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Exhibition: M7 by Michael Holly
M7 16’30” looped digital video and multi-channel sound Vocal commentary from Liam Kenny An exhibition by Michael Holly McKenna Gallery In May of this year, I walked the length of the M7 Motorway, from the Naas interchange to the Rathroe roundabout outside Limerick City, weaving along the secondary roads, the country lanes, the underpasses and overpasses of this monumental and significant piece of Irish infrastructure. With me I carried a tent, a video camera, a sound recorder and a walking…
Find out more »Home is where the Art is II
Home is where the Art is II A collaborative youth-led art project and exhibition The Children's Gallery Now in its second year, Home Is Where the Art Is is a youth-led project, matching professional artists with schools and youth groups across Kildare to encourage and foster creativity. Riverbank Arts Centre invited youth community groups to work with us and a number of talented artists, to create pieces of art which formed this exciting exhibition in our Children’s Gallery in the…
Find out more »MUSIC: Luan Parle & Clive Barnes
Two of Ireland's finest songwriters and performers Luan Parle and Clive Barnes have for many years been gaining an international reputation as solo performers. For the past three years they have been performing together to sold out audiences across Ireland, US & Europe. Luan Parle released her critically acclaimed album 'Free' in 2007. To date she has released 3 studio albums and is currently working on her latest material due for release in 2018. Clive Barnes is highly regarded as…
Find out more »COMEDY: Further Ted
Further Ted is a show that brings two of the most memorable characters from Father Ted to-gether for a night of stand-up and musical comedy and a chance to compete in a "Lovely Girls" competition. You don't have to be a girl to enter and the winner gets a romantic candle lit night in for one, a luxury cruise in a boat of your own making and a full set of bespoke rubber gloves. Joe Rooney (Father Damo) and Patrick…
Find out more »FAMILY CINEMA: Coco
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history. Directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) and co-directed…
Find out more »CINEMA: Let The Sunshine In
Inspired by Roland Barthes’s A Lover’s Discourse, Claire Denis teams up with writer Christine Angot to tell, in fragments, the romantic journey of Isabelle (Juliette Binoche), a sensitive, middle-aged, unhappily divorced artist and mother, as she moves from one lover to the next in search of definitive love. Exquisitely lit by Denis’ long-standing cinematographer Agnès Godard, and with a constellation of star actors (Gérard Depardieu, Xavier Beauvois, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Bruno Podalydès), Isabelle’s quest for love unfolds with a delightful…
Find out more »LOCAL ARTS: See Me Here
6 years! It’s only 6 years! So why does it feel like a lifetime? Teenager, young adult, adolescent, whatever you call it… it makes no difference to me. I won’t be offended. One moment rushing to the end and the next willing it to last just a little longer. In the in-between, and almost all at once in heaven, in hell, in limbo. You cannot assail me. I’ll make it through. See me here. See me now. is a programme of…
Find out more »LOCAL ARTS: See Me Here
6 years! It’s only 6 years! So why does it feel like a lifetime? Teenager, young adult, adolescent, whatever you call it… it makes no difference to me. I won’t be offended. One moment rushing to the end and the next willing it to last just a little longer. In the in-between, and almost all at once in heaven, in hell, in limbo. You cannot assail me. I’ll make it through. See me here. See me now. is a programme of…
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Artzone July Summer Camp
Artzone Summer camps are planned and delivered by qualified and experienced art teachers, specialists in their fields of art. Our design team are developing four brand new creative and challenging portfolios of art, crafts, stories & games based on some very cool themes to rival last year’s hugely successful summer art camp programme. Each portfolio is researched and designed based on the Primary Schools Visual Arts Curriculum to maximise creativity, learning and fun for boys & girls. Ages : 5-7…
Find out more »LOCAL ARTS: Rumours
Neil Simon’s celebrated comedy, Rumours, is sure to have audiences in stitches. When Ken and Chris arrive at Charley’s House for an anniversary dinner, they find their host too dazed to speak and with a mysterious wound to his ear. Is there a scandal to be concealed? As other party guests arrive the evening descends into deception, mystery, and comic chaos, each trying to hide their understanding of the truth from one another in this hilarious romp. Presented by Newbridge’s…
Find out more »LOCAL ARTS: Rumours
Neil Simon’s celebrated comedy, Rumours, is sure to have audiences in stitches. When Ken and Chris arrive at Charley’s House for an anniversary dinner, they find their host too dazed to speak and with a mysterious wound to his ear. Is there a scandal to be concealed? As other party guests arrive the evening descends into deception, mystery, and comic chaos, each trying to hide their understanding of the truth from one another in this hilarious romp. Presented by Newbridge’s…
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Circus and magic Skills workshop with Jango Starr
Join Jango Starr in an experiential workshop exploring the skills used in One Man Shoe. Explore the physicality and expression of the Clown, circus skills of juggling and balancing various objects and some quick to learn but fun visual Magic tricks. The aim of this fun and collaborative workshop is to give participants an introduction to techniques that can be taken away, practised and developed into a skill. (Teaching notes will be supplied.)
