Artzone Halloween Camp
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandGet ready for trick or treating with Artzone this Halloween, sxploring the fun side of ghosts, ghouls, witches and warlocks. Book if you dare! Ages 5-7 and 8-12 years.
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FAMILY CINEMA: Sing
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandSet in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon, a dapper Koala who presides over a once-grand theatre that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal optimist-okay, maybe a bit of a scoundrel-who loves his theatre above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now facing
€4
VISUAL ARTS: A Trip Into The Unknown
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandAn exhibition of works by Kasia Zimnoch and Pawel Kleszczewski. Discover magical animated worlds of St. Brendan and Dag and Daga in this wonderful exhition by Pawel and Kasia, a duo of visual artists and filmmakers. Pawel has a background in painting and studies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, in Poland, and Kasia studied Art
FREE
CINEMA: Maudie
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandMaud (Sally Hawkins) is a bright-eyed and determined young woman who, despite suffering from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, is desperate to live independently from her over-protective family and gain the freedom to paint the colourful art she passionately creates. On applying to become a housekeeper for reclusive fish peddler Everett (Ethan Hawke), the two social misfits
€6 – €9
Little Lámha Autumn Globes
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThese workshops are designed for young children working together with their grown-up. Visual artist Beth O’Halloran will guide these fun and creative sessions. Together you will explore colour, shapes and storytelling in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. September 13.: Autumn globes. Let's make a leaf-globe which we can turn to watch the leaves fall. Using jars,
€7
Special Screening: Revolutions – A Roller Derby Story
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandIreland’s recession pushes young people out. Surplus to requirement in the world beyond the Roller Derby track, the fast paced and aggressive Derby world becomes a haven for determined, pissed-off women in a crippled country. Young Irish women go on a high-octane Roller Derby odyssey in search of a means for self-expression, a fight to
€8 – €9
COMEDY: Dirtbirds
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandDirtbirds the internet sensation, are landing in Newbridge for one night only. Catch the Dublin Dirtbirds, Carmel and Debs as they chat about life, love and the ever changing size of Kim Kardashian's arse. The south side sickeners Eleanor and Emer will be there competing with each about everything from personal trainers to who has
€16 – €18
FAMILY CINEMA: Beauty and The Beast
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandFirst released in 1990, this critically acclaimed animated Disney classic feature is based on the classic fairy tale about a kind and beautiful maiden who, through her capacity to love, releases a handsome prince from the evil spell which has made him an ugly beast. Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in
€4
Family Show: Whoosh!
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandWhoosh! is a heartwarming musical performance for children from 1 to 4 years of age and their (grand-)parents. In Whoosh! three musicians will enchantingly blow you to a warm world of breath and wind. A world where the only spoken language is music and where every breeze turns into beautiful sounds: a breath through your
€6
CINEMA: Neruda
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda is well known for his sublime love poems. But this film brings to the foreground Neruda’s political poetry. It begins in 1948, immediately before Neruda (played by Luis Gnecco) has to go into hiding: he has publicly condemned the Chilean president Gabriel González Videla. As a communist and senator, Neruda
€6 – €9
Music Network presents Cathy Jordan, Jarlath Henderson, & Mick Daly
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandPrepare to be entranced as three of Ireland’s most inventive singers offer up some stunning new interpretations of well-worn songs, with stirring instrumental playing and more than a little theatrical energy thrown into the mix. Noted for her earthy yet ethereal vocalisations and deceptively powerful voice, Cathy Jordan’s irrepressible energy and powerful stage presence have
€12 – €15
THEATRE: Humours of Bandon
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandFishamble: The New Play Company presents THE HUMOURS OF BANDON Written & performed by Margaret McAuliffe Directed by Stefanie Preissner Set Design by David Fagan Lighting Design by Eoin Winning Script Development by Gavin Kostick Dramaturgical Assistant Jo Halpin Produced by Eva Scanlan ‘Don’t be afraid of that floor, hammer it!’ On the eve of the
€12 – €15
VISUAL ARTS: BE-LONGING
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe project 'Be-Longing' is a result of feelings of alienation and isolation that I have experienced as a result of moving away from the country of my birth. It is an exploration of the everyday experience of building a new identity and putting down roots in a country, language and culture that is unfamiliar and foreign to
FREE
Newbridge Musical Society Gala Concert
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland"Newbridge Musical Society is an award winning musical society which has staged shows such as Sweeney Todd, 9 to 5, Sister Act, Oliver!, Jesus Christ Superstar and Beauty and the Beast, and many many more over the years. They promise a night of great entertainment with familiar songs from the world of musicals and lots of laughter with some
€15
CINEMA: The Other Side of Hope
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandFinland’s master of deadpan comedy, Aki Kaurismäki (Lights in the Dusk, Le Havre), returns with the story of an unlikely friendship between a Syrian asylum seeker and an elderly Finnish restaurant owner. Winner of the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director, it’s a beautiful, timely film from one of the world's leading auteurs. Khaled (Sherwan
€6 – €9
THEATRE: To Hell In A Handbag
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe Secret Lives of Canon Chasuble and Miss Prism While others are preoccupied with cucumber sandwiches and railway cloakrooms, two minor characters from The Importance of Being Earnest are up to their necks in something else. A country rector and a governess, models of Victorian propriety in public. But in private? This is the play
€14 – €16
Ireland, Shed A Tear?
