Riverbank Arts Centre September to December 2017 by Riverbank Arts Centre

The Big Picture

Be part of an exciting and major new development of Riverbank Arts Centre

Artist’s Impression

This year, Riverbank Arts Centre was delighted to be awarded a substantial grant from the Department of Arts to make major improvements to the facilities here at the centre. We were extremely proud to be selected as one of the Department’s flagship projects- one of two centres in the country to receive the top award of €1m- and grateful of the matching support we have received from Kildare County Council. For the past number of years, the team at Riverbank Arts Centre has been working hard to present a high quality programme that reaches and serves the broad and diverse community in Kildare and surrounding areas. We’ve been particularly focused on delivering an excellent arts experience for young audiences from babies and toddlers through to secondary school students and families. The grant we’ve been awarded will help to significantly improve the facilities in the venue in terms of seating comfort, accessibility and capacity as well improvements to the stage size, allowing us to attract larger scale productions. It’s a fantastic opportunity to greatly enhance the experience that you as an audience member will have.

Artist’s Impression

3 However, we’d like to go a leap further and dramatically transform the ways in which people can access arts experiences and how you interact with the centre. We have a masterplan or future vision which would bring the centre’s entrance down to ground level for ease of access and greater connection with the community. It would provide a dedicated children’s gallery, a large workshop space for outreach and education programmes, large visual arts space while greatly enhancing the streetscape of Newbridge. This development would also include a universal adult changing facility, making the centre fully user-friendly for performers and patrons of all physical abilities. It would allow Riverbank Arts Centre to become visible as a flagship cultural hub in Kildare. This season we’re inviting you to support us in our goal to achieve this major transformation and join us on this exciting and ambitious journey

How you can support the project: Every donation made to Riverbank Arts Centre, big or small, will help us get closer to achieving our goal. We’re asking patrons, where possible, to consider making a voluntary donation at the time of purchase. For self-employed individuals or businesses looking to donate more, Riverbank Arts Centre CLG is a registered charity meaning tax relief may be given by Revenue. Full details of ways to help Riverbank Arts Centre available on riverbank.ie/support-us

What we’d like to achieve: A universally accessible arts centre – ease of access, comfort and participation for performers and patrons of all physical abilities A dedicated workshop space to carry out a greater number and type of workshops for young people and adults. Allowing us the opportunity to dramatically increase our education and outreach programme, particularly for primary and secondary schools. A larger purpose-designed Children’s gallery space Greater capacity for seminar and conference facilities Transformation of the streetscape in Newbridge, allowing for greater visibility and increased connection with the town and county.

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Your Visit opening hours

Cafe

Monday to Friday: 10am-5.30pm Box Office is Closed for lunch: 2-2.30pm Saturday: 10am-1pm Opens 1 hour before shows

Whether it’s a pre-show drink or a leisurely lunch, the café at Riverbank Arts Centre has something for everybody. The café is open Monday to Saturday serving breakfast, lunch, and afternoon treats.

How to Book

For those attending evening performances, the café serves a range of snacks and beverages, from one hour before the performance and during the interval.

Tickets can be purchased in person or via phone during our opening hours. They can be also purchased online at www.riverbank.ie For your convenience we provide the option to receive your ticket electronically. You can either print at home or present ticket on your mobile device.

Galleries We have two dedicated gallery spaces for our visual art exhibitions. McKenna Gallery is located on the lower level, which is accessible by both stairs and lift Children’s Gallery is on the ground floor level adjacent to the café. As part of our visual arts programme we host a number of artist talks. All our visual arts events are free of charge, including the artist talks.

Get in touch Phone: 045 448327 Email: boxoffice@riverbank.ie Website: www.riverbank.ie

parking There is on street parking which is paid parking from 9.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Saturday inclusive. Parking outside of these hours is free. more information at riverbank.ie/our-location

Opening Hours and Menus available on: riverbank.ie/café

accessibility Riverbank Arts Centre aims to make our patrons visit as enjoyable as possible. The venue is accessible via a ramp to the right of the building, and both our auditorium and McKenna Gallery are accessible via lift. There are a number of on street designated accessible parking spaces outside the venue. Both the auditorium and Box Office are equipped with hearing loop facilities. For further information on any accessibilty related queries or requirements contact our Box Office.

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Event

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November Family Theatre Fidget Feet: Strange Feathers Workshop Fidget Feet: Strange Feathers Aerial Workshops

01/11-03/11/17 10am/12:30pm €10 (A+C)

01/11-03/11/17

€30

2pm

Family Cinema The Lego Batman Movie Workshop Sensational Writing with author Debbie Thomas

sat 4

2pm

€4

sat 4

10.30am

€12

comedy Karl Spain & Bernard O'Shea: Fat Chancers Cinema The White Knights The Abbey Theatre presents: School show Priming The Canon - Me, Sara. The Odd Theatre Company: Theatre 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'

sat 4

8pm

€16

mon 6

8pm

€6/€9

wed 8

10am/2pm

€6

10/11-11/11/17

8pm

€18/€16

mon 13

8pm

€6/€9

mon 13

10:30am/12pm

€6

Workshop Little Lámha Talk Living a Wildlife with Colin Stafford-Johnson

wed 15

11am

€7 (A+C)

wed 15

8pm

€15/€12

music Paul Noonan Solo Show Theatre Moonfish Theatre: Star of the Sea Workshop Science Week Workshops

thu 16

8pm

€27

sat 18

8pm

€18/€16

sat 18

see p. 35

€5

Family Theatre Theatre Lovett: They Called her Vivaldi School show Theatre Lovett: They Called her Vivaldi

sun 19

6pm

€28/€8

mon 20

10.30am/12pm

€6

mon 20

8pm

€6/€9

wed 22

8pm

€15/€12

theatre Rise Productions: The Good Father workshop CBI Christmas Book Clinic

thu 23

8pm

€18/€16

sat 25

11am-3pm

FREE

Family Theatre Catherine Wheels presents: White School show Catherine Wheels presents: White

sun 26

2pm

€28/€8

mon 27

10am

€6

mon 27

8pm

€6/€9

tue 28

11am

€10

30/11-2/12/17

8pm

€12/€10

30/11-01/12/17

7.45pm

€48

Cinema Lady Macbeth School show Granuaile The Pirate Queen

Cinema A Man Called Ove Music Music Network: Quatour Voce

Cinema Inversion School show Ger Carey Local Arts Riff Raff Drama present: High Hopes for Affairs Dinner Theatre Faulty Towers at Kildare Town House Hotel

december Workshop Porcelain Snowflakes: Workshop with Isobel Egan Music Vladimir & Anton Cinema Frantz Music Home for Christmas with Niall O'Sullivan Music Kare Fundraiser Event: Luka Bloom Family Theatre Lyngo Theatre: Hansel & Gretel School show Lyngo Theatre: Hansel & Gretel Cinema After The Storm Workshop Little Lámha Music Crooning at Christmas Family Cinema A Muppet Christmas Carol Cinema The Midwife Music Highly Strung: Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

sat 2

10am

€15

sun 3

8pm

€20/€18

mon 4

8pm

€6/€9

thu 7

8pm

€20/€18

fri 8

8pm

€20

sun 10

2pm

€28/€8

mon 11

€6

mon 11

8pm

€6/€9

wed 13

11am

€7 (A+C)

thu 14

8pm

€20/€18

sat 16

2pm

€4

mon 18

8pm

€6/€9

thu 21

8pm

€15/€12

8 The Creative Well in association with Riverbank Arts Centre presents:

This Must Be the Place

This Must Be the Place, an arts and health residency at the Riverbank Arts Centre, is delighted to welcome you to our final programme of exhibition, artist talks, making spaces and community initiatives. Throughout this year The Creative Well and Riverbank Arts Centre have opened the McKenna Gallery to explore the gallery as a space and place for making, discussion, encountering and exhibition to huge success. The Shared Open Studio will continue through to January 2018, providing space on an ongoing basis for individuals to develop their own arts practice and a specific project. Open studio participants have been working with the Creative Well for a number of years however we always welcome new members! LIFE DRAWING WORKSHOPS

