Learn about flight from the earliest attempts to modern day heavier than air flight. The children will participate in a series of age appropriate experiments making hot air balloons, working out how many helium balloons it would take to lift a person, making the best paper planes and investigating air and air flow. Anyone 4
Learn about flight from the earliest attempts to modern day heavier than air flight. The children will participate in a series of age appropriate experiments making hot air balloons, working out how many helium balloons it would take to lift a person, making the best paper planes and investigating air and air flow.
Make the most of the school break and let the younger members of the family join the Artzone camp this Easter! Our teachers have designed some great Easter theme loaded portfolios of art, crafts, stories and games for both Junior (5-7 years) and Senior (8-12 years)
Make the most of the school break and let the younger members of the family join the Artzone camp this Easter! Our teachers have designed some great Easter theme loaded portfolios of art, crafts, stories and games for both Junior (5-7 years) and Senior (8-12 years)
The Grump /Mielensäpahoittaja The Grump (Antti Litja) is a stubborn, sour-faced old farmer with a rose-tinted view of the past. After a bad fall, he is forced to move from his family farm to the city home of his career-focussed daughter-in-law. Struggling to exist in this new world, the old man seems to do nothing
Madame de Markievicz on Trial comes to Riverbank Arts Centre following a sell-out run in Dublin. The play, centred on Constance Markievicz , depicts an event in Dublin at Easter in 1916 when a policeman was fatally shot, and the subsequent murder case and imprisoning during the autumn of 1917. Much of the dialogue is
Three of UK & Europe's most highly regarded Tribute acts to Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers & Neil Diamond, join forces with the exceptionally popular Conspiracy band. Audiences will be toe-tapping, singing along, and dancing in the isles to many of the classic hits the artists are known for. These performers are the closest tributes to
A rockabilly-rockabye show for under 5s with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties or Severe Learning Difficulties. Part of our UP programme, SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS brings together our PMLD and early years work for the first time. Snoozle wants to stay up and rock, but his band, The Lullabugs, just want to go to sleep.
A rockabilly-rockabye show for under 5s with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties or Severe Learning Difficulties. Part of our UP programme, SNOOZLE & THE LULLABUGS brings together our PMLD and early years work for the first time. Snoozle wants to stay up and rock, but his band, The Lullabugs, just want to go to sleep.
Maya is a busy little bee, ready to leave her hive and live in the meadow, free like a.....bee. The world is just too big and too fascinating to remain confined to the restricted life of the hive. But soon Maya realises that a bigger challenge beckons and that together with her friend Willy, she
The concert is one of five that will be held in each of Co. Kildare's Municipal Districts to commemorate the 1916 Rising through the poetry, prose and song. Some of the songs included are Danny Boy, The Foggy Dew, The Minstrel Boy and The Soldier's Song. Other songs featured will be The Old Bog Road
Make the most of the school break and let the younger members of the family join the Artzone camp this Easter! Our teachers have designed some great Easter theme loaded portfolios of art, crafts, stories and games for both Junior (5-7 years) and Senior (8-12 years)
Make the most of the school break and let the younger members of the family join the Artzone camp this Easter! Our teachers have designed some great Easter theme loaded portfolios of art, crafts, stories and games for both Junior (5-7 years) and Senior (8-12 years)
Beginners Camp: 10am - 12.30pm, Thursday 31st March & Friday 1st April Createschool.ie are proud to announce that BrickFlicks are back this Easter so join them for some stop motion medieval mayhem! Participants will collaborate on designing their own set, scripting their own story and filming the results. Knights, Dragons, Castles and more. All you
Follow Up Camp: 1.30m - 3.30pm, Thursday 31st March & Friday 1st April Createschool.ie are proud to announce that BrickFlicks are back this Easter so join them for some stop motion medieval mayhem! Participants will collaborate on designing their own set, scripting their own story and filming the results. Knights, Dragons, Castles and more. All you
Kildare native Jack Lukeman is one of Ireland’s most respected and best loved performers. Described as ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century ’ (The Guardian), few can match his award-winning powerhouse vocals and inventive live shows. He has been busy touring The USA amd Europe last year and was delighted
