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Welcome to Riverbank January to March 2012 Hello there and a very warm welcome to the January to March 2012 season at Riverbank Arts Centre. If ever there was a time to stay positive and keep spirits up, that time is now. Here at Riverbank we have a broad selection of highly entertaining events to help you do just that. From the get-go, we have plenty of treats for music lovers Martin Hayes, Kevin Crawford and John Doyle join forces to form a stellar trad line-up in The Teetotallers; Jack L will provide a heart-warming intro to 2012 while Eddi Reader and the outstanding Scottish group Lau will wow audiences. Hailed as ‘the best band in the world right now’ (Channel 4), this is certainly one to catch. For theatre fans the choices are many and varied- DYAD set the mood in January with The Diaries of Adam and Eve, a look at the complicated world of relationships; Beckett fans have treats in store with Beckett x 3 and Gare St Lazare’s The End. We’ll also have a new piece of comic theatre from Fishamble with The Wheelchair on My Face. Jasango Theatre return to Riverbank with My Brilliant Divorce and Maria McDermottroe gives a superb solo performance in Baglady at the end of March. We also look forward to productions from local groups Crossfire Theatre, Open Door Theatre and Silken Thomas Players. As always, there is a host of great events and workshops for children and families to enjoy. Some firm favourites and classic characters will delight children of all ages. Cinema fans will not be disappointed this Jan to March as we have a strong film line-up which includes a weekend of Werner Herzog films and a unique Cinema/live music performance in Salome- an experience worth seeing! All this and much more, we do hope you enjoy and look forward to seeing you this season. From Linda, Alex, Damien, Hazel and all at Riverbank Arts Centre
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A note about CaToCa at Riverbank Arts Centre
CaToCa is the new name of the café at Riverbank Arts Centre. It serves a wide selection of food for breakfast meetings, lunches or a pre theatre bite. The name has been inspired by owner, Liz’s, children. This personal touch is reflected in her work to bring you some of the best cakes, deserts and treats that the café has to offer. If you’re coming to an event at Riverbank Arts Centre, why not book early and try out the new home made pizza’s with a glass of wine or for Monday Night Movies you can grab a coffee and cake before the screening for just €3
CaToCa do birthday parties too with their own clown ‘Robin’, its fun for all at Riverbank. Combined with a trip to see a show, it’s the perfect party treat. Why not visit our website www.catocafinefood.com or call to book a table 045 486791.
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FEBRUARY
JANUARY
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Jack L
8pm
122/120
6
18th
Music Network presents Teetotallers
8pm
118/116
7
19th
A Dyad Production presentsThe Diaries of Adam and Eve
8pm
115/ 112
8
13th & 14th
21st
Mickey Mouse Club House
2pm
110/140*
9
27th
Encounters with Werner Herzog Cave of Forgotten Dreams
8pm
16 or 3 films for 112
10
28th
Encounters with Werner Herzog The Wild Blue Yonder
5pm
16 or 3 films for 112
10
28th
Encounters with Werner Herzog Encounters at The End of the World
8pm
16 or 3 films for 112
11
28th
Eco-Unesco’s Creative Recycling Workshop
12pm - 2pm
Free/drop in
11
28th
Arctic Tale
2pm
13
11
2nd
Peter Sheridan presents 47 Roses
8pm
112/ 110
12
3rd
The Chalk & Cheese Tour with Eric Lalor & Gearoid Farrelly
8pm
112
13
4th
‘Take and Make a Journey’ Childrens Workshop with Nina Tanis
11am -1pm & 2-4pm
110
13
4th
Mary Coughlan
8pm
120/118
14
9th
Beckett x 3 2012
8pm
115/112
15
11th, 13th & 15th
Crossfire Theatre Presents Valentines
8pm
110
15
13th, 14th & 15th
Artzone Animation Workshop
10am-2pm
150
16
16th & 17th
Artzone Superhero Workshop
10am-2pm
135
16
18th
Steve Simpson Illustration Workshop
11 – 1pm
115
17
18th
The Fureys & Davey Arthur
8pm
125
18
19th
The Glee Experience
3pm & 6pm
115
18
22nd
Music Network presents CAN Percussion Trio
8pm
115/ 112
19
23rd & 24th
A Silken Thomas Players present Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
8pm
112/ 110
20
25th
Lambert Puppet Theatre presents Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
2pm & 4pm
110
20
29th
Ger Carey performs “Stand up for Teenagers”
11am
110
21
Music
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Workshops
Theatre
Comedy
Visual Arts
Childrens Event Cinema
Kids Cinema
Literature
Cinema
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
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MARCH
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Eddie Reader
8pm
3rd
Hairy Tales with Debbie Thomas Children’s Workshop
11am - 12.30pm
3rd
Fishamble: The New Play Company presents The Wheelchair on My Face
8pm
8th
Salomé
8pm
118/115
24
10th
Laois Open Door Theatre presents Rumours, A Farce by Neil Simon
8pm
112/110
24
15th
Touched Theatre presents Me and the Sea
9.30 & 11.30 am
15
25
16th & 17th
Neil Delamere
8pm
120 /118
26
Jasango Theatre presents My Brilliant Divorce
8pm
115/112
27
23rd
Gare St Lazare Players Ireland present The End by Samuel Beckett
8pm
116/114
28
24th
Pùca Puppets present Tic Teac Tic Teac
11am - 12pm 16
28
24th
Pùca Puppets Sock Making Workshop
1-2.30pm
110
29
29th
Bag Lady by Frank McGuinness
8pm
116/114
30
30th
LAU
8pm
115
30
VIsUAl ARTs
22nd