Shared Open Studio

Saturday 16th / 23rd / 30th SEPTEMBER Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm Monday 9th/26th/23rd October Time: 7.30pm – 9.00pm Pricing: €15 per workshop / €30 for 3 sessions / €50 for 6 sessions

Monday 11th September – 16th October (Block 1) Monday 6th November – 9th December (Block 2) *Please note we will be closed on public & bank holidays and for school midterm and holidays. Booking essential

ARTIST TALKS: Monica de Bath

Marta Golubowska

Jennie Moran

Thursday September 14th 8pm

Thursday October 19th 8pm

Thursday November 23rd 8pm

Full details of all upcoming events visit: www.riverbank.ie/creative-well-programme OR Riverbank Box Office at boxoffice@riverbank.ie // 045 448327

The Creative Well is supported by Kildare County Council, HSE, and Riverbank Arts Centre

Riverbank Arts Centre: Focus On Illustration Shona Shirley Macdonald is a graduate of Visual Communication at Edinburgh College of Art, (specialising in stop-motion animation) and works as an illustrator in Co. Waterford, Ireland. Her illustrations have adorned the pages of numerous publications including ‘The Moon Spun Round’ which is a collection of poetry by W. B. Yeats, edited and compiled by Noreen Doody, and published by The O’Brien Press in October 2016. She previously exhibited at Riverbank Arts Centre with ‘Juniper’. Check out her website on shonashirleymacdonald.com Or follow her on Twitter @ShonaShirleyMac

Opening Friday 28th at 7.30pm

Second Harvest An exhibition of Irish Artists, curated by Newbridge Local History Group

friday 28th august – friday 15th september mckenna gallery An exhibition of Kildare artists inspired by the Peat land Landscape. Featuring the work of Monica de Bath, Pamela de Bri, Fiona Marron, Annette McCormack, Eileen Keane, Eamonn Keenan, Brian O’Loughlin, and Conor Lane. Peat lands are a significant and unique component of the environment of Ireland, and they have played a major role in the development of our art, our culture and our customs. Peat lands are places of solitude, reflection and retreat; places of sanctuary for endangered ecosystems; and places of employment. This exhibition attempts to offer the community a “Second Harvest” from peat lands. An Artistic Harvest. The “Harvest” is presented in a variety of forms and media, as each artist has uniquely interpreted different aspects of peat lands, seeing them as a raw material, as a workplace, as a landscape, and as an inspiration. Part of the Creative Well’s ‘This must be the place’ residency at Riverbank Arts Centre.

september

A Trip into the Unknown An exhibition of works by Kasia Zimnoch and Pawel Kleszczewski

saturday 9th september to saturday 21st october children’s gallery Discover magical animated worlds of St. Brendan and Dag and Daga The exhibition includes two short animations: “The Voyage of Saint Brendan” and a ‘living illustration’ “Dag and Daga “. The video works are accompanied by 2D works - paintings and monoprints which show how the animations are developed and present the original ideas and themes. The works and animations refer to folklore, legends and mythology and explore magical and sometimes spooky worlds of the past. Pawel and Kasia, a duo of visual artists and filmmakers, have worked from 2013 in the medium of animation. Pawel has a background in painting and studies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, in Poland, and Kasia studied art history. Their recent animation “Broken Tale” was created in Ireland, Poland and Sweden, received an Arts Development Award 2016 from Cavan County Council. Works were conducted during artistic residencies in Sweden, Estonia and in Ireland. “Broken Tale” has received media patronage from TVP Kultura, and was presented at numerous international festivals.

september

maudie

cinema

monday 11th september time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 Maud (Sally Hawkins) is a bright-eyed and determined young woman who, despite suffering from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, is desperate to live independently from her over-protective family and gain the freedom to paint the colourful art she passionately creates. On applying to become a housekeeper for reclusive fish peddler Everett (Ethan Hawke), the two social misfits form a bond that soon leads to marriage. As Maudie’s creative output increases, a chance encounter with a visiting New Yorker eventually leads to wider recognition of her talent. This gentle biopic from Irish filmmaker Aisling Walsh (Song for a Raggy Boy) is both an unlikely love story and an inspiring tale of the woman who became one of Canada’s most celebrated folk artists. Director: Aisling Walsh | Cast: Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke | 115 minutes | Ireland, Canada | 2016 | Cert TBC

little lamha wed 13th sep / 11th oct / 15th nov / 13th dec time: 11am | tickets: adult & child €7

work shop

These workshops are designed for young children working together with their grown-up. Visual artist Beth O’Halloran will guide these fun and creative sessions. Together you will explore colour, shapes and storytelling in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. September 13.: Autumn globes. Let’s make a leaf-globe which we can turn to watch the leaves fall. Using jars, water and twigs, we will create our own little Autumn tree with colourful leaves. October 11: Pumpkin Fun. Today we’ll be making tissue paper pumpkins we can hang in our windows to let the light shine through. Using tissue paper and sticky contact sheets, we’ll create life-sized pumpkin decorations. November 15: Hibernating Hedgehogs! Let’s help the hedgehogs have a cosy sleep for winter. We’ll make a clay hedgehog and a little cosy bed for him to snooze in. December 13: Tree Time! Let’s make our own free-standing Christmas trees to decorate the table on Christmas day. We will make 3-D Christmas trees and decorate to our hearts content!

ages 1-3

september

Revolutions:

A Roller Derby Story

special screening

wednesday 13th september time: 8pm | tickets: €8 (Advanced) /€9 Ireland’s recession pushes young people out. Surplus to requirement in the world beyond the Roller Derby track, the fast paced and aggressive Derby world becomes a haven for determined, pissed-off women in a crippled country. Young Irish women go on a high-octane Roller Derby odyssey in search of a means for self-expression, a fight to be fought, and, above all, a team that needs them. But how will responsibility and power affect the new leaders? With total access over 4 years, starting with the first-ever Irish team as they prepare for the World Cup in 2011, Revolutions follows this exciting sports arc, capturing the story as it unfolds, and observing fascinating rivalries and real character development.

dirtbirds friday 15th september time: 8pm | tickets: €18/€16

comedy

Dirtbirds the internet sensation, are landing in Newbridge for one night only. Catch the Dublin Dirtbirds, Carmel and Debs as they chat about life, love and the ever changing size of Kim Kardashian’s arse. The south side sickeners Eleanor and Emer will be there competing with each other about everything from personal trainers to who has the smallest Shitzu and pretending their lives are ‘soooo amazing’. And last but not least the not so beautiful beauty bloggers Dee and Andrea will be live to give you some of the latest make-up tips from ‘ da town’. Come and see this brilliantly funny show and see why Dirtbirds are a social media hit.