Pangur Ban presents: Tom MacIntyre's The Gallant John Joe Performed by Tom Hickey After a hugely successful revival at the Peacock Theatre last year, one of the theatrical events of the year is coming to a town near you for a very special performance. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the internationally treasured, Tom Hickey
A Terrible Beauty Exposed! is a play devised by Mario Corrigan and James Durney of the Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee in conjunction with director Lianne O'Shea to focus young minds to interpret the Easter Rising, war, death and destruction through the eyes of the participants ― rebel, soldier and civilian. The audience become jurors
Little Stories Little Prints is a 1916 Commemorative Visual Arts Project through the medium of Printmaking. The project was devised and coordinated by Pamela de Brí in collaboration with the Leinster Printmaking Studio in Clane. She was assisted by Margaret Becker, Director and Manager of the studio. Fifty Printmakers from eight Printmaking Studios around Ireland
Two projects by Ciaran Burke, oneTree365 and Scoodoos celebrate the beauty and importance of trees. oneTree365 documents one year in the life of a tree, 365 photographs of a grey willow growing on a quiet country lane in Mayo. On that same lane the first Scoodoo appeared. Twig and branch sculptures are representations of individual
Plant Sowing Workshop for Families with Ciaran Burke from The Garden School 10am - 11.30pm For younger children up to age 7 with parents Learn about Scoodoos and hear the story of the seed. Then make a newspaper pot, sow a seed in organic compost. Then take it home to watch it grow… Tickets €10
Make a Scoodoos - Tree Sculpture with Ciaran Burke form The Garden School Workshop for Children 8 and older with parents 12pm - 1.30pm Discuss the importance of trees, help to make a Scoodoos sculpture and take it home, write a postcard saying something about trees (or draw a picture) and hang the postcard in
Join this is quartet of masterful musicians for a night not to be missed. Brid Harper comes from Castlefinn, Co.Donegal. She released her debut album in 2015. Brid is regarded as one of the greatest exponents of Irish music and has influenced many a musician far and wide to date. Here she is joined by
Following his Oscar-winning screenplay for The Social Network (2010), which recounted Mark Zuckerberg’s founding of Facebook, Aaron Sorkin returns to the digital world with this study of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. We first meet Jobs and recurring figures Joanna Hoffman (Kate Winslet), Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen) and John Sculley (Jeff Daniels) in 1984
Of Mice and Men is a powerful portrait of the American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of friendship. Set in California during the Great Depression, it follows two migrant workers George, a sharp but uneducated, short-tempered man, and Lennie, a large but simple-minded man. Together they hope to one day acquire their
Handel in Ireland, is Caitríona O’Leary and Dúlra’s celebration of Handel’s sojourn in Ireland in 1742 and presents Irish music of the time, songs and dances the composer may have heard, and Handel’s compositions re-imagined by some of the world’s leading traditional and world music stars. Near the end of his stay he travelled to
Animagination Festival presents: The Fantastical Time Travelling Library Bus with Moonfish Theatre “If we want to release the trapped moments of history, we have to do it now. This might be our only chance!” Welcome to the Fantastical Time Travelling Library Bus - this is no ordinary Library Bus! The books in this bus are
Animagination Festival presents The Mega Doodle workshop with animator and illustrator Marten Jonmark Come along and get involved with our interactive Monster Doodle! Meet animator and illustrator Marten Jonmark and create the scariest, meanest monster you’ve ever seen! Stretch out and show off your drawing and colouring skills in a huge group drawing session on
Animagination Festival presents Shorts for Wee Ones We know your little ones like nothing more than a colourful collection of animated stories from around the world. So we’ve looked high and low and found these wee treasures from Belgium, Brazil, Germany, the USA, France and the UK. You’ll meet a baby lamb who definitely thinks outside
Animagination Festival presents: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory The story of Charlie Bucket, a little boy with no money and a good heart, trying to win a tour of a local chocolate factory with its eccentric owner. This delightful original musical version of Roald Dahl's much-loved book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory needs no introduction.