CINEMA
July-22 September 110 201122
1st
120
114/110
23
Feb 11th - March 24th
‘Not all is as it seems’ An Exhibtion by Nina Tanis
10am-5.30pm Mon-Fri & 10am-1pm Sat
Free
31
Feb 18th - March 23rd
‘Miles from Home’ An exhibition by Noel Hensey
10am-5.30pm Mon-Fri & 10am-1pm Sat
Free
31
Jan 16th
Midnight in Paris
8pm
16
7
Jan 21st
The Iron Giant
2pm
13
8
Jan 23rd
Drive
8pm
16
9
Jan 28th
Arctic Tale
2pm
13
11
Jan 30th
Melancholia
8pm
16
12
Feb 9th
The Salt of Life
8pm
16
14
Feb 17th
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
8pm
16
17
Feb 19th
Howl’s Moving Castle
2pm
13
17
Feb 20th
Weekend
8pm
16
19
Feb 27th
Miss Bala
8pm
16
21
Feb 28th
Silver Screening South Pacific
11am
13
21
Mar 5th
Sensation
8pm
16
23
Mar 12th
We Need to Talk About Kevin
8pm
16
25
Mar 17th
Darby O’Gill and the Little People
2pm
13
26
Mar 19th
Perrier’s Bounty
8pm
16
27
Mar 26th
A Dangerous Method
8pm
16
29
Mar 27th
Silver Screening The Way
11am
13
29
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Ticket Bundles This season, we want to see more of you at Riverbank Arts Centre. So we have decided to bundle some tickets together so that you can make it to more events! Purchase a ticket for two selected shows and save money. Theatre Tantalisers: Peter Sheridan, 47 Roses & Bag Lady €22.00 Music Madness: CAN Percussion Trio & Salomè €26.00 Killer Comedy: The Chalk and Cheese Tour & Wheelchair on my Face €20.00 Beckett Bonus: Beckett x 3 & The End by Samuel Beckett €24.00 Encounters with Werner Herzog: 3 Screenings €12.00 Film Feast : 10 cinema screenings €45.00 A Taste of Theatre : Diaries of Adam and Eve & My Brilliant Divorce, €23.00
FRIdAY JANUARY 13TH & sATURdAY JANUARY 14TH
JACK l Time: price
8pm 122/120
After a year with a string of sucesses under his belt, Jack L returns to Kildare to perform at Riverbank Arts Centre. What a year he has had, performing “A Month of Mondays” in the World Famous Spiegel Tent and awarded The Spotlight Best Music Award at the Edinburgh festival. Highlights throughout this year for Jack included a series of shows in The National Concert Hall to celebrate its 30th anniversary in November. He also made his debut as a Radio Presenter when he hosted a 26 week series on Lyric FM called “High Fidelity. A century of recorded song” Jack L promises a very special night at Riverbank Arts Centre that will uplift everyone spirits after the New Year!
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MONdAY JANUARY 16TH RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
MIdNIGHT IN pARIs Time price
monday cinema club
cinema
8pm 16
Dir: Woody Allen / USA, Paris / 2011 / 94 mins / Cert:12A Starring: Owen Wilson, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Language: English Woody Allen is back on form with this light-as-a-feather fantasy about 20s bohemian Paris, which (incredibly) is already the most commercially successful of his career. It’s a funny, slight comedy whose time-travel conceit is managed effortlessly. Standing in for Allen himself Owen Wilson plays Gil, a youngish Hollywood screenwriter who is visiting Paris with his egocentric social-climbing fiancee, Inez (Rachel McAdams), and her wealthy, neo-xenophobic parents. One night, while Gil is walking the streets of Montmartre he is transported back to the 1920s and confronts the illusion that a life different from one’s own is better. €3 Coffee & Cake Deal
WEdNEsdAY JANUARY 18TH
MUsIC NETWORK pREsENTs
TEETOTAllERs
MARTIN HAYEs, KEVIN CRAWFORd & JOHN dOYlE Time price
8pm 118/116
An outstanding line up featuring three giants of the Irish trad scene. Fiddler Martin Hayes had picked up six all-Ireland championships before the age of 19 before embarking on a musical odyssey that has brought his lyrical sound into the worlds of jazz, film, theatre and modern dance. The former Irish Echo Artist of the Year Kevin Crawford (flute, whistles, bodhrán) has collaborated with the likes of Grianan, Raise the Rafters, Joe Derrane, Natalie Merchant, Susan McKeown and Sean Tyrrell. John Doyle’s filigree finger-picking guitar style received a Grammy nomination in 2009 for his collaboration with Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll, Double Play. And did we mention Doyle’s tenor vocals and crack bouzouki and mandolin playing? ‘If someone told me about a new trio comprising Martin Hayes, Kevin Crawford, and John Doyle, I would have replied: keep dreaming. Yet that’s exactly what we have: a dream team made real’. Earle Hitchner, Irish Echo
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THURsdAY JANUARY 19TH A dYAd pROdUCTION pREsENTs
THE dIARIEs OF AdAM ANd EVE
Time price
8pm €15/€12
Relationships: whose idea was that? One of you wants to get things done, the other wants to chill out in the garden. One of you wants a minute’s peace, the other wants to talk (and talk and talk). One of you likes things the way they are, the other wants a project. One of you knows that eating that apple is the wrong thing to do, but the other is going to eat it anyway. Relationships shouldn’t work, but somehow they do – so who did the groundwork? In this witty and modern adaptation of Mark Twain’s affectionate satire, Adam and Eve, the worlds first couple confront their many differences. Whether they’re creating language, inventing fire, taming nature, or discovering love and death, what they learn about each other on the way will be familiar and funny to anyone who has ever experienced a close relationship. Tempted? Don’t miss this hilarious production.