‘Sinead Culbert and Sue Collins have struck gold with their Dirtbirds sketches’ Irish Independent.

september

Beauty and the Beast saturday 16 september time: 2pm | tickets: €4 th

family cinema

First released in 1990, this critically acclaimed animated Disney classic feature is based on the classic fairy tale about a kind and beautiful maiden who, through her capacity to love, releases a handsome prince from the evil spell which has made him an ugly beast. Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced “affections” of conceited Gaston. The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. A wrong turn taken by Maurice, Belle’s father, causes the two to meet. Dir: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale | USA | 1991 | 97 mins | Cert: U | Language: English

neruda

cinema

monday 18 september time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 th

The Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda is well known for his sublime love poems. But this film brings to the foreground Neruda’s political poetry. It begins in 1948, immediately before Neruda (played by Luis Gnecco) has to go into hiding: he has publicly condemned the Chilean president Gabriel González Videla. As a communist and senator, Neruda is driven from both the Senate and his home and must flee with his wife. Police detective Oscar Peluchonneau is trying to apprehend them. Peluchonneau narrates the film, and he strongly aspires to make a name for himself in the unfolding drama. NERUDA is an elegant, poetic thriller and an original depiction of Chilean history. Dir: Pablo Larrain | Chile/Argentina/France | 2016 | 107 mins | CLUB | Language: Spanish, French Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Moran

september Music Network presents

Cathy Jordan, Jarlath Henderson & Mick Daly wednesday 20th september time: 8pm | tickets: €15/€12

music

Prepare to be entranced as three of Ireland’s most inventive singers offer up some stunning new interpretations of well-worn songs, with stirring instrumental playing and more than a little theatrical energy thrown into the mix. Cathy Jordan’s irrepressible energy and powerful stage presence have captivated audiences worldwide. She is joined by Mick Daly, founder member of Four Men and a Dog, and Jarlath Henderson, youngest ever winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. Daly is an exceptional singer in addition to being a virtuoso guitarist and 5-string banjo player, while the Tyrone-born singer and multi-instrumentalist Henderson has won widespread acclaim for his playing alongside such luminaries as Lau, Capercaillie, Paddy Keenan, Salsa Celtica, the Peatbog Faeries and Wolfstone.

Humours of Bandon thursday 21st september time: 8pm | tickets: €15/€12

theatre

Nobody knows where their 5 year old will take that first, after-school activity. To the surprise of her mother, Annie takes it all the way to the top echelons of the Irish Dancing Championships. We meet Dubliner Annie on the eve of the biggest competition of her teenage life, her burning desire to win shared only by her teacher as her mother watches on with bewilderment and pride. Will she win and if so, in what way? Fishamble’s THE HUMOURS OF BANDON is a coming of age story, full of heart, humour and wisdom, for anyone who had a childhood passion that threatened to overwhelm their life.

‘terrific…sharp, charming and hilarious’ The Irish Times Developed as part of Show in a Bag an artist development initiative of Tiger Dublin Fringe, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Irish Theatre Institute to resource theatre makers and actors.

SEPTEMBER 15

Culture Night at Riverbank Arts Centre You are invited to the launch of Be-Longing by Marta Golubowska, recipient of Riverbank Arts Centre and KCC Arts Centre Emerging Artist Award 2016 The McKenna Gallery Friday 22 nd Sep at 7pm

Be-Longing by Marta Golubowska

friday 22nd september - wednesday 25th october mckenna gallery The project ‘Be-Longing’ is a result of feelings of alienation and isolation that I have experienced as a result of moving away from the country of my birth. It is an exploration of the everyday experience of building a new identity and putting down roots in a country, language and culture that is unfamiliar and foreign to me. I am particularly interested in the links between identity and people’s homes, their community and their language and how the boundaries of identity are altered when your affiliation with these fundamental elements is fractured. My artwork is primarily collaborative and involves shared experiences with the people around me. This is not an accident; rather it is fundamental to my work as the act of creating my art is simultaneously an attempt to create a space for myself within my new social and cultural context.

september behind the scenes tour of riverbank arts centre

culture night

friday 22nd september tickets: FREE To celebrate Culture Night 2017, Riverbank Arts Centre will host an open evening where visitors can experience the venue from the persepective of the perfomers. It’s the perfect opportunity for families to see what it is like behind the scenes and for children to learn what goes into making shows happen!

Newbridge Musical Society Gala Concert sat 23rd & sun 24th september time: 8pm | tickets: €15

local arts

Newbridge Musical Society is an award winning musical society which has staged shows such as Sweeney Todd, 9 to 5, Sister Act, Oliver!, Jesus Christ Superstar and Beauty and the Beast, and many many more over the years. They promise a night of great entertainment with familiar songs from the world of musicals and lots of laughter with some hilarious sketches. The perfect way to spend an evening!

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september

The Other Side of Hope

cinema

monday 25 september time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 th

Finland’s master of deadpan comedy, Aki Kaurismäki (Lights in the Dusk, Le Havre), returns with the story of an unlikely friendship between a Syrian asylum seeker and an elderly Finnish restaurant owner. Winner of the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director, it’s a beautiful, timely film from one of the world’s leading auteurs. Khaled (Sherwan Haji) arrives at the port of Helsinki concealed in a coal container, fleeing war-torn Syria to seek asylum in Finland. With hilarious sight gags, poker-faced one liners and a toe-tapping rockabilly soundtrack, Kaurismäki’s latest balances his unparalleled wit with a pressing critique of the unforgiving bureaucracy that greets vulnerable asylum seekers in modern-day Europe. Humane and sincere, it’s proof of cinema’s power to tell stories that matter, with beauty and heart. Dir: Aki Kaurismaki | Finland | 2017 | 98 mins | Cert: 12 | Language: Finnish Starring: Ville Virtanen, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela, Sakari Kuosmanen

To Hell In a Handbag wednesday 27th september time: 8pm | tickets: €16/€14

theatre

The Secret Lives of Canon Chasuble and Miss Prism While others are preoccupied with cucumber sandwiches and railway cloakrooms, two minor characters from The Importance of Being Earnest are up to their necks in something else. A country rector and a governess, models of Victorian propriety in public. But in private? This is the play behind the play: a tale of blackmail, false identity … and money.

“Wickedly, side-splittingly funny …a joyous romp not to be missed” – Sunday Independent

september Riverbank Arts Centre in association with Kildare Traveller Action present:

Ireland shed a tear?

theatre

By Michael Collins

thursday 28th september time: 8pm | tickets: €15/€12 Written to commemorate the first anniversary of the Carrickmines tragedy, Ireland Shed a Tear? is a new play by acclaimed writer and actor, Michael Collins (Pavee Lackeen, Killinaskully, Glenroe, King of the Travellers). Using song and poetry, it portrays the life experiences of one Traveller family, while engaging the wider community in a dynamic and lighthearted way. In the aftermath of the fire that claimed the lives of ten members of the Connors and Gilbert families, including a pregnant mother, Tom sees the introduction of a national fire safety audit of Traveller accommodation as an opportunity for a better life for his family. Living conditions, safety, and issues with his local council might finally be resolved. However, he soon discovers that the battle is far from over. Presented as part of Social Inclusion Week

ages 6m-2yr

Branar Téatar do Pháistí & Starcatchers present:

The Shape of Things

family

theatre fri 29th | 10am & 12pm sat 30th sept | 12pm & 2pm tickets: €10 (adult + child), €5 (additional child)

The Shape of Things combines puppetry, object theatre and music, exploring how the world around us is created from different shapes, textures and materials in a beautiful non-verbal story featuring two quirky puppets, which unfolds in a specially designed space for adults and babies to relax in together. This beautiful, playful and tactile experience has been designed especially for very young children and their parents to enjoy together, calling on experience from all three partners of working with Early Years audiences 6month- 2years.

october

A World of Colour: The Art of Beatrice Alemagna and Chris Haughton Curated by Sarah Webb

saturday 28th october - saturday 16th december childrens gallery A true feast for the eyes, this exhibition brings together two of the most exciting illustrators working in childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books today, Beatrice Alemagna and Chris Haughton. Enter their world of the imagination, featuring art work from their award-winning picture books. Both are masters of composition and colour, and their work is lively and full of humour. Beatrice Alemagna was born in Bologna and now works and lives in Paris. Her work has won many international awards and she has exhibited all over the world, from Munich to Tokyo. Her most recent picture book is On a Magical Do Nothing Day. Chris Haughton is an Irish designer and a picture book maker. His first picture, A Bit Lost has been translated into 20 languages and has won awards in 7 countries including the Dutch Picture Book of the Year. He co-founded NODE, a fair trade social business based in Nepal in 2012. His latest picture book is Goodnight Everyone. Sarah Webb is an award winning childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book champion, writer and arts programmer. She put together this exhibition during her year as dlr Writer in Residence 2016-2017. Supported by dlr Lexicon