Animagination Festival presents Discover the World of Pop-uppetry! with Moonfish Theatre Following on from their premier of the Fantastical Time Travelling Library Bus - an immersive show created with the support of Riverbank Arts Centre and the Kildare Library Services, Moonfish Theatre are hosting a workshop in the wonderful world of pop-uppetry! Pop-up books and cards
Animagination Festival presents: THE MAGIC BOOKSHOP From Monkeyshine Theatre in Association with Roscommon Arts Centre Welcome to The Magic Bookshop! It’s a treasure trove of wonders where old books flock together and their stories hop from the pages. Peter and John work at the new arrivals desk. Great heaps of books have to be sorted and
Animagination Festival presents: Storybook Workshop with illustrator Sarah Whelan. This workshop is a first stop shop for budding illustrators and writers who are looking to make their stories come to life. Making a Storyboard is the initial stage of cartoon or movie planning. Much like when making a storybook, you must first plan out what is
Animagination Festival presents: Create your own Revolting Story-Villain! With Simone Schuemmelfeder Every good story needs a villain and Roald Dahl was a master in creating the most revolting, scary and yet funny villains! Just think of Miss Trunchbull, the horrible principal in Dahl’s book “Matilda” or of the dreadful giants Bonecruncher and Meatdripper in “The BFG” whose
Fred (Michael Caine), a retired composer and conductor, and Mick (Harvey Keitel), a film director, are old friends and also in-laws through the marriage of their respective daughter and son. The two are spending their summer at a luxury Swiss Alps spa, but while Fred is dodging requests from England for him to come out
Robbie O’Connor and Aisling O’Mara in association with ANU Productions “Did that play of mine send out certain men the English shot?” - W.B. Yeats Dublin, 24 April 1916. Ireland's leading actors abandon a matinee of Cathleen Ni Houlihan. Stepping out of their costumes and taking their revolvers from beneath the Abbey stage, they march
A printmaking Workshop with Amelia Peart An introductory printmaking workshop enabling children to produce dry point or mono prints from simple drawings or marks. Working collaboratively the children are lead through the printing process from drawing to transfer onto metal or plastic plate, then inking, wiping, and finally turning the printing press and lifting the
Artie Shaughnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory. Toiling by day as a zoo-keeper, he suffers in seedy lounges by night, plying his wares at piano bars in Queens, New York where he lives with his wife, Bananas. Artie’s downstairs mistress, Bunny Flingus will sleep with him anytime but refuses to cook until they
Duplo and Lego have been popular for generations of children and adults. No matter what age you are or country you're from, everyone has once upon a time played with bricks. The Brickx Club is a social and creative Duplo and Lego brick building activity club for children of all ages. We begin by giving
Duplo and Lego have been popular for generations of children and adults. No matter what age you are or country you're from, everyone has once upon a time played with bricks. The Brickx Club is a social and creative Duplo and Lego brick building activity club for children of all ages. We begin by giving
Curated by Bairbe Sámh, Mary Crowe Trueman and Petrina Hanlon as part of the Creative Well Curation Project 2016. This Exhibition is free and open to the public. McKenna gallery is an art gallery situated down stairs at the Riverbank Arts Centre Newbridge. It is free admission and open to the public. All welcome to
Free three-day drawing workshop for adults: 10am to 1pm on 5th- 6th and 7th May 2016 People will all levels of ability are welcomed as the workshop is aimed at beginners and at those who have experience! Over three days’ artist Dominic Thorpe will bring participants through many fun exercises that introduce and explore various
The Nualas are celebrating their 21st – In those years they've played extended seasons in London, Dublin and New York, written and recorded several series for BBC Radio 4, split up and got back together again, clocked up innumerable TV appearances, and met Chris de Burgh in the flesh. Now, with scorchingly brilliant new songs,
Ex-pupils invade a Dublin classroom to confront their former teacher, whose actions have had a profound effect on them. Now he must be called to account so that the past can be confronted and futures faced. This highly relevant, compelling play is a powerful exploration of how charisma can be used for unscrupulous purposes and
Irish soprano, Celine Byrne, made her operatic début as Mimi, in Scottish Opera’s 2010 production of La Bohéme and since then has performed extensively throughout Europe as well as in the US, China, Russia and Mexico . An Evening with Celine Byrne is a chance to hear Celine sing popular arias from the world of
