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Riverbank Arts Centre is County Kildare’s Arts Centre; it is based in Newbridge which is less than 45 minutes from Dublin city centre. Riverbank Arts Centre hosts a programme of local, national and international productions including theatre, music, opera, comedy and visual arts. The venue comprises of a 180 seat auditorium, a children’s gallery, a contemporary gallery hosting both local national

and international artists and a café. Riverbank Arts Centre is a member of Nomad Theatre Network which furthers the development of the performing arts in the North Midlands region and extend the parameters of regional, national and international performances available to venues and their audiences; Riverbank Arts Centre is also a member of Strollers Touring Network which is a network of 10 Theatre/Arts Centre venues located across Ireland. It is currently the largest touring network in the country. This enables the center to bring the best of national theatre to the county of Kildare while also providing visitors to Kildare the opportunity to stay in the county and see some of the best produced theatre, music, comedy and opera on our stage. The art house cinema at Riverbank Arts Centre is now a full digital system supported by Cill Dara Ar Aghaidh which is financed by the Irish Government under the Rural Development Programme Ireland 2007-2013 and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in Rural Areas. It has proved to be an invaluable part of the centre, programing high quality art house films and more recent releases.

23/07/2025

Inni-K

Thursday 30 October, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873655579/events

Join Inni-K and her band live - in celebration of her fourth studio album.

Renowned for her ever-evolving sonic landscapes and creative vision, Inni-K returns with the launch of her fourth studio album — a powerful new collection of nine original songs.

This album marks a bold evolution in Inni-K’s sound: at times quieter, deeper, and more reflective than before — yet still free, wild, and tuned into moments of pure ecstasy. There’s a sense of flow through these songs — experiences lived and transformed, expressed in ethereal vocals, intricate instrumentation, and the golden threads of a voice discovering new depths. Her fiddle takes on a more central role through the album too, with gutsy, bold playing that weaves a raw energy into the heart of the sound.

“Luminous, light and dark... Rich with moments that will astonish you and melodies you won’t want to stop hearing or singing.”

Birds fly through it — sometimes the bright flash of goldfinches, sometimes pigeons perched on the roof of a Dublin train station. The music is studded with stars, rippling with lakewater, and alive with a kind of longing and movement — something quietly powerful still transmitting, like depth charges felt long after they’ve landed. And beneath it all, loss lightly worn, a quiet presence that neither drags nor disappears, but simply is.

Join Inni-K and her band for what promises to be a radiant evening of live music, as they share this new work alongside beloved favourites from her past releases, including the acclaimed contemporary sean-nós album Iníon (2022).

It’s a night to witness an artist at the height of her craft — a celebration of music’s power to delight, move, and transform.

23/07/2025

An Táin Arts Centre and Quintessence Theatre Present
Belfast Girls

Wednesday 5 & Thursday 6 November, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656135/events

"We have this one an’ only chance. An’ in all the kingdom of Ireland aren’t we – us women – aren’t we damned lucky to be getting out of it?”

Set in 1850, Belfast Girls tells the story of five fierce young women who face their dark pasts on a ship bound for Australia, as they leave Belfast in search of a better life. Confined in close quarters in the belly of the ship, they embark on a tumultuous sea journey as they sail away from their homeland. Secrets are revealed, enemies made, and it becomes clear that no matter where they go, there is no escaping the past.

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An award-winning feminist play based on a true piece of largely untold Irish history Jaki McCarrick’s Belfast Girls follows the story of five fierce young Irish women aboard the Inchinnan travelling from Belfast to Australia during the Famine in the desperate hope of a new life abroad. But the further from home they voyage the more each of them comes to realise they cannot escape their pasts, nor the seemingly universal subjugation of their gender. Over the long ship journey the women form intense bonds, and life-changing secrets are revealed, personal and political.

Originally presented in 2024, this is a new production under the direction of Rhiann Jeffrey.

𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗲́𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗜'𝗺 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻Saturday 7 February, 8pmTickets €21.50Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/8736...
23/07/2025

𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗲́𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁
𝗜'𝗺 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻

Saturday 7 February, 8pm
Tickets €21.50
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873654587/events

In her brand new stand-up show, one half of comedy duo DirtBirds, Sinéad Culbert explores the extreme dangers of growing up in the 80’s, the pitfalls of parenting, the myths about marriage and the genuine joy of not giving a s**t!