sATURdAY JANUARY 21sT
THE IRON GIANT Time price
2pm 13
USA / 1999 / PG / 86 min / Director: Brad Bird Voices: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr. and Jennifer Aniston Brad Bird best known for his TV work on such series as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and The Critic. “Iron Giant” is based upon the 1968 story, ‘Iron Man,’ by the British poet laureate Ted Hughes. The film is about a giant metal machine that drops from the sky and frightens a small town in Maine in 1958, only to find a friend named, Hogarth, that ultimately finds its humanity and saving the towns people of their fears and prejudices.
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sUNdAY JANUARY 22Nd
MICKEY MOUsE ClUB HOUsE Time price
2pm 110 (family TickeT of five 140)
Look out Kids! Much loved Disney characters from four popular TV shows appear together live on stage in an unforgettable celebration of the Magic that is Disney. The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Tribute brings audiences into the colorful worlds of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Iggle Piggle, Upsy Daisy, Dora the Explorer, Boots the Monkey and Peppa Pig. Mickey Mouse hosts the show and wants to sing but when everyone gets the hiccups’ they have to find ways of curing them. With participation from the audience and help from Mickey’s friends on stage, they all soon get there singing voices back and everyone joins in a sing song with all the gang. The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Tribute brings together these wonderful characters children have loved down through the years, live on stage, right before their eyes in this exciting and fun filled musical production.
MONdAY JANUARY 23Rd RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
dRIVE Time price
monday cinema club
cinema
8pm 16
Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn / USA / 2011 / 100 mins /Cert: 18 Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman. Language: English Driver (Ryan Gosling) is good at what he does. A stunt driver by day, a getaway driver by night, he’s aloof, unflappable and professional, with no other ties to this world. But when Driver falls for next-door neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan) he finds himself reluctantly pulled into a job with her ex-con ex-husband, a doomed final heist he hopes will free them all. A neo-noir heist film turned high-octane chase, Drive is Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s (Bronson, MIFF 2009) exhilarating ode to the hyper-stylised action-exploitation films of the 1970s. Kinetic, violent, dripping with cool and boasting a killer, Drive is part nihilistic thriller, part guilty pleasure and all utter mayhem. Winner - Best Director, Cannes Film Festival 2011
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
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ENCOUNTERs WITH WERNER HERzOG Inspired by Werner Herzog, the director responsible for “Grizzly Man”, “Fitzcarraldo”, “Nosferatu”, “Rescue Dawn”, sit back and indulge in a weekend of a scheer cinematic heaven as we bring you three of Herzog’s great films to enjoy. ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ gets us off to a perfect start on the Friday night, while on Saturday, it’s a double bill film feast with ‘The Blue Wild Yonder’ and ‘Encounters At The End Of The World’. French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog “the most important film director alive”, here’s a chance to really absorb the wonder of Werner Herzog. Also, with an environmental flavour to the weekend, we have something for all the family to enjoy. Drop in with the kids between 12pm & 2pm on Saturday afternoon for a free ECO UNESCO workshop, learn how to recycle old junk into new items, then pop in to see the beautiful National Geographic family film ‘Arctic Tale’. Clear your ‘To Do’ lists, set aside some time for yourself, and make the most of this weekend of cinematic treats at Riverbank. FRIdAY JANUARY 27TH
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN dREAMs Time price
8pm 16 (All Three screenings 112)
Dir: Werner Herzog / 2010 / 90 mins Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet Cave of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting. In 1994, a group of scientists discovered a cave in Southern France perfectly preserved for over 20,000 years and containing the earliest known human paintings. Knowing the cultural significance that the Chauvet Cave holds, the French government immediately cut-off all access to it, save a few archaeologists and palaeontologists. But documentary filmmaker, Werner Herzog, has been given limited access, and now we get to go inside examining beautiful artwork created by our ancient ancestors around 32,000 years ago. He asks questions to various historians and scientists about what these humans would have been like and trying to build a bridge from the past to the present. sATURdAY JANUARY 28TH
THE WIld BlUE YONdER Time 5pm price 16 (All Three screenings 112) Director: Werner Herzog / 2005 / 80 mins From legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog comes an inspired vision: as humans search for a new planet to colonize, aliens attempt to settle on the nearlyuninhabitable Earth. Oscar-nominee Brad Dourif (Deadwood, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Seed of Chucky) delivers a remarkable performance as he tells the aliens’ story. Herzog has combined original NASA footage with Henry Kieser’s incredible documentary images from beneath the Antarctic Ocean, as well as interviews with respected scientists, that culminate in his personal plea to save our planet.
