Join us for the perfect Parent & Child Day at Riverbank Arts Centre with Two Events with just One Ticket. 11am Brikx Club Farm Workshop Join The Brickx Club team for a fun interactive Lego/Duplo Workshop creating a brick farm world! Duplo and Lego have been popular for generations of children and adults. No matter
Fresh from their latest releases “Freedom: A 1916 Story” and “Run Yeti Run”, The Createschool team are back this Summer to share more of their Brick Flicks stop motion tips and techniques. As always their workshops involve plenty of hands on learning, combined with some simple demonstrations. Students collaborate in small groups to design and
Fresh from their latest releases “Freedom: A 1916 Story” and “Run Yeti Run”, The Createschool team are back this Summer to share more of their Brick Flicks stop motion tips and techniques. As always their workshops involve plenty of hands on learning, combined with some simple demonstrations. Students collaborate in small groups to design and
The essence of Eoin O’Malley’s work as a painter is the energy he transmits in all of his images. Eoin’s source material is often found in the mountainous landscape around his home in Baltinglass Co. Wicklow but also in looking at astronomical phenomena and images of the world as seen from above. The title work
Under the gentle guidance of puppeteer Miriam Lambert, participants will make their very own take home puppets. This workshop a creative and enjoyable opportunity to learn about the secret world of puppetry! Ages: 7+
Miriam Lambert Puppeteer presents The Three Little Pigs Huff and Puff and the children will be blown away by this imaginative solo puppet production, of the three little pigs. In this pigs tale, Mummy pig is so proud of her little piglets, encouraging them to dream big and follow their hearts. Like all little ones,
Join Artzone and unleash your creative side! Our fully qualified Art Teachers work to a structured curriculum & produce new and exciting portfolios each camp. For children aged 5-12 and 8-12 years. Book early to avoid disappointment. 10am - 2pm
The experienced Createschool team make a welcome return to Riverbank Arts Centre this July for a week of movie making for young people. This workshop involves plenty of hands on learning supported by some simple demonstrations. Students collaborate in teams to storyboard and plan. They then go on to film, edit and produce their mini
The work in Eoin O’Malley's exhibition Borderland illustrates how much he has achieved in the past eight years since starting to paint with in 2008. In this behind the scenes presentation Eoin will show a short film about himself and his journey as an artist, demonstrating how he paints holding his brushes in his mouth.
At this camp the children will investigate a different aspect of science each day. Topics covered will include botany, plastics, food science, pulleys and levers, natural selection, acids and bases and much more through a range of age appropriate hands on activities. We will dissect flowers, make models and investigate the different conditions to get
Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the new addition to the troupe as Jack Rabbit and Maggie Mouse plot to evict Thunder. The situation gets worse when
At Let’s Create you’ll discover how to create brilliant opening scenes, how to create realistic characters, how to create story plans, how to write cracking dialogue and much more! Ideal for any young writers of age 9+. Sarah writes for both children and adults. Her Ask Amy Green series has been shortlisted for the Queen
Join Artzone and unleash your creative side! Our fully qualified Art Teachers work to a structured curriculum & produce new and exciting portfolios each camp. For children aged 5-12 and 8-12 years. Book early to avoid disappointment. 10am – 2pm
The Game, by THEATREclub, explores the act of buying sex. Five men have volunteered to play ‘The Game’. They’ve no idea what they’re about to do, they won’t be given a script. All the audience has to do is watch. The Game will give audiences an insight into a world that sits uncomfortably beneath the
Púca Puppets present The Mice and The Elephants “Did anyone hear anything? I thought I heard a little creaky squeaking sound?” said the Elephant. “Please can you ask the elephants to stop walking on us!” the Mouse shouted. The Elephant looked around, “...Oh my goodness, what a teeny, tiny, funny little furry thing you are,
The Ark presents The Beautiful Beasts Visit a weird and wonderful collection of animal sculptures curated by The Ark especially for children. Amongst these quirky, loveable animals, you will find a flying horse, a tortoise with a secret story and a toucan in disguise! Created by leading Irish and international artists from materials ranging from bronze,
Claiming Space Red Bird Youth Collective A Galway Arts Centre National Tour, supported by The Arts Council. Claiming Space is a touring exhibition by Red Bird Youth Collective, a youth arts group based in Galway. Since its inception, Red Bird has been supporting creativity and claiming artistic space for young people in Galway, and now,
The Alan Kelly Gang, one of Ireland’s leading contemporary trad acts, team up with Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and mesmerizing songstress, Eddi Reader, of Fairground Attraction fame and Trashcan Sinatra’s guitarist and songwriter, John Douglas. The result is sheer musical synergy in its most natural form. Brimming with powerful instrumentals, alluring songs and buoyant harmonies this
Long Way North Long Way North is a beautifully-told, animated story about a 15 year-old Russian girl who embarks on an adventure to the North Pole in order to find her grandfather’s ship and save her family’s honour. 1892, Saint Petersburg. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, has always been fascinated by her grandfather's life as an adventurer.
