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VISUAL ART: A Daily Cloud by Chris Judge
Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, NewbridgeFIRST FORTNIGHT: Mark Making Workshop with Martina McDonald
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VISUAL ART: Freedom of Choice
In 2022 artist Clodagh Kelly led an artist residence programme at Riverbank Arts Centre, supported by the Kildare County Council Arts Service First Fortnight Award, in partnership with First Fortnight. Women of diverse ages, arts experiences and social backgrounds participated in the residency which resulted in Freedom of Choice - a body of work which
VISUAL ART: A Daily Cloud by Chris Judge
A Daily Cloud is an interactive exhibition created by artist Chris Judge, based on his online cloud drawings. Chris started making the cloud drawings during the first Covid-19 lockdown in the Summer of 2020. He was spending a lot of time in the garden with his wife and young children, turning the garden into a
FIRST FORTNIGHT: Mark Making Workshop with Martina McDonald
FIRST FORTNIGHT: Mark Making Workshop with Martina McDonald
Join visual artist Martina McDonald for an evening of mark making. In the workshop you will be encouraged to create a mess with art materials! The practice of mark making is simple, fun and often calming. Martina will guide you through a range of ways to create different marks and textures on paper. These elements
CINEMA: The Banshees of Inisherin
CINEMA: The Banshees of Inisherin
Set during the Irish Civil War, on a coastal island, lifelong friends Pádraic and Colm suddenly find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly ends their friendship. A stunned Pádraic endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, the whole village become involved in
SCHOOLS: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
SCHOOLS: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen's classic play was greeted with shock in 1879, with both its style and subject matter being seen as subversive. It premiered in Copenhagen at the dawn of the suffragette movement and continues to be one of the world's most performed plays. It ushered modern drama onto centre stage, banishing aristocratic comedy and melodrama to
LOCAL ARTS: Kildare Youth Theatre Presents A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
LOCAL ARTS: Kildare Youth Theatre Presents A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen's classic play was greeted with shock in 1879, with both its style and subject matter being seen as subversive. It premiered in Copenhagen at the dawn of the suffragette movement and continues to be one of the world's most performed plays. It ushered modern drama onto centre stage, banishing aristocratic comedy and melodrama to
SCHOOLS: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
SCHOOLS: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen's classic play was greeted with shock in 1879, with both its style and subject matter being seen as subversive. It premiered in Copenhagen at the dawn of the suffragette movement and continues to be one of the world's most performed plays. It ushered modern drama onto centre stage, banishing aristocratic comedy and melodrama to
LOCAL ARTS: Kildare Youth Theatre Presents A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
LOCAL ARTS: Kildare Youth Theatre Presents A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen's classic play was greeted with shock in 1879, with both its style and subject matter being seen as subversive. It premiered in Copenhagen at the dawn of the suffragette movement and continues to be one of the world's most performed plays. It ushered modern drama onto centre stage, banishing aristocratic comedy and melodrama to
ARTIST TALK: Freedom of Choice Panel Discussion & Workshop
ARTIST TALK: Freedom of Choice Panel Discussion & Workshop
Curated by visual artist Clodagh Kelly, Freedom of Choice exhibition offers a glimpse into the lives of ten women. Created by ten participating artists, the exhibition explores a range of topics including mental health, psychiatry and journeys of healing, nature, fertility, childbirth, visibility, homelessness and violence. Join the artists for a panel discussion (7pm) prompted by
BOOK LAUNCH: The Devil’s Own by Maria McDonald
BOOK LAUNCH: The Devil’s Own by Maria McDonald
Join Kildare County Council Library Service and author Maria McDonald for the launch of her new book The Devil's Own, a tantalising historical mystery. This event will be be launched on Friday 20th January at 6pm with guest speaker, and former Irish Army Ranger, Ray Goggins. The programme is supported by the County Kildare Decade of
WORKSHOP: The Ballad of Freaked Out Freddy – Interactive Storytelling with Paul Timoney
WORKSHOP: The Ballad of Freaked Out Freddy – Interactive Storytelling with Paul Timoney
The Ballad Of Freaked Out Freddy begins with a little story about a normally, happy-go-lucky lad named Freddy who gets some rather spiky thoughts from time. He tries a couple of tricks to smooth out those spiky thoughts, but it's not always easy to come up with ways to do so by oneself, so it
FAMILY CINEMA: Onward
FAMILY CINEMA: Onward
Set in a suburban fantasy world, Disney and Pixar’s Onward introduces two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there. Ian and Barley Lightfoot (voices of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt) get an unexpected opportunity to spend one more day with their late
PREVIEW: Lakelands – followed by Q&A
PREVIEW: Lakelands – followed by Q&A
Lakelands is the debut feature from Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney whose short film Drifting, starring the BAFTA-winning Paul Mescal, premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh last year to critical acclaim. After an attack on a night out, a young Gaelic footballer, Cian, struggles to comes to terms with a career-ending injury. Lakelands follows him