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FAMILY CINEMA: The Secret Life of Pets

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Max (Louis C.K.) is a spoiled terrier who enjoys a comfortable life in a New York building until his owner adopts Duke, a giant and unruly canine. During their walk outside, they encounter a group of ferocious alley cats and wind up in a truck that's bound for the pound. Luckily, a rebellious bunny named

€4

MUSIC: The Legend Of Luke Kelly

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The Legend of Luke Kelly featuring Chris Kavanagh celebrates the memory and music of one of Ireland’s cultural treasures and greatest folk artists of the 20th Century. Dubliner Chris Kavanagh’s passion for Luke Kelly’s music led him to learn to play the five-string long neck banjo and over the past 14 years, he has toured

€18

CINEMA: Marie Curie The Courage of Knowledge

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

In the eight years between her two Nobel Prizes (1903-11), Polish scientist Marie Curie (Karolina Gruszka) is widowed and embarks upon a scandalous affair with married colleague Paul Langevin (Arieh Worthalter). Moreover, she continues to conduct pioneering research into radiation and challenge the institutionalised chauvinism of the French scientific hierarchy.

€6 – €9

SCHOOL SCREENING: The Golden Dream/La Jaula de Oro

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A group of Guatemalan teenagers attempt to make their way to the U.S.A., dreaming of the better life that the country promises, but they are ill equipped, both physically and emotionally, for the challenges they face getting there. This is an absorbing and suspenseful drama, excellently acted by its three non-professional leads. Guatemala/Spain/ Mexico  • 2013

Parent and Toddler Art and Fun Morning- The Very Curious Eyes

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Rainbow all over the town We start with an introduction in a form of trip around the imaginary town created from cardboard and other upcycled materials. We will be looking at the museum, housing estate, school, etc. Each ‘station’ will have something to draw or paint on it and the children accompanied by parents will

€7

Free Artist Talk: Susan Connolly

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Susan Connolly is a graduate of Limerick School of Art and Design, Degree in Fine Art-Painting. She holds an MFA from the University of Ulster and a first class honours MA, from NCAD, Dublin. Connolly is currently a PhD candidate at Ulster University having been awarded the VC Scholarship in 2014.

FREE

THEATRE: Swan Lake/Loch na hEala

Newbridge Town Hall Main Street, Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland

Following a critically acclaimed international tour that included Dublin Theatre Festival; Sadler’s Wells, London and Sydney Opera House, The winner of best production and best costume design at the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017 comes to Newbridge Town Hall for two nights only. From the imagination of one of Ireland’s foremost dance and theatre makers

€20 – €25

MUSIC: The Man In Black

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The No. 1 Johnny Cash Tribute right across America “The Man In Black” returns to Ireland for a short tour. After a completely sold out trip in Feb 2017, FANS CLAMOURED FOR A RETURN VISIT. So here he comes again. The greatest Johnny Cash Tribute Show in the World returns this February for a Nationwide

€20 – €22

School Show: Romeo and Juliet (CANCELLED)

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Shakespeare comes to life in The Romeo & Juliet Session! The bard directs a group of modern actors in his great romantic tragedy. However, problems arise as Mr. Shakespeare’s sixteenth century attitudes and demeanor clash with those of the modern performers. Arguments, discussion and enlightenment ensue! Cyclone once again introduces students to one of Shakespeare’s

ADIFF SCREENING: The Divine Order (CANCELLED)

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

It’s 1971: Nora is a young housewife and mother, living in a quaint little village in Switzerland with her husband and their two sons. The rural area is untouched by the major social upheavals the revolutionary movement of 1968 has brought about elsewhere. Nora’s life is not affected either; she is a quiet person who

€8 – €9

VISUAL ARTS: We Live Here

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Exhibition of works by  The Curragh Camp Girls NS students facilitated by artist Marta Golubowska as part of  Kildare County Council Arts Service annual Artist in Schools Residency Bursary Scheme. Girls from Curragh Camp National School and artist Marta Golubowska worked together over the 10 weeks in autumn 2017 on the project about the sense of

FREE

CINEMA: In Between (CANCELLED)

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Layla, Salma, and Nour – three Palestinian women with Israeli citizenship - share an apartment in the vibrant center of Tel Aviv. Despite being “independent”, each of them struggles with the restrictions imposed on their lives by a blinkered society. Maysaloun Hamoud’s remarkable feature debut, explores the challenges facing young Arab-Israeli women who must negotiate

€6 – €9

SHARING: Hatch by Fidget Feet

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Following the success of Strange Feathers, Fidget Feet is now working on a new show calls Hatch. Riverbank Arts Centre is delighted to support the development of this show by offering our venue for rehearsals and a sharing session. Hatch is a new immersive aerial dance show based on caterpillars & butterflies called suitable for