20 october

The Beguiled

cinema

monday 2 october time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 nd

Sophia Coppola won the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival for this film in which she crafts an atmosphere of dreaminess and softness, where repressed desires surface in this Southern Gothic tale of female sexual jealousy. Set in 1864 during the American Civil War in the sun-dappled state of Virginia, a wounded Union soldier (Colin Farrell) is given shelter within an allfemale boarding school. His allure soon awakens sexual feelings in Marta (Nicole Kidman), Edwina (Kirsten Dunst) and Alicia (Elle Fanning). Placing the seven women of the boarding house and their potent desires at it centre, The Beguiled builds to a deadly conclusion. With vivid and invested performances, Coppola has crafted a sumptuously provoking film. Director: Sofia Coppola | 93mins | USA | 2017 | Cert: 15a Cast: Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell

Celebrating KARE’s 50th Year

The Moon and Sixpence

wednesday 4 october time: 8pm | tickets: €15 th

fund raiser

The Moon and Sixpence are a group local to the Newbridge area. The lead singer is Siobhan Hurley, with Paddy Jones on drums, Kevin (Pud) Barrett on lead guitar, John Reidy on rhythm guitar, Michael O’ Connell on base guitar and Aiden Feeley on panio. They formed in 1994 due to their shared love of music and have being performing a wide variety of 60’s and easy listening music for their own enjoyment, in their spare time. They have raised funds for a number of local charities over the years and on this occasion are delighted to help KARE : Promoting Inclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities, celebrate the 50th anniversary of its foundation in 1967. All proceeds of this event go to Kare.

october

Down And Out In Paris And London

theatre

by George Orwell adapted by Phelim Drew

thursday 5th october time: 8pm | tickets: €16/€14 A man drifting through life, in 1920’s Paris, scraping by in dead end jobs and generally soaking up the rich underbelly of Parisian life, finds himself falling helplessly short and discovering a very different view of life, looking up from below. With a keen understanding of social inequality and a wry sense of humour, he vividly recounts his experiences while down and out. This powerful performance from Phelim Drew brings Orwell’s classic to the stage with humour, empathy and wit.

‘Drew dominates the stage’ Emer O’Kelly, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ‘Captivating performance’ IN DUBLIN Costume Design Therese McKeone | Lighting Design Colm Maher | Sound design Philip Stewart

Indepen-dance4 presents:

Four Go wild In Wellies

family theatre

saturday 7th october | time: 12pm tickets: €10 (adult + child), €5 (additional child)

Four Go Wild In Wellies is a brand new show for audiences aged 3-5 years from Indepen-dance4, Scotland’s inclusive professional dance company. This whimsical adventure features bobble hats, scarves, tents that have a life of their own and, of course, lots of fun in wellies!

ages 3-5

october

David o’Doherty: Big Time.

comedy

saturday 7 october time: 8pm | tickets: €18/€16 th

David O’Doherty – the Aldi Bublé, the Ryanair Enya – is delighted to present an evening of his latest jokes and songs. David has spent the last year on tour round America with Flight of the Conchords and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Festival. Over Christmas he sold out a record-breaking eleven nights at Whelan’s, and has just completed his largest ever UK tour. As seen on Channel 4’s 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown.

Lyngo Theatre presents

There And Back again An Odyssey

family theatre

sunday 8th october time: 2pm | tickets: €8/€28 (family ticket)

ages 6+

Follow CBeebies Patrick Lynch as he uses a pioneering mix of live cinema and theatre to take you on a thrilling ride across the magical world of ancient Greece. With miniature sets he directs the lights, camera and action in front of your eyes to show the famous battles, floating islands, one-eyed giants and angry Gods that make up Ulysees’ 20 year struggle to get back home. The use of multiple cameras magnifies in wide screen our table-top puppetry down to the smallest detail, turning a storm-in-a-teacup into an Aegean tempest, laying out the fundamental fable hidden in this classic of world-literature and proving that no matter how far you roam, there’s no place like Homer.

book online at www.riverbank.ie

october 23

The Student

cinema

monday 9th october time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him. Challenged by a teacher who refuses to consent to his dogma, he sets out to eliminate her and subdue an entire community. At a time when arguments over the teaching of religion in public schools are prominent in the media, this wildly escalating classroom drama - based on a play by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg - serves as a frightening cautionary tale. As visually arresting as it is thought-provoking, The Student takes a fearlessly confrontational approach to difficult themes -- and proves richly rewarding in its execution. Dir: Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia | 2017 | 113 mins | Cert: CLUB | Language: Russian Starring: Viktoriya Isakova, Yuliya Aug, Protr Skvortsov, Aleksandra Revenko

the fureys thursday 12th october time: 8pm | tickets: €25

music

The Fureys make a welcome return to Riverbank Arts Centre, having played the venue to sold out crowds previously. The band are renowned for their hit songs including I Will Love You, When You Were Sweet 16, The Green fields of France, The Old Man, Red Rose Café, and From Clare to Here. The band was originally formed in 1978 when Eddie and Finbar who had been playing in their own band called The Buskers, joined with Davey, Paul and George. Inevitably changes have occurred over 39 years, however George and Eddie have continued to delight audiences on their tours and have just released a new CD ‘The times they are a changing’.

24 october

kildare readers festival

festival

sunday 1st - sunday 15th october Kildare County Council Library and Arts Service are proud to present their eight annual Readers’ Festival. This is an entirely free literary festival with the aim of connecting readers with authors and artists, working to bring the very best from the world of literature to Kildare. The festival programme has something for everyone, including regular favourites such as Ten Books You Should Read with Catriona Crowe and Manchán Magan and our Sunday Morning Session with Dermot Bolger, who this year is joined by one of Ireland’s most popular authors, Paul Howard. The full programme of events can be found at www.kildarereadersfestival.ie Riverbank Arts Centre is once again delighted to operate the Box Office for the festival.

Land of Mine

cinema

monday 16th october time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 May 1945, German occupation of Denmark ends. A group of young POW’s are assigned to embittered Army Sgt. Rassmussen, their job is to neutralize and remove some 45,000 landmines the Nazis planted on a local beach. Promised that once their work is complete they will be free to return home the group are brutalised, starved and subjected to numerous humilitations by the liberated Danes. As Rassmussen begins to recognise the innocence and youth in his charges he softens to their plight, but can he save them? Based on true events, one of the many untold stories of WWII, this is a tense watch, a look at the inhumainty of war and how people can find our way back from it. 100 mins | Denmark, Germany | 2015 | CLUB Cast: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman

october

chris wood wednesday 18th october time: 8pm | tickets: €18/€16

music

Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables. A self-taught musician, composer and song writer, Chris is a lifelong autodidact whose independent streak shines through everything he does. Always direct and unafraid to speak his mind, his song writing has been praised for its surgical clarity. On stage Chris has the air of a craftsman who no longer needs to be precious about his art. Without any apparent effort he reaches deep into an enviable repertoire of songs before revealing another gem.

Chris Wood is unique for the way he matches detailed stories of everyday life” The Guardian

The Illegals with Niamh Kavanagh

music

friday 20 october time: 8pm | tickets: €20 th

Fronted by former Eurovision winner (and now Irish Celebrity Masterchef champion!) Niamh Kavanagh, The Illegals will be ‘cooking up a storm’ at Riverbank Arts Centre in an entertaining three hours of vocal harmony, superb musicianship, unforgettable songs and great fun. Songs like Gold Dust Woman, Wasted Time, Second Hand News, Life In The Fast Lane, Dreams and Hotel California – and many others: all in celebration of over 40 years of music from two of the greatest rock bands of all time. The Illegals are an ensemble of experienced musicians performing mostly in theatres and rock venues throughout the country, putting on a formidable show and giving thousands of fans an experience they won’t forget.

october

ages 6+

Pressing Landscape

make a relief sculpture with Marta Golubowska

work shop

saturday 21st october time: 10.30am-12.30pm | tickets: €15 Join artist Marta Golubowska for this exciting workshop where children can experiment with making clay impressions, learning about the intricacies of low relief. The workshop is linked to Marta’s exhibition which focuses on connection of a person to a place. By creating their own landscapes the participants will be looking at the architecture of surroundings from the past and the present, real and imagined. The artist will discuss aspects of perspective, negative and positive space in sculpture. Each participant will have a chance to try few basic sculpting techniques and take home a flat imprint of their impression fixed with plaster.