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandWritten to commemorate the first anniversary of the Carrickmines tragedy, Ireland Shed a Tear? is a new play by acclaimed writer and actor, Michael Collins (Pavee Lackeen, Killinaskully, Glenroe, King of the Travellers). Using song and poetry, it portrays the life experiences of one Traveller family, while engaging the wider community in a dynamic and
€12 – €15
FAMILY THEATRE: The Shape Of Things
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe Shape of Things combines puppetry, object theatre and music, exploring how the world around us is created from different shapes, textures and materials in a beautiful non-verbal story featuring two quirky puppets, which unfolds in a specially designed space for adults and babies to relax in together. This beautiful, playful and tactile experience has been
€10
FAMILY THEATRE: The Shape Of Things
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe Shape of Things combines puppetry, object theatre and music, exploring how the world around us is created from different shapes, textures and materials in a beautiful non-verbal story featuring two quirky puppets, which unfolds in a specially designed space for adults and babies to relax in together. This beautiful, playful and tactile experience has been
€10
Kildare Readers Festival
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandKildare County Council Library And Arts Service are proud to present their eight annual Readers Festival. This is an entirely free literary festival with the aim of connecting readers with authors and artists, working to bring the very best from the world of literature to Kildare. The festival programme has something for everyone, including
Free
CINEMA: The Beguiled
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandSophia Coppola won the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival for this film in which she crafts an atmosphere of dreaminess and softness, where repressed desires surface in this Southern Gothic tale of female sexual jealousy. Set in 1864 during the American Civil War in the sun-dappled state of Virginia, a wounded Union
€6 – €9
KARE Fundraiser: The Moon & Sixpence In Concert
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe Moon and Sixpence are a group local to the Newbridge area. The lead singer is Siobhan Hurley, with Paddy Jones on drums, Kevin (Pud) Barrett on lead guitar, John Reidy on rhythm guitar, Michael O' Connell on base guitar and Aiden Feeley on piano. They formed in 1994 due to their shared love of music
THEATRE: Down & Out In Paris & London
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandA man drifting through life, in 1920’s Paris, scraping by in dead end jobs and generally soaking up the rich underbelly of Parisian life, finds himself falling helplessly short and discovering a very different view of life, looking up from below. With a keen understanding of social inequality and a wry sense of humour, he vividly recounts his
€14 – €16
FAMILY THEATRE: Four Go Wild In Wellies
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandFour Go Wild In Wellies is a brand new show for audiences aged 3-5 years from Indepen-dance4, Scotland’s inclusive professional dance company. This whimsical adventure features bobble hats, scarves, tents that have a life of their own and, of course, lots of fun in wellies!
COMEDY: David O’Doherty – Big Time
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandDavid O'Doherty – the Aldi Bublé, the Ryanair Enya – is delighted to present an evening of his latest jokes and songs in Newbridge. David has spent the last year on tour round America with Flight of the Conchords and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Festival. Over Christmas he sold out a record-breaking eleven nights at
€16 – €18
FAMILY THEATRE: There And Back Again An Odyssey
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandFollow CBeebies Patrick Lynch as he uses a pioneering mix of live cinema and theatre to take you on a thrilling ride across the magical world of ancient Greece. With miniature sets he directs the lights, camera and action in front of your eyes to show the famous battles, floating islands, one-eyed giants and angry
CINEMA: The Student
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandA high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him. Challenged by a teacher who refuses to consent to his dogma, he sets out to eliminate her and subdue an entire community. At a time when arguments over
€6 – €9
Little Lámha-Pumpkin Fun
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThese workshops are designed for young children working together with their grown-up. Visual artist Beth O’Halloran will guide these fun and creative sessions. Together you will explore colour, shapes and storytelling in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. October 11: Pumpkin Fun. Today we'll be making tissue paper pumpkins we can hang in our windows to let
€7
MUSIC: The Fureys
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe Fureys make a welcome return to Riverbank Arts Centre, having played the venue to sold out crowds previously. The band was formed in 1978 literally by accident. George, Paul and Davey were playing in Denmark with their own band called the Buskers and Eddie and Finbar, while touring in Germany were involved in a
€25
CINEMA: Land of Mine
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandMay 1945, German occupation of Denmark ends. A group of young POW’s are assigned to embittered Army Sgt. Rassmussen, their job is to neutralize and remove some 45,000 landmines the Nazis planted on a local beach. Promised that once their work is complete they will be free to return home the group are brutalised, starved