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sATURdAY JANUARY 28TH
ENCOUNTERs AT THE ENd OF THE WORld ORld Time price
8pm 16 (All Three screenings 112)
Director Werner Herzog / 2007 / 99 mins Werner Herzog confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD. In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, the hub of the US Antarctic Program and home to eleven hundred people during the austral spring and summer (Oct-Feb). Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who choose to form a society as far away from society as one can get. Whether offering a detailed study of the unique survival training regimen that newcomers to McMurdo are obligated to endure or pondering the majestic beauty of a landscape where the discovery of three new species in a single day is something worth truly celebrating, Herzog boldly offers viewers the opportunity to visit one of the most inaccessible and awe-inspiring landscapes on the planet. Oscar Nominated 2009 - Best Documentary Winner - Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival 2010
sATURdAY JANUARY 28TH
ARCTIC TAlE
sATURdAY JANUARY 28TH
ECO-UNEsCOÕ s CREATIVE RECYClING WORKsHOp Time BeTween 12pm – 2pm price free admission - drop in workshop ECO-UNESCO is Ireland’s Environmental Education and Youth Organisation. Join us for a fun-filled workshop of art and interactive, hands-on creative recycling. Each participant will create their very own tetra-pac wallet, eco-bag and re-cycled jewellery using everyday household materials to take away with them. Drop in between 12pm & 2pm and see what you can create.
For Kids
Time price
2pm 13
Directors: Adam Ravetchm & Sarah Robertson / 2010 / 90 mins Age: Cert G “A real adventure in the coolest place on earth” Arctic Tale takes you to the top of the earth and the polar bears ice kingdom. This is a National Geographic film that is narrated by Queen Latifah. The movie follows the beginning life of a polar bear cub, Nanu, and a walrus pup, Seela. The story takes us along their journey from birth to maturity, eight years later, with all the struggles in-between. We see that the mothers will do anything to protect their young from other predators in this life or death struggle. The film has a broad appeal, particularly amongst children, who will find the movie funny, 11 exciting, sad, and touching.
MONdAY JANUARY 30TH RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
cinema
MElANCHOlIA Time price
monday cinema club
8pm 16
Dir: Lars Von Trier Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany 2010 135 mins Cert: 15A Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgard, Kiefer Sutherland, Stellan Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling / Language: English Always controversial, director Lars Von Trier turns his hand to science fiction drama in this apocalyptic study of how individuals respond differently to impending doom. Opening with a highly stylised vision of how the world might end, Von Trier then takes us to a lush wedding where melancholic Justine (Kirsten Dunst) clashes with her highly strung sister as a rogue planet looms in the sky. Enigmatic, moody and visionary – it’s another unforgettable Von Trier experience. Winner - Kirsten Dunst, Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival 2011
THURsdAY FEBRUARY 2Nd
pETER sHERIdAN pREsENTs
47 ROsEs Time price
8pm €12/€10
Peter Sheridan conjures up the voices, sights and songs of his 1960’s childhood in Dublin, in a powerful coming-of-age story, peopled with deliciously eccentric characters and wonderfully bizarre incidents. By turns, brilliantly funny and intensely moving, this remarkable performance packs a considerable punch – a cultural gem.
‘Peter Sheridan has remade the lost world of sixties Dublin in this knock-out memoir, a gently powerful act of memory and love.’ Sebastian Barry ‘A story so vivid, affecting and lingering that it almost feels like our own.’ IRISH TIMES ‘He’s funny, he’s self-deprecating, he’s street-wise, he’s naughty’ ‘pure theatre’ Emer O’Kelly, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
FRIdAY FEBRUARY 3Rd
THE CHAlK & CHEEsE TOUR,
WITH ERIC lAlOR & GEAROId FARREllY Time price
8pm 112
Eric Lalor and Gearoid Farrelly are two of Ireland’s most “in-demand” comedians. Headlining across the country and opening for some of comedy’s biggest names such as PJ Gallagher, Des Bishop, Tommy Tiernan, Neil Delamere, Jason Byrne, Maeve Higgins and appearing at comedy festivals far and wide. You might also know Eric from Republic of Telly and Gearóid from The Panel. While they’re both funny chaps, they couldn’t be more different. On this tour they will fight over the music in the dressing room, slag each other’s driving and say “you’re not wearing that on stage are you?” a lot. Basically they’re chalk and cheese. The only thing they agree on is the audience will have a great night of comedy. Now they’re touring together under the banner, The Chalk and Cheese Tour with Eric Lalor and Gearóid Farrelly. Two headliners for the price of one. Find out why these lads are being heralded as the next big things in Irish comedy. And it’s not because they like cake.
sATURdAY FEBRUARY 4TH
TAKE ANd MAKE A JOURNEY WITH NINA TANIs Time 11-1pm: 5-8yrs 2-4pm: 9-12yrs price T10
For Kids
What would the main character of your story wear, eat or would they have a secret power? Would they be two or four legged? Would their journey take them through forest, over seas, or around mountains? The workshop is based on the theme of the ‘Hero’s Journey’ which is a core theme found from ancient mythology to contemporary films and will be related to the children’s own stories. The children will create a piece using a myriad of mixed materials. The children will be invited to include their box creations in the “Not All Is As It Seems” exhibition (see page 31) Early booking is advised.