Tom Crean -

Antarctic Explorer

theatre

saturday 21st october time: 8pm | tickets: €20/€18 Tom Crean, the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes, is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley. Crean’s story is a testament of human fortitude against all the elements of the Antarctic, his 36 mile, solitary trek to base camp during the Terra Nova expedition to rescue his comrades Teddy Evans and William Lashly has been described by Antarctic historians as “the finest feat of individual heroism from the entire age of exploration”. He was subsequently awarded the Albert Medal for his bravery. This multi-award winning show has now played critically acclaimed sell-out performances throughout Ireland, USA, Australia, Europe and the UK.

october 27

the love witch

cinema

monday 23rd october time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visual style that pays tribute to the Technicolor thrillers of the ‘60s, The Love Witch explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism.

duke special friday 27th october time: 8pm | tickets: €18/€16

music

Seamus Heaney described his friend, the poet Michael Longley, as: ‘a keeper of the artistic estate, a custodian of griefs and wonders’. On this very special tour, Duke Special will be performing songs and music based on the poetry of this influential and renowned Belfast writer. Longley’s poems are full of gentleness, honesty, mischief and love and are peppered with a cast of artists, animals, flowers, friends and long forgotten soldiers. As ever, Duke Special is mining a new seam of inspiration, hunting for treasures and what it means to be a human being. Commissioned by Strollers Touring Network.

october

The Locksmith’s Song presented by Eoin Lynch

family theatre

saturday 28th october time: 12pm | tickets: €8/€28 (family ticket) A boy tricks death and locks it in a box. He battles with a ferocious monster who has fought great armies of the world and lived to tell the tale. He risks everything he has to save his mother from the sickness that grips her. This is a story that tells of a love and bond that cannot be broken, that of a mother and her son.

ages 7+

This highly visual production mixes puppetry and object manipulation with dynamic physical theatre. Keys and locks sing and dance, shadow puppets float and frighten. All told by Eoin Lynch, one of Ireland’s most experienced performers for young audiences.

paper play puppet workshop with Eoin Lynch

work shop

saturday 28th october time: 2pm | tickets: €10 During the workshop Eoin will show the students how to make puppets from a mix of natural materials, brown paper. rubber bands, plastic bottles and an array of other objects. Eoin will also teach some of the basic principles of puppetry and drama. Even though the workshop looks at character and action, we focus on creating “creatures”, which each child develops from his/her own imagination. Very often, a single creature will be a mix of two, three or four separate puppets coming together, this encourages the children to work in a team. Students will also have a chance to ask questions about the performance of The Locksmith’s Song, and also meet some of the characters from the show.

november 29

artzone camp tuesday 31st oct - friday 3rd nov time: 10am-2pm | tickets: €65

work shop

Get ready for trick or treating with Artzone this Halloween, exploring the fun side of ghosts, ghouls, witches and warlocks. Book if you dare!!

ages ages 5-7 8-12 Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company in assocation with Riverbank Arts Centre presents

strange feathers

family theatre

wed 1 - fri 3 november time: 10am & 12.30pm tickets: €10 (adult + child), €5 (additional child) st

A Magical Aerial Dance Show for Children Strange Feathers is an aerial dance show aimed at the youngest audiences. Two little birds are learning to fly with the help of their surroundings in nature. Feathers drop from the sky to the beautiful sounds of soft music. With two aerial dancers and a musician on stage Strange Feathers mixes contemporary dance, aerial dance and live music in a humorous way. It is beautifully crafted and exquisitely delivered, full of unexpected and colourful wonders, which invite the children to explore, interact and discover new things about their world!

ages 5-8

After the performance the children will be invited up on stage to meet the performers and explore the space as feathers drop from the sky. Want to try the cocoons?

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30 november

ages 5-8

fidget feet aerial workshop wed 1st - fri 3rd november time: 2pm-3.30pm | tickets: €30

work shop

This workshop is a taster workshop for the younger audiences to try to fly like the birds they see in the show. We will teach how to get into the cocoon safely and then once you have the basics, we can teach you to spin, swing and fly. Then we’ll open the cocoon and we can teach you some double work with a partner. Please bring comfortable clothes with no zips and you’ll both be working in bare feet. If parents would like to stay to help the younger ones you are welcome to do so.

The Lego Batman Movie saturday 4th november time: 2pm | tickets: €4

family cinema

Growing inexorably in awesomeness, the Lego movie empire delivers another fantastically funny and highly sophisticated pop culture adventure, though with only a hint of the first film’s existential angst. The Lego Batman Movie might even rescue DC’s battered reputation and persuade audiences to feel good about Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn and the idea of Batman fighting Superman. In a world made of Lego bricks, Batman – voiced with basso profundo severity by Will Arnett – is a super-successful crime fighter who battles terrible loneliness back at Wayne Manor: superb scenes of poignant emptiness. Why can’t non-Lego movies be as funny, exciting and weirdly moving as this? Dir: Chris McKay | USA | 2017 | 104 mins | Cert: G | Language: English Starring: Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson

november ages 8-12

Sensational Writing with Debbie Thomas

saturday 4 november time: 10.30am-12pm | tickets: €12 th

work shop

What colour is Thursday? What does excitement taste like? Join children’s author Debbie Thomas for some creative writing fun with the senses. Meet Martians, orang-utans and the odd smelly sock as you explore how to spice up your writing with some sensible nonsense. For readers, writers and wordlovers aged 8-12. After studying geology, Debbie Thomas took a detour into journalism. She worked in BBC radio then lived in Bangladesh, where she nearly saw a tiger, and South Africa where she almost dived with sharks. She now lives in Kildare with her husband and three daughters. Her children’s books include the Abbie Hartley trilogy and Class Act. Her dream is to bungee jump from a bridge in Ecuador.

Bernard O’Shea & Karl Spain

Fat Chancers

comedy

saturday 4th november time: 8pm | tickets: €16 Comedians Karl Spain and Bernard O’Shea have decided to drop a few pounds together and go on tour. The two comedians will be performing stand-up around Ireland in 2017 and 2018. Karl says: “Don’t expect massive weight loss or body transformations or Bernard being funny”.

november

the white knights

presented with the support with the French Embassy and the Institut Français

cinema

monday 6th november time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 Based on the true story of French aid workers plotting to smuggle West Sudan orphans to pre-paid adoptive parents in France, Joachim Lafosse provocative procedural drama portrays good intentions gone awry. Vincent Lindon excels as the charismatically stoic but selectively principled NGO Jacques. No simply answer can be found, as Jacques embroils himself and his team in an impossible situation that grows steadily worse. Sustaining an emotional tension alongside moral ambiguity, The White Knights, is a captivating portrayal of an unquestionably fraught situation. Concentrating on the process and logistic and dangers of relief work, Lafoose indirectly emphasises, the NGO’s inability to reflect on the limits of humanitarian aid missions. Bracing and engaging, The White Knights illuminates an intractable situation. Director: Joachim Lafosse | 113min | Belgium,France | 2015 | Cert: Club Cast: Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin, Valérie Donzelli

