Skip to main content

What's On

FAMILY

  1. Events
  2. FAMILY

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Breadwinner Cartoon Saloon

VISUAL ARTS: The Breadwinner – an exhibition of stills and works-in-progress

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A selection of work-in-progress drawings alongside their final counterpart,  showcasing the work that goes in to this part of film creation. The Breadwinner is an award-winning  film by leading Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, directed by Nora Twomey and executive produced by Mimi Polk Gitlin and Angelina Jolie. Based on the bestselling novel by Deborah Ellis, The

FAMILY: The Science Magic Show

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

+++  rescheduled to Sunday 21st October at 2pm. +++ Prepare to enter the magical world of science! In the Science Magic Show over a dozen tricks are performed using everyday items and the scientific principles behind them are explained. Donal Vaughan, award-winning comedian and scientist, makes science fun for all the family. He makes the

€9 – €28

FAMILY: Comedy Club 4 Kids

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

+++Line-up announced: Tiernan Douieb (MC), Fred Cooke and Bec Hill! +++ Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children and their families… but without the rude bits! The company runs shows and workshops all

€7 – €24

Recurring

FAMILY: Bosco’s Garden And Hansel and Gretel

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre present : Bosco’s 40th Anniversary Tour Bosco is Bosco, not a boy, not a girl, just a Bosco: a cheeky, lovely, funny, slightly-cracked, irrepressible, eternal five-year-old who lives in a box and who loves nothing more than to just be Bosco and meet all the boys and girls. After starring on

€10

Recurring

How to Catch a Star

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

BRANAR TÉATAR DO PHÁISTÍ PRESENTS HOW TO CATCH A STAR Once there was a boy who was always looking up. He dreamt of having a star as a friend. This is the story of his adventure. Based on the beloved book by award-winning Irish author Oliver Jeffers, Branar Téatar do Pháistí are proud to present

€7 – €24
Recurring

FAMILY MUSIC: A Winter Wish

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Every winter in Whistleberry Forest, a little robin comes to visit and grants the creatures of the forest their very own wish - they can wish for whatever they want! As Ornaith the owl, Sorley the snail, and Faoiláin the frog sing the magic words, the forest is transformed before their eyes into an enchanting

€8 – €28

FAMILY : Lost In Frost

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Lost in Frost is a thrilling winter-themed adventure that will delight and enchant younger audiences with a mix of dance, movement, music, visuals and storytelling. The Narrator is on a quest for snow but who will help! The audience? The mischievous fairy, Cornelia? Or perhaps some very brave and bold magic pixies will join the

€8 – €28

FAMILY MUSIC: The Speks

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! Their hand-clapping, toe-tapping, hearty-laughing show is all about life on Glasses Island – a magical island off the coast of Co. Clare where everybody wears glasses! The Speks

€8

FAMILY MUSIC: Sing to Me with Kyle Riley

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Following on from the success of Little Folk - On Tour, Kyle Riley is back with a brand new show, Sing to Me - an hour of folk and rock music, sure to get you moving! Featuring music from his new album with the same title, songs include the fast-paced 'Astronaut' (a whirlwind tour of

€7 – €24

FAMILY CINEMA: TOY STORY 4

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) has always been confident about his place in the world, and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. So when Bonnie’s beloved new craft-project-turned-toy, Forky (voice of Tony Hale), declares himself as “trash” and not a toy, Woody takes it upon himself to

€4

VISUAL ART: THE GREAT IRISH WEATHER EXHIBITION

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? Or what makes a rainbow? This family friendly exhibition explores what weather is and how it happens. Get ready to learn about cold fronts and climate change, satellites and scientists, forecasting and broadcasting - and even how storms get their names. Curated by Riverbank Arts Centre,

FAMILY: ADOLETA

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A-do-le-TA! is a dance theatre piece that joyously explores friendship and play. Come with Joy and Sky into a world where everything is possible - a tent can be a crab, an umbrella can be a cloud and the moon can sing! Through play two friends overcome differences and together imagine, create and expand their