Playback 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 '𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲'Saturday 20 September, 8pmTickets €25Book: https://riverbank.ticketsol...
22/07/2025

Playback 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 '𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲'

Saturday 20 September, 8pm
Tickets €25
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656314/events

Playback are an album tribute band that cover classic rock albums from start to finish, and have performed at venues and festivals throughout the country. The project 'Still Don’t Make No Sense: The Music of Stop Making Sense' features the band playing every song from Talking Heads’ seminal 1984 concert film, including Psycho Killer, Once in a Lifetime and This Must Be the Place. This energetic show features classic costumes, dance moves and visuals from the film; expect an old-school tape recorder, a waltz with a lamp and the biggest suit you’ve ever seen! Whether you’re a casual Talking Heads fan, a diehard who attended all the screenings back in the day, or someone who just likes a good night out, this show really is for everyone.

Blame Game by Kundle Cru Friday 17 October, 7pmTickets €15/€12Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656151/ev...
22/07/2025

Blame Game by Kundle Cru

Friday 17 October, 7pm
Tickets €15/€12
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656151/events

Blame Game explores the dirty politics of scapegoating. Sometimes we're feeling a pressure cooker of emotions and we need to let off steam.

But what happens when that involves unfairly blaming others?

Join us for a day in the life of a group of office workers trying to climb the greasy pole of success, competing for the attention of their nightmare boss.

International circus and dance group Kundle Cru fuse breakdancing, juggling, Chinese pole and contemporary dance to create a high-energy, highly physical show with some great comic moments.

Featuring well known Dublin based contemporary and urban dancer Matt Szczerek of D2C LAB and Human Collective.

“Gorgeous sequences of dance” The Irish News

Suitable for 7 years upward

Running time: 1 hour

This tour has been funded by the Arts Council and produced by Promenade Ireland

Created with funding from the Arts Council with additional support from Crying Out Loud, La Verrerie d’Alès Pole National Cirque Occitanie, France; 101 Arts Creation Space, UK; CircusStad Holland; Cheptel Aleïkoum, France; Het Klooster, Holland; Karlsruhe Atoll Festival.

Photo credit: Alice Underwood

22/07/2025

Tá Scoil Samhraidh Damhsa Chill Dara AR AIS! 🌟

📍 Coláiste Phádraig, Maigh Nuad
📅 Dé Céadaoin 23 – Dé hAoine 25 Iúil 2025
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Bí linn ar feadh 3 lá de ghluaiseacht lúcháireach, cruthaitheacht agus caidreamh ag Scoil Samhraidh Damhsa & Gluaiseachta Chill Dara 2025! Cibé acu damhsóir seanbhunaithe thú nó más mian leat bogadh, fáiltíonn an clár cuimsitheach seo roimh gach cumas agus cúlra.

🕺 Coimeádta ag an ealaíontóir damhsa ó Chill Dara, Ailish Claffey, áirítear na ceardlanna seo a leanas:
✨ Dé Céadaoin 23 Iúil: The SAY Collective (Selma Daniel & Yasmin Mello) le ceol beo ó André Antunes
✨ Deardaoin 24 Iúil: Filleann Elaine Thomas & Rosie Leak le ceardlanna cuimsitheacha coirp
✨ Dé hAoine 25 Iúil: Déanann Colm Gallagher & Ebony Rose Dark iniúchadh ar chumhacht chomhchoiteann trí ghluaiseacht

Curtha i láthair go bródúil ag Seirbhís Ealaíon Chomhairle Contae Chill Dara, le tacaíocht ón gComhairle Ealaíon agus an FSS

📩 Ceisteanna? Déan teagmháil le: [email protected] | ☎️ 045-980872

The Empty NestSaturday 6 September, 8pmTickets €20/€18Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/87365438...
21/07/2025

The Empty Nest

Saturday 6 September, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873654388/events/128591673/seats

by Oisín Flores Sweeney
Directed by Geoff Gould
Starring Seamus O'Rourke and Joan Sheehy

Tony and Sheila are watching television... again. Their children are reared, and their grandchildren are invading their lives. Sheila wants to travel; Tony is determined to stay put. Tony is on a new diet; Sheila could cut you in two with a sharp comment. All that's on the television is s*x... and they can’t remember when they did it last! Oisín Flores Sweeney’s debut play is an hilarious piece of theatre that looks at how couples negotiate life after the kids leave, their dreams, disappointments, longings and uncompromising opinions on everything - Gogglebox on speed!

The Empty Nest debuted at Smock Alley as a work-in-progress as part of the Scene + Heard Festival of New Work last year, before embarking on sellout runs at Cork Arts Theatre and The Viking Theatre in Dublin. Directed by Geoff Gould, it stars Irish Times Theatre Award nominee Seamus O’Rourke (Lakelands), alongside established actor and director Joan Sheehy (An Cailín Ciúin).