Find out more »FAMILY SHOW: One Man Shoe
Jango Starr, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is thrust into the limelight when the headline act fails to turn up, and embarks on a hilarious journey of highly crafted and heartfelt silent comedy. Witness Jango’s hilarious journey as he magically finds his way to realise his dreams of transforming into a star. A delightful, dynamic and uplifting show for children and families, performed by Jango Starr, whose unique style of silent physical theatre includes contemporary circus clowning, slapstick comedy, puppetry, juggling and…
Find out more »COMEDY: Eric Lalor
Many would have seen him on RTE’s Fair City, but Lalor is better known for his warm, energetic on stage presence as a standup. With gags that always hit the spot, his engaging, high intensity performances makes him on the top names of ‘must book’ comedians. Eric is a regular act at the prestigious Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival, as well as playing the Electric Picnic, Galway Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Portlaoise Halloween Howls and Iveagh Gardens Festivals as well as…
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Creative Digital Arts
Createschool present a multi discipline arts and crafts programme where kids learn to make art with mobile digital technology. This STEAM based programme will encourage them to nurture their creativity with a variety of activities including stop motion animation, digital music making, photography & video, coding, podcasting and more. Kids can follow their imagination, share their stories, realise their ideas and gain many new skills. Like all of our programmes there is a strong emphasis on collaboration, critical thinking, enjoyment…
Find out more »The Gerard Manley Hopkins 31st International Festival presents: International Poetry Reading
The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival, under the guidance of its artistic director and internationally renowned poet Desmond Egan, is celebrating its 31st anniversary this year. As part of this year’s festival, Riverbank Arts Centre will host an array of International poets including Roger Mc Gough (UK), Fr. Seamus Collins (Ireland), Emilia Ivancu (Romania), Pushpa Parekh (India), Lena Koster (Sweden), Kevin Kiely (Ireland), Chris Green (U.S.A.), Desmond Egan (Ireland), Philip Brady (Ireland), Michael Woods (U.K.), Shizue Ogawa (Japan), Barry McCrea (U.S.A.),…
Find out more »LOCAL ARTS: Kildare Youth Theatre presents: The Act of Oblivion
Two plays, two stories. Each starts out at the same time on the stage. One is oblivious to the other. One play fights to be the story that we hear and see. The other will be the one unheard and forgotten. Neither the actors nor the audience knows which play will take control of the stage. No one knows which story will be told in its entirety until the night is over, until the victorious have written the history. With…
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Family Circus
10am-11am - family circus, parents and their children from 2-6yrs. 1 adult per 1 child. €7 (adult+child) for one day workshop
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Fidget Feet Children’s Aerial Camp
Monday 30th July- Friday 3rd August 11:30-2:30pm Childrens Aerial Camp 7-12 years €65 Monday -Friday
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Camp for Adults.
Adults Aerial Dance camp- 16+ years 6:30-8:30pm Monday 30th July - Friday 3rd August €40 or €10 per class
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Artzone August Summer Camp
Artzone Summer camps are planned and delivered by qualified and experienced art teachers, specialists in their fields of art. Our design team are developing four brand new creative and challenging portfolios of art, crafts, stories & games based on some very cool themes to rival last year’s hugely successful summer art camp programme. Each portfolio is researched and designed based on the Primary Schools Visual Arts Curriculum to maximise creativity, learning and fun for boys & girls. Monday 13th-Friday 17th…
Find out more »MUSIC: Harlem Gospel Choir
Performing contemporary gospel with a touch of jazz and blues, The World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir is synonymous with power vocals, glorious sound and infectious energy. For over two decades they have been America's premier gospel choir and have toured the globe thrilling audiences with the inspirational power of black gospel music. Deeply rooted in the history of the African-American slave trade, black gospel music can be traced back to the 1700s when African slaves brought their unique African musical…
Find out more »THEATRE: BEFORE – A new play with much music by Pat Kinevane
From the team that brought you Forgotten, Underneath and the Olivier Award-winning Silent, Before is a new play with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very day this iconic department store shuts - for good. Pontius is inside, trying to choose a gift for his estranged daughter, whom he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years. He will meet her in an hour. This father’s journey is both beautiful and strange, from the isolation of his Midlands home,…
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