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sATURdAY, FEBRUARY 4TH
MARY COUGHlAN Time: price
8pm 120/118
An Irish theatrical torch-blues legend, Mary Coughlan will tell her unique story in her inimitable style through the many songs she has recorded over the last 25 years. 2010 was the 25th anniversary of Mary Coughlan’s seminal album ‘Tired and Emotional’ which was Ireland’s biggest selling album in the year of release and is now 7 times platinum. This is a unique opportunity to see her performing songs from her latest album as well as a selection of material spanning her whole career.
“Ireland has never produced a singer quite like Mary Coughlan. She emerged in 1986 seemingly from nowhere and without any preliminaries, but already with a stagecraft and vocal sophistication of a veteran, singing new songs and blues songs with one of those voices that tingle the mind with an instant recognition of something very special.” The Irish Times
cinema
MONdAY FEBRUARY 6TH RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
monday cinema club
THE sAlT OF lIFE Time price
8pm 16
Dir: Gianni Di Gregorio / Italy / 2010 / 90 mins / Cert: Club Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria de Franciscis Bendoni, Language: Italian Gianni Di Gregorio’s follow-up to his surprise hit Mid-August Lunch sees the writer-director reprising the mild-mannered ageing Roman mamma’s boy character from that film. This time round he’s required to prove he’s still got what it takes by finding himself a lover. This humane comedy is given depth by the vein of melancholy and poetic longing that runs through its gentle comic sketch structure... Like Nanni Moretti or Woody Allen, Di Gregorio mines his own long-suffering face and character for comedy - It’s the everyday realism and quietness of the comedy that wins us round in the end… €3 Coffee & Cake Deal
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THURsdAY FEBRUARY 9TH RICHARd RYAN pROMOTIONs & GOdOT COMpANY lONdON pREsENTs
BECKETT x 3 2012
Time price
8pm €15/€12
Following on from the success of Beckett x 3 2011 shorts last year, this year Richard Ryan Promotions & Godot Company London bring you 3 NEW short plays that look at human destiny in terms of poignancy, compassion and the necessity of dignity in facing the inevitable. A strong streak of Beckett humour is present in the conversational exchanges. 1) Rough for Theatre 2: 2 observers who may or not be officials discuss a man contemplating suicide. 2) That Time: An Irish labourer after years in Britain looks back on his earlier life and his disappointing career before he dies. 3) Rockaby: An old woman,sick of life, rocks herself into the next life For all Beckett Fans we have a Becket Bonus Bundle. Take in this production, Beckett x 3 2012 and Gare St Lazare Player’s ‘The End’ by Samuel Beckett (see page 28) for only 124
sATURdAY FEBRUARY 11TH (pREVIEW) MONdAY 13TH - WEdNEsdAY FEBUARY 15TH (NOT sHOWING sUNdAY FEBRUARY 12TH)
CROssFIRE THEATRE pREsENTs
VAlENTINEÕ s Time price
8pm T10
Another multi-layered viciously hilarious comedy this is a must for anyone looking for anything to do during Valentine’s – even if you don’t have a date! This year’s Valentine’s delves a little deeper. Rachel is a girl in need of a date for Valentine’s – her idiot ex-boyfriend is playing on her mind. Rachel: I told him he wasn’t allowed break up with me on Valentine’s. He could never follow a simple instruction! So after some very unhelpful help from Liam & Maeve – her two compatriots, she sets out on her journey to find what all this stuff is about. Why the plastic hearts everywhere? Why the cards? Why the flowers? Why the effort? Why is this love stuff necessary? Maeve: If it’s just for repopulation then it’s a bit much isn’t it? Last year’s Frank & Catherine by Crossfire Theatre’s director and writer Eoin Gannon gave an overall hilarious view of relationships. Don’t miss this new production.
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Midterm Madness
Join in the midterm madness at Riverbank Arts Centre this February with a host of creative & fun-filled events to keep the kids entertained over the week. Bored, they will not be as we kick things off with Artzone’s animation and superhero workshops for a week of imaginative activities. Secondary schools students will not want to miss the illustration workshop with award-winning Steve Simpson. And it’s more outstanding animation with a screening of Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle. Finally, catch The Glee Experience before heading back to school- what an action-packed week it will be!
MONdAY 13TH - WEdNEsdAY FEBRUARY 15TH
ARTzONE
ANIMATION WORKHOp Time price
10Am - 2pm (suiTABle for 8-12yrs) T50
Explore the Art of Animation with Artzone. From an early concept & design and create your own backdrop and 3D Characters. Enjoy the experience of shooting, editing and producing your very own animation. This 3 day animation camp for 8 to 12 years will not disappoint. Early Booking Advised.
THURsdAY FEBRUARY 16TH & FRIdAY FEBRUARY 17TH
ARTzONE sUpERHERO WORKsHOp Time price
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10Am – 2pm / (5-7yrs) 10Am – 2pm / (8-12yrs) €35 A “Superhero” 2 day camp for both 5-7 & 8-12 age groups on the Thursday & Friday. Our camps always have a fabulous portfolio of art, crafts, stories and games. Pick up happy children at the end of the day, having learned something they wouldn’t learn in school, and bring home art pieces you will be proud of. The camps always have a fabulous portfolio of art, crafts, stories and games. You seriously won’t do anything cooler this February!