In 1980s recession mired Dublin, 15 year old Connors is forced to move from his comfortable private school to the rough and tumble Synge Street run by the Christian Brothers. Trying to nativage school bullies, a tyrinical principle, and his parents constant fighting, he finds solace in the the beautiful, mysterious, Raphina. In an attempt
Following its premiere in May, the Fantastical Time-Travelling Library Bus returns to the Riverbank for Culture Night. This is no ordinary Library Bus. The books in this bus are doorways to the past – open one, and you never know where you might end up! Moonfish Theatre transform an ordinary Library Bus into an extraordinary
The Performance Corporation presents The Table by Tom Swift In 100 years things will taste very different. Award-winning theatre-makers The Performance Corporation present a darkly comic new play about taste, food, human survival and the future. The Table is part of a suite of new work titled Expedition, developed by The Performance Corporation with Canadian
Punch Lion Comedy Workshop Do you like telling silly jokes? Do you want to express your inner comedian?? Are you good at acting funny??? Then join the Punch Lion Comedy Workshops at the Riverbank Arts Centre with an introduction to stand-up comedy, comedy improvisation, sketches, comedy acting and silly story-telling. A confidence building workshop in a
Ireland’s Call. The Kildare Diaspora and the 1916 Rising’ Kildare Decade of Commemorations and the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses & Estates, NUI Maynooth John Hume Building (JH 1 Lecture Room) Maynooth University 17 September 2016 9.00 am: Registration 9.30: Chairman’s welcome, Dr. Ciaran Reilly, NUIM, followed by ‘The Kildare Diaspora and
Do you like telling silly jokes? Do you want to express your inner comedian?? Are you good at acting funny??? Then join the Punch Lion Comedy Workshops at the Riverbank Arts Centre with an introduction to stand-up comedy, comedy improvisation, sketches, comedy acting and silly story-telling. A confidence building workshop in a supportive environment. Our classes are
Irish star Al Porter, as seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, follows up his hugely successful Edinburgh debut with a brand new show full of cheekiness, honesty & sparkling showmanship! Still living at home in Dublin, 23 year old Al has plenty of gossip from accidentally kidnapping his Godson to holidaying with twenty middle
A family friendly stand-up comedy club for kids and big kids! We bring top comedians with silly jokes to make you giggle and grin and laugh out loud. Our MC is from the The Laughter Lounge, Steve Cummins. Joining him is Father Teds, Joe Rooney, and regular comedy performers Totally Wired. Come to the show
Love & Friendship shows just how funny Jane Austen can be! A treat! This acerbic gem must be the most politely impolite film of the year. Intelligently adapting the monologues of Austen’s source material into dramatic dialogue Stillman’s screenplay draws spicy cream from the milk of the author’s formal experiments. An adaptation of Jane Austen’s
Bailegangaire by Tom Murphy Nomad Theatre Network & Livin’ Dred Theatre Company "Let ye be settling now, my fondlings, and I will be giving ye a nice story tonight when I finish this. For isn't it a good one?" This is a major new touring production of Bailegangaire, first performed by Druid Theatre company in
2016 brings with it new music from the renowned Luka Bloom one of Ireland’s best-respected contemporary folk artists. Having produced 20 albums since the 1970s, Luka continues to push the boundaries of what his music can do with his album new FRÚGALISTO. Luka Bloom has the power to bring audiences to a hush as his
Galway based Red Bird Youth Collective will conduct a day of workshops exploing different areas of creativity. The workshops include: Activism & the built environment: strategies for youth led interventions in public space, Creating documentaries using Smartphone Technology, and Songwriting & Poetry. The aim of the workshops is to support and give space to youth-led
Fidget Feet (Ireland) & the Bird & Bat (Iceland) presents Strange Feathers Strange 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