€8 – €28

FAMILY EVENT: InThePicture in association with Sightsavers Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

#InThePicture Join Sightsavers Ireland on September 28th for a celebration of art, inclusion and equality. We are celebrating the launch of our brand new #InThePicture engagement programme for primary school children supported by Irish Aid. Join us for a day of art-based fun while learning a little bit more about disability inclusion, community empowerment and

FREE

FAMILY THEATRE: Stick by Me by Andy Manley

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

When I wake up you are there Ready? Let’s run, play, hide. Follow me Don’t get lost. I will stick by you If you will Stick by me Stick by Me is a quirky, new show about friendship and play, and the importance of treasuring little things. Created by Andy Manley and Ian Cameron, co-creators

€8 – €28

WORKSHOP: Come Rain or Shine – STEAM workshop with Future Makers Collective

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre has joined forces once again with the Future Makers' Collective to bring you 'Come Rain or Shine'. In this two-hour workshop, we will be exploring the science behind various weather conditions, including rainfall, wind, tornados, rainbows and sunshine, through our own experiments and some arts and crafts. As one of our many

€12

FAMILY CINEMA: PICK OF THE LITTER

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Pick of the Litter follows a litter of puppies from the moment they’re born and begin their quest to become guide dogs for the blind. Cameras follow these pups through an intense two-year odyssey as they train to become dogs whose ultimate responsibility is to protect their blind partners from harm. Along the way, these

€4

WORKSHOP: CREATESCHOOL present BRICK FLICKS

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

What if your favourite LEGO Minifigure came to life and saved the day? What if we could show you how to make that happen? Well - CREATESCHOOL can, by using the magical art of stop motion animation. You'll work in small teams with like-minded young animators to create short films and learn some of the

€90

FAMILY MUSIC: ROCKIN’ RHYMES

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Did little Miss Muffett jive around her tuffet? Were Jack and Jill bopping up that hill? Was it a funky beat that made the cradle really rock? Rockin' Rhymes is a new music show by Branar Téatar do Pháistí for music lovers aged 2 to 102. It is a rock-n-roll adventure featuring nursery rhymes as

€8 – €28

FAMILY: LORDS OF STRUT – Absolute Legends

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

All their lives, Sean and Seamus have wanted to be famous. To get there they need to make the perfect dance routine; they need your help. In this dance fantasy adventure, the brothers rock out banging moves, run into trouble, have a few tantrums, cause a bit of mayhem and find out if fame is

€12 – €15
Recurring

FAMILY THEATRE: BOSCO’s Magic Garden & Sleeping Beauty

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Bosco is Bosco, not a boy, not a girl, just a Bosco: a cheeky, lovely, funny, slightly-cracked, irrepressible, eternal five-year-old who lives in a box and who loves nothing more than to just be Bosco and meet all the boys and girls. After starring on Irish TV for three decades, you’ll see why Bosco remains

€10

FAMILY THEATRE: Heart of Winter

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Christmas is coming and Sally can't sleep - it's too hot! The weather has gone topsy-turvy. No-one can remember the last time it snowed, or even rained, and her father can't sell any of his umbrellas. Will a snowy bedtime story from Dad help? That night Sally has a dream that changes everything - a

€8 – €28
Recurring

EARLY YEARS: Baby’s First Christmas

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

BABY’S FIRST XMAS is a gentle magical wonderland of gorgeous harmony singing, little lights and enticing textures. Created for babies under one year old by Anna Newell and David Goodall whose work for Early Years audiences has been seen on five continents. This Christmas show promises to delight and entrance the very tiniest of audience

€10
Recurring

FAMILY CINEMA: The Greatest Showman Sing-Along

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for...a special sing-a-long screening of The Greatest Showman.  It's your time to shine – have fun, sing loud and 'Come Alive' – It's Showtime! Step right up and into the spellbinding imagination of a man who set out to reveal that life itself can be the