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FRIdAY FEBRUARY 17TH (TBC, plEAsE CONFIRM WITH BOx OFFICE WHEN BOOKING)
jameson dublin international film festival on tour surprise screening Time 8pm price 16 Riverbank Arts Centre are teaming up with Jameson Dublin International Film Festival for a surprise screening of one of the films listed at this years, 2012’s Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. This special screening will be in tandem with other venues across the country. A truly shared experience for movie lovers, if you are curious and want to come along contact our box office at 045 448327 or join our mailing list online at www.riverbank.ie for further information on what will be a surprise event.
sATURdAY FEBRUARY 18TH
sTEVE sIMpsON Time price
11 - 1pm 13-16 yrs €15
A special opportunity to learn from the best in this workshop session with award-winning illustrator Steve Simpson, Brainstorm ideas, learn about technique & methods of design. Work on your own illustrations with Steve, and discover more about the opportunities in this field. An exciting workshop for young talent with an interest in illustration. Over the last two-and-a-half decades, Steve Simpson has become one of Ireland’s most prominent illustrator/designers with his work appearing on everything, from postage stamps to billboard campaigns. Along the way he’s won numerous awards, including Gold at the Association of Illustrators UK & a packaging design bell at last year’s ICAD awards. His recent work on the Futa Fata Irish language publications have received wide critical acclaim. Following on from the workshop, why not stay to see the movie at 2pm ‘Howls Moving Castle’ from Studio Ghibli a terrific animated movie experience.
sATURdAY FEBRUARY 18TH
HOWlÕ s MOVING CAsTlE Time price
2pm 13
Japan 2004 / Director: Hayao Miyazaki from Studio Ghibli Voices: Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall, and Billy Crystal From Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director who wowed audiences worldwide with his award-winning film Spirited Away, brings another visually spectacular tale of imagination to the screen. Sophie is an 18-year-old girl who toils in the hat shop opened years ago by her late father. One day Sophie is unexpectedly befriended by Howl, a strange but flamboyant wizard whose large home can travel under its own power. An amazing animated adventure that celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
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sATURdAY FEBRUARY 18TH
THE FUREYs & dAVEY ARTHUR Time: price
8pm 125
The Fureys & Davey Arthur take their show of music, songs and stories to Riverbank Arts Centre. Renowned for their hit songs ‘I will love you’, ‘When you were sweet 16’, ‘The Green fields of France’, ‘The old man’, ‘Red rose café’, ‘From Clare to here’, ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal away’ etc, they have been entertaining audiences worldwide for 34 years. They will also be singing songs from their new CD ‘Songs through the Years’ They are responsible for some of the most stirring music ever to capture the public imagination. Their folk / middle of the road based songs and music has received standing ovations in some of the biggest concert halls in the world. An evening in the company of the Fureys songs and stories will bring you laughter and tears and banish any cares or woes away. sUNdAY FEBRUARY 19TH
THE GlEE ExpERIENCE Time: 3pm & 6pm price 115 We all have a little ‘Gleek’ in us. The Glee Experience is a musical tribute to the smash hit TV show featuring all your favourite characters, songs & storylines. This is a fun packed family show with leading hits, dance routines for all to join in with and script writing with the comedy factor... This is one not to be missed! After 2 sell out shows in The Olympia Theatre Dublin Sept 2011 this fantastic show is travelling all around Ireland and comes to the Riverbank for one day only. Book soon, as the show will sell out fast.
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MONdAY FEBRUARY 20TH RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
WEEKENd Time price
monday cinema club
8pm 16
cinema
Dir: Andrew Haigh / UK / 2011 / 96 mins / Cert: Club Starring: Tom Cullen, Chris New / Language: English Winner of Audience Awards at SXSW and Outfest 2011, Weekend is a startlingly authentic love story, featuring the talents of two incredible new actors and the unique work of a fresh new voice in filmmaking, Andrew Haigh. On a Friday night after a house party with his straight friends, Russell heads out to a gay club, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what’s expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special. That weekend, the two men get to know each other. It is a brief encounter that will resonate throughout their lives. Weekend is both an honest and unapologetic love story between two people and a film about the universal struggle for an authentic life in all its forms. It is about the search for identity and the importance of making a passionate commitment to your life. To mark LGBT History Month don’t miss ‘Weekend’ screening at Riverbank Arts Centre
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WEdNEsdAY FEBRUARY 22Nd
MUsIC NETWORK pREsENTs
CAN pERCUssION TRIO Time price
8pm €15/€€12
Exotic timbres, pulsing rhythms and interlocking melody lines of a percussion ensemble at full tilt is a sound unlike any other. Add to this the positively viral energy of the CAN percussion trio and you are in for a real treat. It’s the brainchild of Noel Eccles, musical director of the first Riverdance tour, member of folk-rock titans Moving Hearts, former principal percussionist with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and go-to guy for a host of luminaries including U2, Elvis Costello, The Chieftains, Brian Eno and Elmer Bernstein. Trading blows with Noel are Chris Stynes and Alex Petcu, two of Ireland’s rising percussionists. Both have performed regularly with many of Ireland’s leading professional groups, playing everything from contemporary and classical music to musical theatre, rock and pop. With a repertoire spanning everything from Bach to Steve Reich, and the strangest line up of instruments you’ll see this year, expect a few surprises!
