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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.

𝗔𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗜𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 & 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁𝘆Saturday 7 November, 8pmTickets €30Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873661563/eventsSwe...
06/06/2026

𝗔𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗜𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 & 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁𝘆

Saturday 7 November, 8pm
Tickets €30
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873661563/events

Swedish band Quilty and Irish musician Andy Irvine join together to present a collaboration that brings together Irish and Swedish traditional music. Quilty is widely regarded as the leading Irish folk band in Scandinavia, while Irvine is one of Ireland’s most respected singers and musicians, with a career spanning more than 55 years. Together, they offer a strong blend of experience, tradition, and cross-cultural music.

Formed in 1993, Quilty has toured extensively in Sweden, Germany, and Norway and has worked with choirs and symphony orchestras. In 2018, the band marked its 25th anniversary with a fan-voted “Best of Quilty” tour. In 2020, Quilty was nominated Band of the Year at Sweden’s Folk & World Music Gala. Since then, they have toured with Out on the Ocean, a program of sea songs, emigration ballads, and maritime-themed music from Irish and Scottish traditions.

Andy Irvine is known for his work with Sweeney’s Men, Planxty, Patrick Street, Mozaik, and Usher’s Island. He has also built a long solo career, performing Irish traditional songs, Balkan-influenced music, and his own compositions. His work has had a major influence on Irish traditional and folk musicians.

In 2023, Quilty invited Andy Irvine to join their 30th anniversary tour of Sweden. The sold-out tour led to continued collaboration, with joint concerts now combining Irish and Swedish traditional music.

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘒𝘊𝘊 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴.

𝗞𝗲𝗻 𝗢’ 𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻 - 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮Friday 30 October, 8pmTickets €18/€16/€12Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/s...
05/06/2026

𝗞𝗲𝗻 𝗢’ 𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻 - 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮

Friday 30 October, 8pm
Tickets €18/€16/€12
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873664971/events

New live show from multiple-award winning film maker Ken O'Sullivan.

In his new show, Stories From The Sea, Ken brings us on his 25 year journey exploring the North Atlantic ocean and seas around Ireland, with stories, video pieces and personal insights into his experiences. From being surrounded by a pod of killer whales, to swimming with thousands of dolphins and fin and blue whales, the largest animals ever to have lived, Ken regales us with stories of the beauty of the natural world and our emotional connection with it.

The live show is a mix of film and stories from Ken’s 20 plus year long career. He pays homage to his family’s 250-year history on Fenit Island, Co. Kerry and our ancient maritime culture.

Education and conservation have been at the heart of Ken’s work since 2005, long before it was popular to tell stories of damage and even devastation in natural history documentaries. He will talk about some of the great challenges facing our marine animals and habitats.Ken has donated his documentaries to education, where they now feature on the secondary school exam curriculum within the Junior cycle Geography and Business Studies courses.

Ken has now produced more than twenty natural history documentaries for RTÉ and his last series North Atlantic was acquired by BBC and broadcast in over 30 countries. He features alongside David Attenborough in BBC Earth’s Stunning Underwater Nature Footage which has 7 million views on YouTube.

His book Stories from the Deep is critically acclaimed for its lyrical writing and descriptions of nature and animal encounters, as well as Ken’s honesty about his life as a film maker.

Duration: 75 mins

05/06/2026

𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗨́ 𝗡𝗔 𝗡𝗢́𝗚 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

Saturday 6 June, 3pm
Free event
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873663875/events

Youth Theatre Island is a vibrant, all-island celebration of young voices and new theatre. Delivered in partnership by Youth Theatre Ireland and Theatre & Dance NI, this programme champions young people as artists and invites audiences to experience the work they create when their voices are trusted and amplified.

Across the event you’ll see a dynamic mix of brand-new short plays and newly devised pieces, brought to life by youth theatre ensembles from across the island. Come along for a feel-good theatre experience: fearless performances, fresh stories, and the unmistakable buzz of a room full of supporters cheering on the next generation.

Duration 90 mins

Funded by Creative Ireland’s Shared Island Initiative as part of Cruinniú na nÓg.

This event is part of Riverbank's programme for Cruinniú na nÓg 2026.

𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗮́𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗲Saturday 20 June, 7pmTickets €20/€18Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873661...
04/06/2026

𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗮́𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗲

Saturday 20 June, 7pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873661851/events

Fresh off the back of a sell-out 2025 Irish tour, Seán Ronayne returns with a fresh new talk - where he’ll delve into never-before-told-stories of Irish wildlife sound, as experienced by Seán on his never-ending ear-driven journeys through the wildest corners of our lands, and beyond.�

Seán’s wildlife sound collection has surpassed 28,000 recordings, and covers birds, mammals, insects, whales, fish, plants, and just about everything you can (and can’t) imagine. In this talk, Seán will bring some of the most beautiful and unusual sounds from his archives, and weave them into his passion-fuelled story-telling.�

Bring your sharpest ears, and expect to leave with another view of the world around you.

Duration: 135 mins with interval

𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹Riverbank Arts Centre invites graphic artists and illustrators to submit a cover proposal for...
04/06/2026

𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹

Riverbank Arts Centre invites graphic artists and illustrators to submit a cover proposal for our Autumn 2026 brochure.