€4

FAMILY CINEMA: CBeebies Hansel and Gretel

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

CBeebies show Hansel and Gretel is coming to the big screen for a family-friendly feast of fun - and a perfect finale to Christmas festivities! This stage performance, recorded at Edinburgh Festival theatre, is an adaptation of the fairy-tale classic Hansel and Gretel and features many of CBeebies' most popular performers, including, for the first

€4
Recurring

FAMILY: Storytelling Yoga with Nicola Foxe

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Using popular titles such as 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' and 'The Gruffalo', Nicola Foxe combines the wonders of storytelling with the benefits of yoga creating a captivating 'Yoga Storytelling' experience for the children. Moving their way through the beginning and middle to the end of the session, the children will learn breathing techniques

€10

FAMILY: Peter Donnelly – Miggeldy and Me

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

++ Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been postponed until Summer 2020 - please keep an eye on our website for further details ++ The story behind the President books! The President of Ireland, a tale of forgotten glasses, the adventures of a wandering V.I.C (Very Important Cat) and a big surprise! Join author

€3 – €10

FAMILY MUSIC: THE SPEKS

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! Their hand-clapping, toe-tapping, hearty-laughing show is all about life on Glasses Island – a magical island off the coast of Co. Clare where everybody wears glasses! The Speks

€8

FAMILY CINEMA: Abominable

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Abominable takes audiences on an epic 2,000-mile adventure from the streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes. When teenage Yi encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai), name him “Everest” and embark on an epic

€4
Recurring

EARLY YEARS: Moon Woke Me Up

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Moon Woke Me Up Nine times It was still 4am So I built a rocket with my friends And went on a journey that never ends Come up and away with us. Come and play with us. Come build a rocket that will BLAST OFF and take us on a magical journey to the moon.

€10

WORKSHOP: Paper Folding with Vanya Lambrecht Ward

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Folding, bending, tucking, crumbling and flattening are but some of the things we need for making paper space. We like to invite you to come and play, explore and discover the making of paper spaces. We will build and construct great geometric shapes and other structures using only paper and no glue… Not just a

€10

WORKSHOP: Time Travel Writing with Megan Wynne

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

This workshop explores creating fictional character who travel backwards and forwards in time. Think of Back to the Future, Doctor Who and Hermione using the Time Turner in Harry Potter! The workshop covers key skills: character creation, opening the story, setting the scene and plot. Writers will return home with the beginnings of (and in

€15

CANCELLED: FAMILY THEATRE: THE LONSDALE PROJECT

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Due to the Government directive to close all public buildings until 29th March, unfortunately this event is not going ahead as scheduled. All ticket holders have been contacted.    The Lonsdale Project is a new theatre show about the life and work of Kathleen Lonsdale - chemist, crystallographer, anti-war campaigner, writer, mother, and former inmate

€8 – €28

Recurring

ONLINE WORKSHOP: Zoom Zoo Workshop with Paul Timoney

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Online Arts and Storytelling workshop with Paul Timoney What do alien animals look like? Are they huge like dinosaurs… or tiny like bugs? Or are they terrifying like huge bugs… or cute, like tiny dinosaurs? Can they talk? Or turn invisible? Or even fly? Wait… we have things that fly here on Earth - that’s

€5
Recurring

EARLY YEARS: Tunes for Tiny with Thomas Johnston

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Tunes for Tiny online sessions are a gentle opportunity to join with other families and experience first-hand the  soothing, joyful, fun, creative power of music-making with children.   Come and join us to learn new songs and musical activities, and experience the joy and fun of making music in lots of different ways. In this series of

€4 – €32

CBI Virtual Book Clinic

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre is working with Children's Books Ireland on this special FREE online book clinic on Saturday, 13th June, offered as part of Cruinniú na nÓg and supported by Kildare County Council and Creative Ireland. Are you a young reader? Looking for a new series to delve into? Feeling uninspired by your bookshelves at