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THURsdAY 23Rd & FRIdAY FEBRUARY 24TH sIlKEN THOMAs plAYERs pREsENT
JERUsAlEM
BY JEz BUTTERWORTH. Time price
8pm 112/110
Described as a modern day classic, Jerusalem is unarguably one of the best dramas of the 21st century. Set on St. Georges Day, the morning of the local county fair, Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron, local waster and modern pied piper is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants to be taken to the fair, a father wants to give him a serious kicking and a motley crew of mates want his ample supply of drugs and alcohol. This modern classic is reminiscent of an Irish style play and is a wonderful, rollicking dark bawdy comedy from The Silken Thomas Players.
sATURdAY FEBRUARY 25TH lAMBERT pUppET THEATRE pREsENTs
sNOW WHITE & THE sEVEN dWARFs
WITH GUEsT AppEARANCE BOsCO Time price
2pm & 4pm 110 (suiTable for up To 10)
The Lambert Puppet Theatre is one of the premier touring puppet theatre companies in Ireland and also internationally renowned for its many fine productions in theatres throughout Ireland, United Kingdom and Europe. From its earliest beginnings the Lambert family has been involved with RTE TV, working on the hugely popular series Wanderly Wagon featuring the Late Eugene Lambert and Judge. Paula Lambert was the voice of ‘Bosco’ on TV for seventeen years and indeed Bosco is still a firm favourite with the younger children and will make a nostalgic appearance in the opening part of the Show. This is a beautifully produced show with large puppets, colourful sets and exquisite lighting and is suitable for an age group up to ten years of age.
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MONdAY FEBRUARY 27TH RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
monday cinema club
MIss BAlA Time price
cinema
8pm 16
Dir: Gerardo Naranjo / 2011 / Mexico / 113 mins / Cert: 15A Starring: Stephanie Sigman, Irene Azuela, Miguel Couturier, Gabriel Heads Language: Spanish A poverty-stricken young Mexican street vendour Laura Guerrero enters a beauty contest in this thrilling, headlong story, only to find herself caught up in the absurdist chaos that is the Mexican/U.S. war on drugs. Laura is caught up in a tense, fast-paced game of cat and mouse between the cartel and the equally malevolent local police force. Forced by charismatic, brutal drug kingpin Lido (Noe Hernandez) to undergo a series of increasingly terrifying missions, she is witness to the inner workings of an unwinnable conflict. A vertiginous, dark and action-packed film, Miss Bala is fuelled by Naranjo’s bravura filmmaking €3 Coffee and genuine outrage at his country’s misery. & Cake Deal
TUEsdAY FEBRUARY 28TH sIlVER sCREEN
sOUTH pACIFIC
cinema Time price
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
11Am 13
Why not meet your friends each month and catch up over coffee and cake, followed by a screening of a classic movie. Dir: Joshua Logan / USA / 1958 / 158 mins / Cert: U(UK) Starring: Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr Language: English Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie (Mitzi Gaynor), a nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a French planter, Emile (Rossano Brazzi). Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an island native and, unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised, refuses Emile’s proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable (John Kerr) denies himself the fulfilment of a future with a Tonkinese girl out of the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous mission that claims Joe’s life, Nellie realises that life is too short not to seize her own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices. WEdNEsdAY FEBRUARY 29TH
GER CAREY pERFORMING
Ò sTANd Up FOR TEENAGERsÓ Time price
11Am (15-19 yrs) 110
Comedian Ger Carey brings his new show for young adults, “Stand-Up for Teenagers” to Riverbank Arts Centre as part of his 2012 nationwide tour. The show takes a comic look at some of the major influences on young people’s lives, such as television, music, social networks and advertising and contrasts the resultant land of fantasy with the reality of what awaits them in the real world. The show is perfect for young adults aged 15 to 19! 21 2
WEdNEsdAY MARCH 1sT
EddI REAdER Time price
8pm €20
Eddi Reader was brought into the limelight with ‘Fairground Attraction’ and their single ‘Perfect’ and parent album ‘First of a Million Kisses’ which both topped the British charts. However, it has been her subsequent solo albums which signalled her increasing ability to assimilate different musical styles and make them all very much her own. From the traditional to the contemporary, Eddi brings to joyous life all forms of song and what sets Reader apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance; her ability not only to move the listener but to connect her experience to that of her audience. Her rare blend of meltingly true vocals and towering romanticism combine with an astute and pragmatic nature to make her a unique and powerful figure in contemporary British music. She has effortlessly developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers.
sATURdAY MARCH 3Rd
HAIRY TAlEs WITH dEBBIE THOMAs Time price
11-12.30pm suiTABle for 8 -12 yrs €10
To mark World Book Day we have set up a Hair Museum where history has hairdos and fish have beards! Join author Debbie Thomas in the crazy world of her comedy adventure book Dead Hairy. Meet some whacky characters, from Squashy Grandma to Chester the chest hair and Fernando the lovesick shrunken head. Debbie will help you invent your own terrific hero, horrific villain and weird museum, along with the help of some wicked wigs. This is a great opportunity for young readers and writers to explore the magic of stories and find the inspiration and encouragement to write their own.