€6 – €9
MUSIC: Chris Wood – So Much To Defend
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandChris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables. A self-taught musician, composer and song writer, Chris is a lifelong autodidact whose independent streak shines through everything he does. Always direct and
€16 – €18
VISUAL ARTS: Artist Talk with Marta Golubowska
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandMarta Golubowska is originally from Poland. She has arrived to Ireland 10 years ago and settled down in Kildare Town where she lives with her husband and two children. Marta started her artistic education as early as secondary school which was art profiled, from which she progressed into Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, in
FREE
MUSIC: The Illegals with Niamh Kavanagh
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe Illegals are back touring with a new line up of songs to celebrate the 40th anniversary of two iconic rock albums – Rumours and Hotel California. Fronted by former Eurovision winner (and now Irish Celebrity Masterchef champion!) Niamh Kavanagh, The Illegals will be ‘cooking up a storm’ at Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge in an
€20
WORKSHOP: Pressing Landscape with Marta Golubowska
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandJoin artist Marta Golubowska for this exciting workshop where children can experiment with making clay impressions, learning about the intricacies of low relief. The workshop is linked to Marta's exhibition which focuses on connection of a person to a place. Ages 6+
€15
THEATRE: Tom Crean – Antarctic Explorer
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandTom Crean, the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes, is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley. Crean’s story is a testament of human fortitude against all the elements of the Antarctic, his 36 mile, solitary trek to base camp during the Terra Nova expedition to rescue his
€18 – €20
CINEMA: The Love Witch
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandElaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and
€6 – €9
SPECIAL EVENT: Reading of I Am Mrs Daisy Bates
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandJoin us for a reading of I Am Mrs Daisy Bates, presented by Speckintime. This is a free event and all interested parties are welcome to attend. Speckintime is developing a piece of theatre based on the extraordinary life of Tipperary woman Daisy Bates. There has been extensive research on the life of Daisy Bates
FREE
MUSIC: Duke Special – Hallow
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandSeamus Heaney described his friend, the poet Michael Longley, as: 'a keeper of the artistic estate, a custodian of griefs and wonders'. On this very special tour, Duke Special will be performing songs and music based on the poetry of this influential and renowned Belfast writer. Longley's poems are full of gentleness, honesty, mischief and
€16 – €18
VISUAL ARTS: A World Of Colour
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe Art Of Beatrice Alemagna and Chris Haughton. Curated by Sarah Webb A true feast for the eyes, this exhibition brings together two of the most exciting illustrators working in children’s books today, Beatrice Alemagna and Chris Haughton. Enter their world of the imagination, featuring art work from their award-winning picture books. Both are masters
FAMILY THEATRE: The Locksmith’s Song
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandA boy tricks death and locks it in a box. He battles with a ferocious monster who has fought great armies of the world and lived to tell the tale. He risks everything he has to save his mother from the sickness that grips her. This is a story that tells of a love and
€8
Paper Play Puppet Workshop
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandEoin will show the students how to make puppets from a mix of natural materials, brown paper, rubber bands, plastic bottles and an array of other objects. Eoin will also teach some of the basic principles of puppetry and dram. Even though the workshop looks at character and action, we focus on creating "creatures" which
€10
Artzone Halloween Camp
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandGet ready for trick or treating with Artzone this Halloween, sxploring the fun side of ghosts, ghouls, witches and warlocks. Book if you dare! Ages 5-7 and 8-12 years.
€65
FAMILY THEATRE: Fidget Feet Strange Feathers
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandStrange Feathers is an aerial dance show aimed at the youngest audiences. Two little birds are learning to fly with the help of their surroundings in nature. Feathers drop from the sky to the beautiful sounds of soft music. With two aerial dancers and a musician on stage Strange Feathers mixes contemporary dance, aerial dance
€10
Fidget Feet Aerial Workshop
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandThe workshop is a taster workshop for the younger audiences to try to fly like the birds they see in the show. We will teach how to get into the cocoon safely and then once you have the basics, we can teach you to spin, swing and fly. Then we'll open the cocoon and we
€30
Sensational Writing with Debbie Thomas
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, IrelandWhat colour is Thursday? What does excitement taste like? Join children’s author Debbie Thomas for some creative writing fun with the senses. Meet Martians, orang-utans and the odd smelly sock as you explore how to spice up your writing with some sensible nonsense. For readers, writers and word-lovers aged 8-12.
€12