Exquisitely lit by Denis’ long-standing cinematographer Agnès Godard,

€6 – €9
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LOCAL ARTS: See Me Here

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

6 years! It’s only 6 years! So why does it feel like a lifetime? Teenager, young adult, adolescent, whatever you call it… it makes no difference to me. I won’t be offended. One moment rushing to the end and the next willing it to last just a little longer. In the in-between, and almost all

€7 – €10

WORKSHOP: Artzone July Summer Camp

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Artzone Summer camps are planned and delivered by qualified and experienced art teachers, specialists in their fields of art. Our design team are developing four brand new creative and challenging portfolios of art, crafts, stories & games based on some very cool themes to rival last year’s hugely successful summer art camp programme. Each portfolio

€80

FAMILY CINEMA: Isle Of Dogs

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In this stop-motion-animated film from writer/director Wes Anderson, an outbreak of canine flu in Japan leads all dogs to be quarantined on an island. A boy (voice of Koyu Rankin) journeys there to rescue his dog Spots (Liev Schreiber), and gets help from a pack of misfit canines who have also been exiled. His quest

€4
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LOCAL ARTS: Rumours

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Neil Simon’s celebrated comedy, Rumours, is sure to have audiences in stitches. When Ken and Chris arrive at Charley’s House for an anniversary dinner, they find their host too dazed to speak and with a mysterious wound to his ear. Is there a scandal to be concealed? As other party guests arrive the evening descends

€14 – €16

WORKSHOP: Circus and magic Skills workshop with Jango Starr

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join Jango Starr in an experiential workshop exploring the skills used in One Man Shoe. Explore the physicality and expression of the Clown, circus skills of juggling and balancing various objects and some quick to learn but fun visual Magic tricks. The aim of this fun and collaborative workshop is to give participants an introduction

€5

FAMILY SHOW: One Man Shoe

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Jango Starr, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is thrust into the limelight when the headline act fails to turn up, and embarks on a hilarious journey of highly crafted and heartfelt silent comedy. Witness Jango’s hilarious journey as he magically finds his way to realise his dreams of transforming into a star. A delightful, dynamic and

€7 – €24

COMEDY: Eric Lalor

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Many would have seen him on RTE’s Fair City, but Lalor is better known for his warm, energetic on stage presence as a standup. With gags that always hit the spot, his engaging, high intensity performances makes him on the top names of ‘must book’ comedians. Eric is a regular act at the prestigious Kilkenny

€12

WORKSHOP: Creative Digital Arts

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Createschool present a multi discipline arts and crafts programme where kids learn to make art with mobile digital technology. This STEAM based programme will encourage them to nurture their creativity with a variety of activities including stop motion animation, digital music making, photography & video, coding, podcasting and more. Kids can follow their imagination, share

€100

The Gerard Manley Hopkins 31st International Festival presents: International Poetry Reading

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival, under the guidance of its artistic director and internationally renowned poet Desmond Egan, is celebrating its 31st anniversary this year. As part of this year’s festival, Riverbank Arts Centre will host an array of International poets including Roger Mc Gough (UK), Fr. Seamus Collins (Ireland), Emilia Ivancu (Romania), Pushpa Parekh

€10

LOCAL ARTS: Kildare Youth Theatre presents: The Act of Oblivion

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Two plays, two stories. Each starts out at the same time on the stage. One is oblivious to the other. One play fights to be the story that we hear and see. The other will be the one unheard and forgotten. Neither the actors nor the audience knows which play will take control of the

€5 – €10
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WORKSHOP: Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Family Circus

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

10am-11am - Family circus for parents and their children from 2yrs-6yrs. A gentle introduction to the aerial dance and circus skills for the youngest children and their parents. Join Fidget Feet dancers for a fun-filled morning of swinging, flying and spinning. €7 (adult+child) for one day workshop (1 adult per 1 child)

€7

WORKSHOP: Fidget Feet Children’s Aerial Camp

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Monday 30th July- Friday 3rd August 11:30-2:30pm Childrens Aerial Camp 7-12 years €65 Monday -Friday

€65

WORKSHOP: Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Camp for Adults.

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Ever wanted to give the silks a try? This workshop is for those who are new beginners. Be prepared to swing, spin, invert, and have fun! It’s best to bring a long sleeve layer, water, and wear leggings or sweats. Fidget Feet dancers offer a safe and fun environment for you to learn something new

€10

COLLOCATE An exhibition of work by Eoin O’Malley, Paul Bokslag and Orla Callaghan

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

COLLOCATE (To set or place together, especially side by side) An exhibition of work by Eoin O’Malley, Paul Bokslag and Orla Callaghan Wednesday 8th - Saturday 25th August 2018 Children’s Gallery, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Oficial Launch by Dominic Thorpe Saturday 11 August at 6pm Artists Talk Saturday 25th August 2pm Artists Eoin