The Odd Theatre Company presents

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee fri 10th & sat 11th november time: 8pm | tickets: €18/€16

theatre

The Odd Theatre Company is proud to present The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony Awardwinning musical comedy. This hilarious show follows the fortunes of an eclectic group of six mid-pubescents (all played by adults), who vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home life, the tweens spell their way through a series of obscure words hoping to never hear the crushing”ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! A riotous ride, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee delights audiences with its effortless wit and humour. Parental discretion is advised as some content may not be suitable for children.

november 33

lady macbeth

cinema

monday 13 november time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 th

Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, whose family are cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband’s estate, a force is unleashed inside her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Lady Macbeth outclasses many of its peers in British period cinema, not because of its bold use of sex and violence, but because of its dramatic intelligence and its skill at filleting contemporary relevance from a classic literary source. Dir: William Oldroyd | UK | 2016 | 89mins | Cert: Club Starring: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank

Living a Wild Life with Colin Stafford-Johnson

wednesday 15th november time: 8pm | tickets: €15/€12

talk

Join multi-award winning wildlife cameraman and presenter Colin Stafford-Johnson for an evening of hair raising stories from 30 years filming in some of the wildest places left on earth. Filming and presenting the ‘Secret Life of the Shannon’, ‘Wild Ireland’ and ‘Living the Wildlife’ has lead to adventures in every corner of Ireland. Hear about Colin’s most special wildlife encounters close to home and learn how to witness them for yourself in what promises to be a spell binding evening.

book online at www.riverbank.ie

34 november

paul noonan solo show

music

thursday 16th november time: 8pm | tickets: €27 Paul Noonan, lead vocalist of Bell X1, makes a welcome return to Riverbank Arts Centre for a special night. Nonnan will be performing plenty of new solo material as well as songs from the Bell X1 and Printer Clips catalogue. He has collobrated with some of the top female artists on Printer Clips including Gemma Hayes, Joan Wasser, and Martha Wainright. He will be joined on the night by special guest Maria Kelly, recently named one of ’50 People to Watch’ in The Irish Times.

Moonfish Theatre

Star Of The Sea saturday 18th november time: 8pm | tickets: €18/€16

theatre

In the winter of 1847 the famine ship Star of the Sea sets sail for the Promised Land. Among the passengers are a maidservant, a ruined lord, and a ruthless murderer. Moving between the wild landscape of Connemara, grimy London streets, and the claustrophobic confines of the famine ship, this sweeping production charts the lives of the three characters, from the childhoods that shaped them to their final, fateful journey. Told through Moonfish’s signature style of bi-lingual theatre, the journey comes to life as six performers use projection, physicality, live sound effects and music to conjure the worlds of the characters on a bare stage.

book online at www.riverbank.ie

november

Science Week workshops saturday 18 november | tickets: €5 th

ages 8-12

ages 13+

work shop

Mad Scientist workshop time: 10am This fun event will introduce children aged 8 to 12 to the wonders of digital media and electronics. Participants will get a chance to invent their own game controllers, musical instruments, and digital drawing tools, using objects like carrots, play-dough, coins, even their own bodies. Children will explore the fundamentals of electronic circuitry and how simple tools and materials, when mixed with imagination, can make awesome things. No prior experience required! Please Note: Laptops required. Make your Own Electronic Instrument time: 12.30pm Interested in electronics and music? Want to learn how to create a spooky ‘magic’ musical instrument that works without any form of touch - a theremin. Come along to Riverbank Arts Centre and create your own etherphone. Please note: Laptops with Arduino installed required. Theatre Lovett:

They Called Her Vivaldi

family theatre

sunday 19th november time: 6pm | tickets: €8/€28 (family ticket) Edward M. Haberdasher has crafted very peculiar earmuffs for his very particular daughter Cecilia Maria. (The earmuffs come with three settings: Snowflake, Tinkly Bells and, for hardcore noiseprevention scenarios, Cheesegrater). Don’t shout about it but Cecilia Maria thinks they make her look fascinating and has whispered her thanks. This is an upbeat comedy-adventure about a sensitive musical-prodigy making a quiet name for herself in a cacophonous world. Starring Genevieve Hulme Beaman and Louis Lovett

ages 7+

“With true comic spirit, Theatre Lovett defies all age groupings to appeal to everybody.” The Irish Independent

november

A Man called Ove

cinema

monday 20th november time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 Ove (Rolf Lassgård) is a retiree struggling to come to terms with the death of his wife - a struggle that he angrily takes out on his neighbours by strictly enforcing the estate rules. Ove’s world is unexpectedly turned upside down when a young family move in next door. Despite his initial resistance, Ove slowly forms a bond with his new neighbours and discovers a whole new side of life... Based on a novel and nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2017 Oscars®, this Swedish hit is a bittersweet but charming tale of one man rediscovering himself after a devastating tragedy. Darkly comic but sensitively told, this is a true crowd-pleaser held together by a remarkable lead performance. Director: Hannes Holm | 116 mins | Sweden/Norway | 2016 |Cert: 15A CAST: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll

Music Network presents

Quatour Voce

music

wednesday 22nd november time: 8pm | tickets: €15/€12 Sarah Dayan, violin. Cécile Roubin, violin Guillaume Becker, viola. Lydia Shelley, cello Beyond the lyricism, the technical brilliance, and the obvious joy in playing together, what strikes audiences most about Quatuor Voce is their spirit of adventure. Here is an ensemble that knows the music from the inside, knows where it can be allowed to breathe a bit more and has the finesse and elegance to carry it off. No wonder then that the ensemble has shared a stage with such diverse personalities as choreographer Thomas Lebrun and Canadian neofolk singer Kyrie Kristmanson, as well as regularly performing live music for silent movies. Quatuor Voce regularly performs new commissions from composers such as Bruno Mantovani, Gianvicenzo Cresta and Graziane Finzi.

november

Rise Productions presents

The Good Father thursday 23rd november time: 8pm | tickets: €18/€16

theatre

New Year’s Eve. A house party like any other, in a suburb like any other. Two very different strangers meet, each looking for a new start and to shake off the disappointments of the past. But champagne, cheap lager and their chance encounter leads this unlikely couple to an unplanned pregnancy. Against all odds, can they make their newfound family a success? Winner of the Stewart Parker Award, this heartfelt, moving drama charts their journey of love, loss, and redemption. After the international success of Fight Night and The Games People Play, the multi awardwinning Rise Productions returns to Newbridge with this touching story celebrating the triumph of hope.

CBI Christmas Book Clinic saturday 25 november time: 11am-3pm | tickets: FREE th

work shop

Are you a young reader? Looking for a new series to delve into? Feeling uninspired by your bookshelves at home? Do you need a prescription for an exciting new read? Then pop along to the Book Clinic! In 2017 CBI is bringing the Book Clinic nationwide, and we’re looking forward to returning to Riverbank Arts Centre!

all ages

The Book Clinic is always free of charge. Please note that although we endeavour to operate each clinic on a drop-in basis, a waiting list may operate during busy periods on a first come first served basis.