Each season Riverbank Arts Centre publishes a programme of events and activities taking place. This was stopped during the Covid pandemic in 2020, and resumed for our Autumn 2022 brochure. Since 2009, we have commissioned artists to illustrate the programme cover; turning the programme into a piece of art delivered to our patrons across the country.

Previous cover illustrators include Brian Coldrick, Peter Donnelly, Sadie Cramer, Fintan Taite, Shona Shirley MacDonald, Holly Pereira, Dermot Flynn, Anne Marie Morrin, Grainne Bath Enright, Marta Barcikowska, Brian Fitzgerald, Shams Asgarzade, Holly Murphy, Alexandra Craciun, Fiyin Oluokun, Jo Jo Gannon, Kate Escolin, Corrina Askin and Debora Adachi.

When:
We are accepting submissions until 5pm, Thursday 18 June.

The Details:
We’re not expecting artists to work on any design etc. prior to selection. Instead we’re looking for your artist biog and samples of previous work.

Please submit the above on ONE pdf document, along with any website/social media links to: [email protected]

Selected artist will be contacted with full proposal and contract information by Wednesday 24 June (the illustration will be required by Wednesday 29 July ).

The selected artist will be asked to provide a design which is eye-catching for children and adults, and reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the venue.

The selected artist will be paid a commissioning fee of €500.

Questions?
Contact [email protected]

04/06/2026

𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘂́ 𝗻𝗮 𝗻𝗢́𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽

Saturday 6 June, 6pm
Free event, booking advised
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873663035/events

Everyone can write poetry! This workshop, under the theme of 'ways of seeing' is for 14-18 year olds with any interest in poetry or spoken word. All levels of experience are welcome, from total beginners to those who want to improve the precision of their writing and oral delivery.

The workshop will be led by young poetry enthusiasts Fiyin Oluokun and Daniel Fehily, in a friendly, conversational atmosphere. Participants will explore traditional, contemporary, unconventional and personal examples of poetry.

Writing exercises will help participants to extract the poetry from within. In line with the theme, this writing will be prompted by images, participants' own experiences, thoughts and observations. Images will be provided to respond to, but participants are invited to bring their own photographs to write about.

The workshop will culminate in a shared reading of the work-in-progress poetry that is produced during this time together.

Participants only need provide an open mind and the knowledge that there is no wrong answer!

Duration: 90 mins
Suitable for ages 14-18 years

This is a free workshop funded by Creative Communities Kildare, a Creative Ireland initiative, for Cruinniú na nÓg 2026.

04/06/2026

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𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 - 𝗔𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲Collaborative Installation: Lost PropertyA collective archive of wha...
04/06/2026

𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 - 𝗔𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲
Collaborative Installation: Lost Property

A collective archive of what’s been left behind. Wall-mounted boxes act as temporary tactile repositories holding traces of what has been discarded, outgrown ideas, memories, and objects. Collective members have contributed small works or fragments, placing them into the boxes and leaving them behind creating a shared “scrapbook” of departures.

𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘹𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 - 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

03/06/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗻𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗲

Monday 10 June, 8pm
Tickets €7 (early bird) / €9 (on door) / €5 (student)
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873662453/events

In 18th century Manchester, a young woman named Ann Lee joins a Quakers sect known for their acts of ecstatic dance and ‘shaking’ during worship. After experiencing several family tragedies, Ann undergoes a deeper religious conversion and is convinced celibacy is the path forward. The ‘Shakers’ unite around Ann as a potential Messiah, but face persecution from local authorities - eventually driving ‘Mother Ann’ and a small group of followers to seek sanctuary and new acolytes in America.

Inspired by the true story of Shakers leader Ann Lee, Mona Fastvold’s film explores the many complexities of faith in a captivating film full of rapturous dance and music. Amanda Seyfried delivers an astonishing performance in a physically and emotionally demanding role.

Directed by Mona Fastvold | 137 mins | Cert 15A | English language

Screenings are presented in association with access > CINEMA and Europa Cinemas.

𝗭𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗰 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁Wednesday 3 June, 8pmTickets €7 (early bird) / €9 (on door) / €5 (student)Book: https://riverbank.t...
03/06/2026

𝗭𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗰 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁

Wednesday 3 June, 8pm
Tickets €7 (early bird) / €9 (on door) / €5 (student)
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873663529/events

In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, the true crime boom is put under the microscope as filmmaker Charlie Shackleton tells the story of his abandoned documentary about the infamous Zodiac Killer, describing beat-by-beat how he imagined it playing out. Over vacant Bay Area landscapes, stylised re-enactments and clips from recent true crime hits, his wry voiceover conjures the unrealised project in real time, offering an object lesson in creative frustration—and a hilarious critique of a genre at saturation point.

Directed by Charlie Shackleton | 91 mins | English language

Screenings are presented in association with access > CINEMA and Europa Cinemas

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Monday 9:30am - 2pm
2:30pm - 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 2pm
2:30pm - 5pm
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2:30pm - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm

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