Fidget Feet (Ireland) & the Bird & Bat (Iceland) presents Strange Feathers Strange 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
Fidget Feet (Ireland) & the Bird & Bat (Iceland) presents Strange Feathers Strange 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
As rich visually as it is thematically, Embrace of the Serpent offers a feast of the senses for film fans seeking a dose of bracing originality. Tracking two parallel odysseys through the Amazon, this historical epic from Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra offers ethno-botanical adventure, mysticism, and a heart-rending depiction of colonialism laying waste to indigenous
A gripping true story of incredible bravery against impossible odds, The Siege of Jadotville thrillingly depicts the 1961 siege of a 150-strong Irish UN battalion under Commander Patrick Quinlan (Jamie Dornan) by 3,000 Conoglese troops led by French and Belgian mercenaries working for mining companies. Guillaume Canet plays a French commander who sought to defeat
Ger Carey Live , 11:00am Ger Carey is back with his hilarious stand-up comedy show for transition year students. By secretly observing his subjects in their natural habitat, such as leaning on lampposts, in chippers, outside chippers, in shopping centres and sitting on any kind of steps, Ger has uncovered the weird and frightening world
A gripping true story of incredible bravery against impossible odds, The Siege of Jadotville thrillingly depicts the 1961 siege of a 150-strong Irish UN battalion under Commander Patrick Quinlan (Jamie Dornan) by 3,000 Conoglese troops led by French and Belgian mercenaries working for mining companies. Guillaume Canet plays a French commander who sought to defeat
From the creators of Austen’s Women, I, Elizabeth, The Diaries of Adam and Eve and The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe … 1923: The War is over. While Clarissa Dalloway prepares a party in Westminster, Septimus Smith is diagnosed with shell-shock, their memories and dreams magically intertwining with those of 15 other disparate souls, this
Lyngo Theatre presents: THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO A show by Marcello Chiarenza, Adapted and performed by Patrick Lynch Music by Carlo Cialdo Capelli , Design assistant Elena Marini One of the best loved classics for children comes to life, literally. Crickets, cats, foxes and, of course, the world-famous puppet, will spring out of
A romantic comedy worthy of the name isn’t what I expected of Rebecca Miller, whose previous pictures have been strained and unrelaxed exercises, often based on her novels. But Maggie’s Plan is terrifically funny and enjoyable – a metropolitan comedy in the former high style of Woody Allen, directed with elegance and dash by Miller
Girls Like That is a brilliant and topical play written by Evan Placey who was commissioned to write a new play by Yorkshire Playhouse, Plymouth and Birmingham Rep for their youth theatres. The themes are not gender specific, body image and self image, self esteem, friendship, collective responsibility, sex....things we can all relate to. The
The enchanting Kildare Notebook Project is a regular 'must see' event in the Riverbank Arts Centre Visual Arts programme. The collection now extends to 200 notebooks made by writers, film makers and visual artists from all over the world. Each notebook is a standard A5 Moleskine notebook, but that's where the similarity ends. Artists have
After a hugely successful Ireland tour in 2013 and again in 2015, Christine Bovill returns for a third time with her award winning show. No glamour. No gimmicks. No pretence. Nothing but a voice, singing of life’s triumphs and tragedies. Who was Edith Piaf? And how did she come to represent the spirit of Paris
Kildare Readers Festival is brought to you by Kildare County Library and Arts Service. This Years Festival runs from 14th to 16th October. Their ethos is to connect readers with authors and artists, working to bring the very best from the world of literature to their audiences through the provision of exciting, innovative and accessible events.