Book Online 24/7 www.riverbank.ie

november Catherine Wheels presents

white

family theatre

sunday 26 november time: 2pm | tickets: €8/€28 (family ticket) th

Welcome to the beautifully strange world of White. Full of birdsong and birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. Two friends look after the birds and make sure the eggs stay safe. We watch, we help. The world is bright, ordered and white. But high up in the trees, all is not white. Colour appears. First red... then yellow... then blue.. White is a playful, highly visual show for very young children and is a perfect first time theatre experience.

ages 2-4

Catherine Wheels creates shows for schools and family audiences that are consistently praised for original ideas, intelligent storytelling and imaginative design. Created by Andy Manley

inversion

cinema

monday 27th november time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 Behnam Behzadi’s film is a sombre, subdued family drama set in Tehran about the insidious patriarchal forces that conspire, almost without entirely knowing it and certainly without admitting it, against independent-minded women. It is a misogynist oppression as all-pervasive as the smog that settles everywhere on the city. Toxic air puts an elderly woman in hospital with doctor’s orders to leave the city for cleaner climes. Someone must move north with her, and her family soon decide that her unmarried, childless daughter Niloofar (Sahar Dolatshahi) will be the one to go. Niloofar, a smart, attractive hardworking woman who has made a success of her tailoring business, is never consulted. With fascinating insights into everyday life in Tehran, the film portrays the ‘inversion” of a woman, and her mutiny against male domination. Dir: Behnam Behzadi | Iran | 2017 | 84 mins |Cert: CLUB | Language: Persian Starring: Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart

november

Riff Raff Drama Group Newbridge Present

High Hopes for Affairs

local arts

thur 30th nov - sat 2nd dec time: 8pm | tickets: €12/€10 Hilarious Comedy Written by Dave Tiernan The year is 1980, John Hope and his Mother Helen own and run High Hopes Hotel, Business is quiet, and when Helen is absent for some weeks she entrusts her son John to keep things in order, but with wedding plans to sort out John is distracted and when his Fiancé Marie and her Family arrive for the weekend their plans go awry, with more unusual Guests arriving it adds confusion and Mayhem and makes High Hopes Hotel a very unpopular vacation. Directed by Dave Tiernan and Catherine Connolly Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service

Interactive Theatre International presents:

Faulty Towers:

The Dining Experience

dinner theatre

thur 30th nov - fri 1st dec | time: 7.45pm tickets: €48 (includes 4 course meal) Kildare Town House Hotel

Born in Brisbane in April 1997, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is a worldwide hit, appearing in around 20 countries. Chaos greets audiences as soon as they walk through the door. In this fully immersive experience, the audience become diners in the infamous ‘Faulty’ restaurant, served a 3-course meal by Basil, Sybil and Manuel. Expect lashings of laughter, huge bowls full of spontaneity and as much participation as individual audience members want. And with 70% of the show improvised, no two performances are ever the same.

New Venue

With an ongoing residency, too, in the heart of London’s theatre land, it’s clear that Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is the most successful interactive comedy show of its kind.

‘A two-hour eat, drink and laugh sensation’ The Daily Telegraph

40 december

Porcelain Snowflakes with Isobel Egan

saturday 2nd december time: 10am - 1pm | tickets: €15

work shop

Join ceramic artist Isobel Egan for this creative and innovative workshop which will result in a unique porcelain snowflake for each participant. Following exercises to excite and inspire the imagination, children will roll, make, draw, score, mark, emboss images and learn how to apply colour to porcelain resulting in a beautiful porcelain snowflake for Christmas.

all 8-12

Natural light will illuminate the magical translucent porcelain snowflake when hung by a window. Isobel will then take the porcelain snowflakes away to be fired in the kiln, which will then be returned to Riverbank Arts Centre, for collection by the workshop participants.

Vladimir and Anton sunday 3rd december time: 8pm | tickets: €20/€18

music

Vladimir & Anton are back to wow audiences with more of their flamboyance, charm, wit and virtuosic skill.Join them on this sentimental journey as the duelling brothers premiere brand new arrangements of well-known songs that we’ve all grown up with. Vladimir and Anton are Slovakian sibling musicians with a shared rare gift – mastery of the classical violin. These young virtuosi have been playing together for almost twenty years. Described by the London Evening Standard as, “the Nigel Kennedy’s of their nation”, Vladimir & Anton push their instruments and each other on to ever greater heights of artistic expression, joyful harmony and thrilling duels. This is sibling rivalry sound-tracked like you have never heard it before.

Purchase your Christmas Gift Vouchers online! Riverbank.ie/gift-vouchers

december

frantz

cinema

monday 4th december time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 Frantz finds writer-director François Ozon thoughtfully probing the aftermath of World War I through the memories and relationships of loved ones left behind. Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, Frantz recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war’s “lost generation”: Anna, a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien, a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz’s grave. Adrien’s presence is met with resistance by the small community still reeling from Germany’s defeat, yet Anna gradually gets closer to the handsome and melancholy young man. What follows is a surprising exploration of how Ozon’s characters’ wrestle with their conflicting feelings. Set against the backdrop of a defeated Germany, a powerful anti war messages reverberates throughout the film. Director: Francois Ozon | 113 mins | France, Germany | 2016 | CLUB Cast: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stotzner

Home for Christmas Niall O’Sullivan and Friends

music

thursday 7 december time: 8pm | tickets: €20/€18 th

Celebrate this holiday season in the company of Ireland’s foremost trumpeter Niall O’Sullivan. Guest vocalists Shóna and Simon Morgan will join Niall and his fellow musicians to perform an evening of Christmas favourites alongside timeless classics taken from his three #1 selling records. Hear winter delights such as Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, White Christmas, the Christmas Song, Stardust, Over the Rainbow and of course Home for Christmas. Following the success of their nationwide Valentine’s tour, this evening promises to get you in the mood for the most magical time of the year.

december A concert celebrating KARE’s 50th year with Luka Bloom

friday 8th december time: 8pm | tickets: €20

music

Luka Bloom has been described as an Irish folk Legend. The Newbridge Troubadour, one time Barry Moore, has been recording and touring ,worldwide, for over forty years now. A still fresh faced, Luka Bloom relishes the process of making music with his exquisitely produced and arranged , thought provoking acoustic songs, sung with heart and soul. Recently moved to North Clare to enjoy the beauty of the Wild Atlantic Way Luka Bloom has his roots firmly in County Kildare. He is delighted to perform a concert for KARE, of which his mother was a member and voluntary worker in the early days. All proceeds of the concert go to KARE, celebrating 50 years since its foundation in 1967. Event Sponsor : PG Duffy and Sons, Main Citroen Dealer

ages 4+

Lyngo Theatre presents

HANSEL AND GRETel

family theatre

sunday 10th december time: 2pm | tickets: €8/€28 (family)ticket) Is hunger stronger than love? In this story it seems to be as the poor woodsman’s empty stomach goes to his head, he gives in to the bony step-mother and they leave Hansel and Gretel in the forest, not just once but twice and the second time there won’t be any moonstones to follow back home. Instead they follow their noses to the sugary heart of darkness… A musical theatre version of this classic brother and sister tale of adventure and magic where we’ll have you humming along throughout and cheering as the witch slides down into our flaming oven. Lyngo serve up their own special recipe of multi-roled performances, captivating songs and beautiful imagery. A show by Marcello Chiarenza | Adaptated and performed by Patrick Lynch | Original music by Carlo ‘Cialdo’ Capelli | Design assistant Elena Marini

december 43

after the storm

cinema

monday 11th december time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son – until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again. -ADIFF 2017 Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan | 2017 | 117mins | Cert: Club Language: Japanese§ Starring: Abe Hiroshi, Maki Yoko, Yoshizawa Taiyo, Kiki Kilin, Lily Franky, Hashizume Isao

crooning at Christmas

music

thursday 14th december time: 8pm | tickets: €20/€18 A firm favourite on our Christmas schedule, Emmerdale star Liam O’Brien returns with his original show “Crooning at Christmas” – a tribute to yuletide swing. Now in its 13th year, this nationwide tour is packed full of seasonal hits like White Christmas, Let it Snow, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and many more. The Irish ambassador of swing will take you on a sentimental journey with iconic songs by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Michael Bublé. A night for every lover of swing and jazz with a world class vocalist backed by the stellar Million Dollar Swing Band - we are delighted to host Liam for his third consecutive year at the venue.