Recurring

CBI Virtual Book Clinic

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

++Update 11th August - the book clinics are now fully booked. Sorry to disappoint! ++ Riverbank Arts Centre is working with Children's Books Ireland on this series of FREE online book clinics. 3rd July - Go Places with a Book! 24th July - Walk a Mile in Someone Else’s Shoes 14th August- New Adventures, New

FREE, booking essential

SING ME TO THE SEA (at home version)

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

**Update 21st August: Due to the extension of local lockdown announced at 6pm today, Riverbank and Anna Newell Theatre Adventures  are unable to present the planned performances of Sing Me To The Sea in County Kildare. We are presenting some performances in neighbouring counties (Dublin, Louth, Meath, Carlow) the week of 24th - 28th August. To

€20

ONLINE FAMILY SHOW: The University of Wonder & Imagination

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

The University of Wonder & Imagination is now enrolling students of all ages and magical abilities...and there’s a place with your name on it! The University of Wonder & Imagination brings the magic of theatre to young audiences at home with this groundbreaking immersive digital show. This fun, interactive hour-long experience takes place live in

€10

FAMILY: TREEHOUSE by Ceol Connected – Pilot project!

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Ceol Connected have created a series of immersive 360° videos of their interactive TREEHOUSE production which weaves together traditional and newly composed music/song alongside visually stunning puppetry. TREEHOUSE 360° features a high calibre line-up of musicians including Áine McGeeney (fiddle/vocals), Seán O’Meara (guitar/vocals), Colm Phelan (percussion), Thomas Johnston (whistles/vocals), Stephen Markham (keys/sound design) alongside puppeteer

ONLINE FAMILY SHOW: Rockin’ Christmas Rhymes

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Push back the couch, it’s time to jingle bells and rock around the Christmas tree. Branar in association with the Town Hall Theatre present Rockin’ Christmas Rhymes recorded live at the Black Box in Galway. A musical treat for all the family with a merry mix of festive favourites and rocking rhymes performed by our

€10

ONLINE FAMILY SHOW: The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

From the greatest storyteller in the world, comes Thumbelina, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid and many more, in this one-hour fantastical journey made for all the family to enjoy together. These stories have stood the test of time for generations. Now is the time to surround ourselves with great stories with music,

€12

ONLINE FAMILY WORKSHOP: Create a Mood Book with Marta Golubowska

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Does happiness have a colour? Does anger have a shape? In this workshop hosted by artist Marta Golubowska, children will create 'mood books' for sketches and collages to express their emotions. Using music, colours and shapes as prompts,  participating children will create a series of collages, based on a 'flying scissors' technique inspired by Matisse. 

€5

FAMILY: Online Book Clinics with Children’s Books Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

 ++This event is now fully booked. Please keep an eye on Riverbank Arts Centre's website as we often partner with Children's Books Ireland and hope to present more Book Clinics in the future++ Riverbank Arts Centre is partnering with Children's Books Ireland on FREE online book clinics on Saturday 6th February, 11am-3pm. Are you a

FREE

FAMILY MUSIC: A Piece of You with Greg Sinclair

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

A Piece of You is an online live interactive performance; your own private concert over Zoom. Performer Greg Sinclair will turn your thoughts and feelings into your very own music score using colourful and expressive graphic notation. Greg will then play your music on his cello from his home in Edinburgh, in this unique piece

€10

ONLINE WORKSHOP: Eco Mindfulness with Future Makers’ Collective

Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Ireland

Riverbank Arts Centre has joined forces with the Future Makers' Collective to bring you 'Eco Mindfulness'. In this one-hour virtual workshop, we will be exploring practical ways to look after our planet and our mental health through games, exercises and challenges that you can do from the comfort of your own home. This workshop will

€5