Free Event

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Anna Tsybuleva

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Winner of the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2015, Anna Tsybuleva has astounded audiences and critics alike with her daring and bravura-filled interpretations of classic works. Her muscular, rhythmic playing and overtly nuanced attack give every accent a meaning, infusing the most well-worn pieces with modernity and breathing new life into neglected works. A

€12 – €15

CINEMA: Breathe

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

After contracting polio at the age of 28, Robin Cavendish is confined to a bed and given only months to live. With help from his wife Diana and her twin brothers, and the groundbreaking ideas of inventor Teddy Hall, Cavendish emerges from the hospital ward and devotes the rest of his life to helping fellow patients

€6 – €9

SCHOOL SCREENING: Goodbye Berlin/Tschick

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Maik is a daydreamer who goes unnoticed by his classroom crush; Andrej is an oddball kid from Russia with an eccentric taste for Hawaiian shirts. The two form an unlikely bond when Andrej shows up at Maik’s door with a “borrowed” blue Lada, and the prospect of an impromptu road trip beckons. Based on the

COMEDY THEATRE: The Curse of The Button Accordion

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Comedian Sharon Mannion pens a hilarious show based on her worries, fears and adventures growing up in a Roscommon village. Will she live up to the expectations of her ex-showband star father and her Midwest FM radio-loving mother? On receiving a shiny button accordion, Sharon is thrust into the local limelight. But things soon turn sour, when

€12 – €15

MUSIC: Route 66 Big Band

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The North Kildare based Route 66 Big Band are delighted to visit the Riverbank Arts Centre for the first time. Their Live in Concert Show has been an outstanding success over the past two years in theatres in Dublin, Offaly and Laois. Their programme takes the audience on a musical trip from the big band

€18 – €20

THEATRE: What Would Ma Say?

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

What Would Ma Say?, a hilarious play based on the best-seller of the same name. Kathleen Doyle tells the true story of her remarkable family and their exploits growing up in Dublin in the tenements in the 1950’s and her teenage years in Crumlin in the early 1960’s. Kathleen describes Ma as an ordinary woman

€16 – €18

WORKSHOP: Creative Digital Media workshop

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Are you interested in making videos? Want to learn the tools to become the next YouTube star? This workshop is designed to introduce you to creative digital media. Taught by Creative Digital Media degree lecturers and students from Institute of Technology, Tallaght, this is a hands-on making workshop. You will explore what it takes to create your own short film,

€5

WORKSHOP: Brickflicks Myths and Legends

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This workshop will focus on Myths and Legends so come along and learn how to make an awesome set, write a great short story, fine tune your animation skills and then film the results. Bring along your favourite mini figure and they can be one of the stars. When finished the movies will be shared

€70

WORKSHOP: Digital Animation Easter Camp

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This workshop combines the craft of classic “hand drawn” animating with modern technology. Participants work individually on concept art, plot structure and animating to create their very own unique short films which will then be collated and shared via Vimeo or YouTube. The course is primarily a practical one, with a very brief introduction to

€70

CINEMA: A Fantastic Woman

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Marina is beautiful, vibrant and in love. So when her older lover Orlando dies suddenly, she is left in a state of shock. Still raw with grief Marina finds that, as a transgender woman, she is suspected of foul play by his family. Sebastián Lelio follows his hit Gloria with this moving drama about a

€6 – €9
Recurring

THEATRE: Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Adam, an American doctor, Edward, an Irish journalist, and Michael, an English academic, have little to unite them beyond being human in the same small space. Yet somehow, together, they determine to ward off madness and forestall despair. Somewhere lurk their unseen captors yet, in the cell, there are stories of adventure and love, there

€16 – €18

FAMILY SHOW: Little Folk On Tour

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Note: Rescheduled to 31st March, at 11am Little Folk On Tour is a fun filled exploration of music perfectly suited for your energetic under 6’s.  Join Kyle Riley as he leads children and their adults through a variety of music that gets them (and you) singing and moving. In this family concert, Kyle brings his own

€5

FAMILY CINEMA: Pete’s Dragon

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales… until she meets Pete

€4

WORKSHOP: Artzone Easter Camp

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

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) Tuesday 3rd-Friday 6th April, 10am-2pm

€65

THEATRE: From Under The Bed

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Seamus O’Rourke once again brings us a story full of heartache and humour, as a pair of aging, rural, bachelor brothers arrive at a point in their lives, where decisions have to be made about certain things… well the buying of a television for one… and one subject leads to another and the next thing,

€16 – €18

MUSIC: Date Night With Niamh Kavanagh and Paul Megahy (The Illegals)

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join Niamh Kavanagh as she celebrates the 25th anniversary of her Eurovision win with a retrospective of special songs from the course of her extensive career. Expect familiar favourites interpreted in Niamh's inimitable fashion, and accompanied by guitarist Paul Megahy. An intimate evening of gorgeous sounds awaits, with a sprinkle of chat and craic for

€18

FAMILY THEATRE: The Magic Bookshop

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

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 categorized and sometimes sent to the dreaded shredder. The two friends do their very