Purchase your Christmas Gift Vouchers online! Riverbank.ie/gift-vouchers

44 december

A muppet christmas carol saturday 16th december time: 2pm | tickets: €4

family cinema

The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Other Muppets -- Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear and Sam the Eagle -- weave in and out of the story, while Scrooge receives visits from spirits of three Christmases -- past, present and future. They show him the error of his self-serving ways, but the miserable old man seems to be past any hope of redemption and happiness. Dir: Brian Henson | US | 1992 | 86 mins | Cert: U | Language: English Starring: Micheal Caine, Steven MacKIntosh, Meredith Braun, Robin Weaver, Donald Austen

the midwife

cinema

monday 18th december time: 8pm | tickets: €6 (Advanced) /€9 Director Martin Provost (Violette, Seraphine) unites two of Frances favourite actors in his tender comedy drama about female friendship and rediscovery. Catherines Deneuve and Frot play very different women whose shaky reconnection after a number of decades allows them both to learn valuable life lessons from one another. Claire (Frot) is the conscientious Midwife of the title, a single mother whose reservations and self-restraint have left her living an isolated life. Until the day her deceased father’s ex-girlfriend makes contact. Beatrice (Deneuve) is a free spirited, professional gambler who wishes to reconnect with Claire’s father. Shocked at the news that he has passed away she implants herself into Claire’s life instead, bringing chaos, joy and memories of happier times. Director: Martin Provost | 117 mins | France | 2017 |15A Cast: Pierre Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, Olivier Gourmet

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Meet Me under The Mistletoe

music

thursday 21 december time: 8pm | tickets: €15/€12 st

For fans of Highly Strung, there’s only one place to be on this solstice evening. The ladies are delighted to return to the Riverbank for their annual Christmas show of classics old and new with a twist. The four friends’ diverse musical backgrounds generates an original, warm sound which for many heralds the start of the festive season. Highly Strung lets the light in on the darkest night of the year with a quirky perspective on favourites from O’Carolan to Coldplay with an acoustic blend of voice (Angela O’Toole), flute (Jeanette Behan), violin (Lisa Lazenby) and harp (Mary Keenan). Tonight, Highly Strung is very pleased to be sharing the stage with Milis, a locally based, all-ladies group whose harmonies and arrangements have been very enthusiastically received from audiences both at home and abroad. A donation from tonight’s concert will be made to a local charity, Friends of Naas Hospital.

school events Riverbank Arts Centre is continually looking for ways in which we can support children and young people in experiencing the arts and accessing high quality cultural experiences. We work closely with theatre groups and artists to programme events each season specifically for schools. For more information contact our Box Office on 045448327 or info@riverbank.ie Alle Hoeken van de Kamermuziek and Festival 2 Turven Hoog present:

whoosh th

monday 18 september | 10am & 12pm | tickets: €6 | Ages 1-4 In Whoosh! three musicians will enchantingly blow you to a warm world of breath and wind. A world where the only spoken language is music and where every breeze turns into beautiful sounds: a breath through your hair, blowing up a beach ball and even your dad sneezing… Whoosh! stimulates skin and hair, eyes and ears! Whoosh! is a wordless performance in which the power of the music and the narrative of the movement are central. Whoosh! has been nominated for an international music award: ‘The Young Audiences Music Awards’ (YAMA), in the category ‘Small Ensemble for Young Audiences’. Whoosh! has been chosen among more than 60 productions from 19 different countries.

46 Indepen-dance4 presents

Four Go wild In Wellies th

thursday 5 october | time: 10am & 12pm | tickets: €6 | Ages 3-5 Four Go Wild In Wellies is a brand new show for audiences aged 3-5 years from Indepen-dance4, Scotland’s inclusive professional dance company. This whimsical adventure features bobble hats, scarves, tents that have a life of their own and, of course, lots of fun in wellies!

Lyngo Theatre presents

There thAnd Back again An Odyssey

monday 9 october | time: 10am/12pm | tickets: €6 | Ages: 6+

Follow CBeebies Patrick Lynch as he uses a pioneering mix of live cinema and theatre to take you on a thrilling ride across the magical world of ancient Greece. With miniature sets he directs the lights, camera and action in front of your eyes to show the famous battles, floating islands, one-eyed giants and angry Gods that make up Ulysees’ 20 year struggle to get back home. The use of multiple cameras magnifies in wide screen our table-top puppetry down to the smallest detail, turning a storm-in-a-teacup into an Aegean tempest, laying out the fundamental fable hidden in this classic of worldliterature and proving that no matter how far you roam, there’s no place like Homer.

ger carey th

wednesday 25 october | 11am | tickets: €10 tuesday 28th november | 11am | tickets: €10 Ger Carey is back with his hilarious stand-up comedy show for transition year students. By secretly observing his subjects in their natural habitat, such as leaning on lampposts, in chippers, outside chippers, in shopping centres and sitting on any kind of steps, Ger has uncovered the weird and frightening world of the teenager! The aim of the show is to get teenagers to laugh at themselves and appreciate the differences of others.

ABBEY THEATRE PRESENTS

PRIMING thTHE CANON - Me, Sara

wednesday 8 november | time: 10am & 2pm | tickets: €6 Sara Tansey’s father is just back from overseas and is being very annoying! Just because he’s bought her oranges doesn’t mean he can say nothing happens in their town. He wasn’t there when the murderer came. But was he really a murderer? Or a Playboy? Or both? And does the Playboy see just how clever and nice Sara is? Passionate, lyrical and angry Sara invites us into a world where people are made by the stories they tell and parents need to be told who their children really are. Based on Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World this is the third of our Priming the Canon series. Priming the Canon brings standalone plays based on the classics directly into schools.

Granuaile: The Pirate Queen th

monday 13 november | time: 10.30am & 12pm | tickets: €6 Ages: 2nd-4th class Granuaile is a dynamic, exciting retelling of the infamous Irish story about Grace O’Malley, pirate queen. This highly interactive piece weaves historical fact with an engaging family narrative that invites audience opinion on themes such as gender roles, ambition, relationships and self-confidence. The backdrop of the female Irish pirate’s heroic life story is brought fantastically to life through maps, sword fighting, audience costumes, and ‘All-Aboard!’ to row up the Thames! Created with the support of Axis Theatre Ballymun and Dublin City Coucnil Arts Office Theatre Lovett

They Called Her Vivaldi th

monday 20 november | time: 10.30am & 12pm | tickets: €6 | ages: 7+ Edward M. Haberdasher has crafted very peculiar earmuffs for his very particular daughter Cecilia Maria. (The earmuffs come with three settings: Snowflake, Tinkly Bells and, for hardcore noise-prevention scenarios, Cheesegrater). Don’t shout about it but Cecilia Maria thinks they make her look fascinating and has whispered her thanks. This is an upbeat comedy-adventure about a sensitive musical-prodigy making a quiet name for herself in a cacophonous world.

“With true comic spirit, Theatre Lovett defies all age groupings to appeal to everybody.” - The Irish Independent Catherine Wheels presents

white monday 27th november | time: 10am | tickets: €6 | ages: 2-4 A performance for 2-4 year olds | Created by Andy Manley Welcome to the beautifully strange world of White. Full of birdsong and birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. Two friends look after the birds and make sure the eggs stay safe. We watch, we help. The world is bright, ordered and white. But high up in the trees, all is not white. Colour appears. First red... then yellow... then blue.. White is a playful, highly visual show for very young children and is a perfect first time theatre experience. Catherine Wheels creates shows for schools and family audiences that are consistently praised for original ideas, intelligent storytelling and imaginative design. Lyngo Theatre presents

Hansel and Gretel th

monday 11 december | time: TBC | tickets: €6 | ages: 4+ Is hunger stronger than love? In this story it seems to be as the poor woodsman’s empty stomach goes to his head, he gives in to the bony stepmother and they leave Hansel and Gretel in the forest, not just once but twice and the second time there won’t be any moonstones to follow back home. Instead they follow their noses to the sugary heart of darkness… A musical theatre version of this classic brother and sister tale of adventure and magic where we’ll have you humming along throughout and cheering as the witch slides down into our flaming oven. Lyngo serve up their own special recipe of multi-roled performances, captivating songs and beautiful imagery.

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