️️️️'hugely funny, uncomfortably accurate, and comedically sharp' - THE ARTS REVIEW️️️️
'This wonderful little comedy is a perfect match of humour and heart' - THE REVIEWS HUB
'The humanity of this pair is winning and inviting' - IRISH INDEPENDENT
'a gentle exploration of a marriage as it continues into its maturity... makes for an enjoyable evening' - NO MORE WORKHORSE

Photo credit: Marcin Lewandowski

☀SUMMER OPENING HOURS ☀Tuesday 5-Friday 22 AugustMonday-Friday 10am-2pmClosed SaturdaysNormal hours resume Monday 25 Aug...
21/07/2025

☀SUMMER OPENING HOURS ☀

Tuesday 5-Friday 22 August
Monday-Friday 10am-2pm
Closed Saturdays

Normal hours resume Monday 25 August

Posted  • .l.lynch What an exciting week of exploration at , around the physical and musical world of Waterbirth, a play...
21/07/2025

Posted • .l.lynch What an exciting week of exploration at , around the physical and musical world of Waterbirth, a play about pregnancy and climate grief. It was amazing to have this time to experiment, reflect, plan, get on the floor and play.

Thank you to all at Riverbank for making us feel so welcome as always, and to the incredible artists who joined us for some of the week - our brilliant Associate Director Lianne O’Shea () and and , who brought so much imagination, openness and skill into the room 💚

(.lennon seems to have escaped the camera this time….. he is represented in these photos by his beloved modular synthesizer ⚡️)

Anna Newell Theatre Adventures Presents𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 September, various timesTickets €10 (1 baby & 1 a...
21/07/2025

Anna Newell Theatre Adventures Presents
𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍

Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 September, various times
Tickets €10 (1 baby & 1 adult)
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656119/events

For babies aged 3-12 months

Full of silver, light and wonder, Shimmer is a unique, dream-like dance theatre show for audiences of babies and their adults.

Shimmer invites its audiences into an immersive reflective space animated by a twinkling original score, stunning wraparound video art, and gorgeous gentle choreography that responds to its individual tiny audience members .a

“Shimmer is sensational! An absolute feast for the senses. My baby was engaged and enthralled throughout, as was I. Shimmer brings together dance, music, light and space in a way which sparks the imagination and evokes wonder from both the young and old.”

Touring The Network For Extraordinary Audiences in 2025 funded by Arts Council Ireland.

Performances: Wednesday 3 Sept: 1pm, 2pm, & 3pm
Thursday 4 Sept: 10am, 11am, & 12pm

Photo: Neil Harrison Photography

Co-produced by Anna Newell Theatre Adventures and Riverbank Arts Centre. Presented in association with The Network for Extraordinary Audiences and funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

LemonSoap Productions PresentsBoyfriendsSaturday 1 November, 8pmTickets €20/€18Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/s...
20/07/2025

LemonSoap Productions Presents
Boyfriends

Saturday 1 November, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656176/events

Following a three month affair between two anonymous men, Boyfriends charts the ups and downs and roundabouts of a modern situationship. As they swing through four million one hundred and ninety one thousand possibilities of what they might mean to one another, through time, s*x, Madonna songs, nightclubs, period dramas and calorie counting, Boyfriends asks us to ponder on that age old question: what the f*ck is romance anyway?

Don’t miss the return of this 5 star sold out smash hit from LemonSoap Productions, as they hit the road for their first national tour!

“Smart, raw, and above all, hilarious…a thoroughly entertaining and poignant experience.”
The Irish Times ★★★★
“Boyfriends is one of the best, if not the best, new plays of 2024.”
The Arts Review ★★★★★

Trigger warning
This production contains mentions of disordered eating, suicidal ideation and bereavement.

For ages 14+ years
Duration: 85 mins
Photo by Samuel Casey

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Newbridge

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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Riverbank Arts Centre is County Kildare’s Arts Centre; it is based in Newbridge which is less than 45 minutes from Dublin city centre. Riverbank Arts Centre hosts a programme of local, national and international productions including theatre, music, opera, comedy and visual arts. The venue comprises of a 180 seat auditorium, Children’s Gallery, McKenna Gallery, a contemporary gallery hosting both local national and international artists, and a café. Riverbank Arts Centre is a member of Nomad Theatre Network which furthers the development of the performing arts in the North Midlands region and extend the parameters of regional, national and international performances available to venues and their audiences.

Riverbank Arts Centre is also a member of Strollers Touring Network which is a network of 10 Theatre/Arts Centre venues located across Ireland. It is currently the largest touring network in the country. This enables the centre to bring the best of national theatre to the county of Kildare while also providing visitors to Kildare the opportunity to see some of the best produced theatre, music, comedy and opera on our stage.