€6

CINEMA: Happy End

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Anne has taken over the family construction business as her aging father Georges struggles with dementia. The extended family, including Anne’s alcoholic son, her doctor brother and his troubled teenage daughter, come and go to their Calais home… The latest from two-time Palme d’Or winner Michael Haneke is a dark satire on a dysfunctional family

€6 – €9

COMEDY: Neil Delamere, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Pensioner

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Note: Rescheduled from 3rd March to 12th April One day Neil’s dad asked him to help deliver the Meals on Wheels. He agreed. Little did they know that their lives would never be the same again. Except for the bits of their lives that didn’t change. “You’ll be hard pressed to find a more gifted

€23

The Moon Belongs to Everyone – Exhibition by Maeve Clancy including works by Syrian Refugee Children in Kildare

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The Moon Belongs to Everyone is an exhibition about home and belonging, with reference to child refugees. The main part of the show is a journey through a paper landscape. It can seem full of adventure, has items with history to examine and ends in a paper hut containing a story within. It gently looks

COMEDY: The Nualas Glam Slam!

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Bam!  Pow!  Biff! Shazam!  They are back in the ring for a glittering bout of knock-out, body-slamming comedy gold. They dance like a butterfly and sing like a bee. They'll have you flat out on the mat with laughter. They will literally punch you right in the kisser with their gloves of gags and gaiety.

€18 – €20

FAMILY THEATRE: Dr. Zeiffal, Dr. Zeigal, and The Hippo That Can Never Be Caught!

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Mouths of Lions bring their five star, award- winning, Edinburgh Fringe family favourite show, Dr. Zeiffal, Dr. Zeigal and the Hippo That Can Never Be Caught! to Ireland! Dr. Zeiffal and Dr. Zeigal and The Hippo That Can Never Be Caught, invites the audience to help the forgetful Dr. Zeiffal catch the crafty Hippo with

€8

CINEMA: The Divine Order

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Nora is a young housewife and mother, living in a quaint little village in Switzerland with her husband and their sons. The rural area is untouched by the major social upheavals the revolutionary movement of 1968 has brought about elsewhere. Nora’s life is not affected either; she is a quiet person who is liked by

€6 – €9

FAMILY THEATRE: Whatever The Weather

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A drop of sunshine, a sprinkle of rain, a dollop of snow and a whoosh of wind. Whatever the Weather it can be fun to go outside! But that's not what Worried Wendy thinks, she hides away inside, afraid of what the weather may bring As each day brings a new weather the children experience

€5

THEATRE: Take Off Your Cornflakes

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A heartfelt comedy drama about love, starring Pat Nolan (Fair City) and Rosemary Henderson (Fair City and Father Ted). ‘Take off your Corn Flakes’ tells the story of a fun filled marriage that hits crisis when Pats character gets Alzheimer’s. When we go out of our mind, where do we go? Full of tears, joy

€14 – €16

MUSIC: The Don Baker and Rob Strong Band

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Two of Ireland’s best ever rock/blues musicians have collaborated to record an album together in January 2018 and tour many of Ireland’s best known venues this spring and summer. Don Baker is known as a prolific singer/songwriter/musician for over 50 years and Rob Strong, from Derry, on bass guitar and lead vocals, is another of

€18 – €20

Animagination Festival 2018

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Join us once again for our annual Animagination Festival! We've got screenings, workshops, authors events....... Saturday 21st April: 10am: WORKSHOP: Imagine a New World of Characters – mixed media collage workshop 11.30am: WORKSHOP: Drawing fun with illustrator Tarsila Krüse – in association with CBI Bold Girls 11.30am: FAMILY CINEMA: Thomas & Friends Journey Beyond Sordor

COMEDY: Alison Spittle Worrier Princess

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Alison worries. She worries so much she's decided to do a show about it and now she can worry about making it a good show. One of Ireland's fastest rising comedians,the star and writer of RTE's new major series 'Nowhere Fast' , join Alison on her first tour. As seen on RTÉ (Brendan O'Connor's Cutting

€12

CINEMA: Making the Grade

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Making the Grade invites us into the world of the piano lesson. Every year teachers and students throughout Ireland prepare for graded musical exams. These exams can be pleasing for some but daunting for others. Each student has their own goal but reaching Grade Eight is considered a pinnacle. This endearing and uplifting documentary explores

€6 – €9

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

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

25th April: Who lives on the bottom of the sea? During the workshop, children will be looking at different colourful creatures living in the sea and we will be making small aquariums with the favourite ones in them. Visual Feast for young children (1-3years old) led by artist Marta Golubowska  from Fourhandsart. Inquiry and play

€7

FAMILY THEATRE: Woolly’s Quest

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This is the epic story of Woolly, the bravest of all sheep. Woolly was the first sheep who dared to be different, he dared to be adventurous; he dared to discover what happens to his wool. Join Woolly on his audacious quest to reclaim his shorn fleece, marvel at his sheer bravery on a journey

€7