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sATURdAY MARCH 3Rd FIsHAMBlE: THE NEW plAY COMpANY pREsENTs
THE WHEElCHAIR ON MY FACE
Time price
8pm €14/€€10
Written and performed by Sonya Kelly, Directed by Gina Moxley, Produced by Marketa Dowling ‘I got my first pair of glasses when I was seven. A nurse came to the school and tested everyone’s eyes. And so it was discovered why I’d thrown bread to the floating crisp packets in our local pond and walked into lamp posts and said, ’excuse me’. Until that day the world was a swirl of moving coloured blobs. I thought it was the same for everyone. How wrong I was.’ ‘Part memoir, part theatre and part stand-up comedy’ (Irish Independent), this delightful story of a myopic seven year old is brought to you by actor and comedian, Sonya Kelly (The Savage Eye). Developed as part of Show in a Bag, an artist development initiative of Dublin Fringe Festival, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Irish Theatre Institute to resource theatre makers and actors. ‘hilarious, poignant..it will please viewers of all lens-prescriptions and none.’ Irish Theatre Magazine ‘delightfully whacky.. hilarious.. tight script and engaging performance.. terrific..’ Irish Times
MONdAY MARCH 5TH RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
sENsATION Time price
monday cinema club
cinema
8pm 16
Dir: Tom Hall / 2011 / Ireland / 104 mins / Cert: 18 Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Luanne Gordon, Patrick Ryan, Kelly Campbell, Owen Roe and Brendan McCormack Language: English Tom Hall’s comedic drama starts with a frantic bout of self pleasure in a field full of sheep followed by a glance over a shoulder. At this juncture you’re thinking ‘please, not another bestiality flick’. Fortunately, Hall’s love story turns out to be a likeable, sensitive study of affection between two lonely people from opposite sides of the social divide: he (Domhnall Gleeson, son of Brendan), a recently bereaved, sexually-frustrated heir to a farm; she (Luanne Gordon), a wordly-wise but unhappy prostitute with a cunning plan. Although uncomfortably ugly at times and very melancholic in tone, it’s also quite humorous and its message €3 Coffee & Cake Deal optimistic
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THURsdAY MARCH 8TH
sAlOMƒ
WITH lIVE MUsIC pERFORMANCE Time price
8pm €18/€€15
Salomé will be an evening of spectacle, something quite different from the usual night out at the movies. This production brings together a screening of the 1923 silent film, Salomé with a live performance of the new score specially written for the film by Charlie Barber. The music is performed by four percussionists, playing from two giant alloy towers placed on either side of the screen. The use of the towers adds a real theatrical and dramatic twist to the evening. The ‘orchestra’ of percussion offers a rich mix of the familiar (bass drum, cymbals etc) and the more exotic, including the Sistra (originating from ancient Egypt), the Djembe (a traditional African drum) and Tibetan singing bowls. The music is driven forward by dynamic rhythms and pulsating beats. The range of instruments played means there is an incredibly rich and colourful pallet of sounds to absorb and enjoy whilst the sheer physicality demanded of the percussionists as they switch from one instrument to another intensifies the energy of the performance. Salomé is a rarely seen curiosity from the silent era of film, a visual fest – undoubtedly a bizarre one, quite unlike anything else you’re likely to see at the cinema. The film is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play of the same name.
sATURdAY MARCH 10TH
lAOIs OpEN dOOR THEATRE pREsENTs RUMOURs, A FARCE BY NEIl sIMON Time 8pm price 112/110 Welcome to a brand-new farce from award-winning Laois Open Door replete with silly asses, pretty ladies and lashings of cross-purposes, doomed lies and sparkling silliness. This riotously funny farce centres on the efforts of eight party guests to spare their unfortunate host, and themselves, from scandal. It opens with Ken and Chris who have found their host Charley, a prominent Government official, in his bedroom, too dazed to speak, with a bullet wound in his ear lobe!! His wife Vivian and domestic help are nowhere to be seen. Len and Claire arrive having been injured in a car crash, and are soon joined by Ernest and Cookie, and Glenn and Cassie, each with their own problems. Following a second accidental gunshot that leaves Ken temporarily deaf, the police arrive and Len, drawing the short straw, pretends to be Charley. He concocts a touching and fantastic explanation that in end proves more credible than anyone dared hoped. This is a farcical situation in which the events with potential social embarrassment must be covered up in the best possible way.
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MONdAY MARCH 12TH RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
monday cinema club
cinema
WE NEEd TO TAlK ABOUT KEVIN Time price
8pm 16
Dir: Lynne Ramsay / UK / 2011 / 112 mins / Cert: 16 Starring: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Ashley Gerasimovich, Language: English This cinematic masterpiece sees Tilda Swinton give a truly breathtaking performance as a mother torn apart by the conflicting emotions she feels for her son and his irredeemable actions. Based on the best-selling novel by Lionel Shriver about a couple and the psychological torture they endure with the arrival of their dysfunctional son, Kevin the film unfolds as an intriguing, complex and slowly devastating masterpiece. Alternating between a present loaded with guilt and a past full of frustration, Ramsay slowly unfolds the truth about what Kevin has done and, with it, spins a cinematic vision of contemporary hell around Swinton’s mesmerising performance Winner - Best Film at 2011 London Film Festival
THURsdAY MARCH 15TH
TOUCHEd THEATRE pREsENTs
ME ANd THE sEA Time 9.30Am & 11.30 Am (TBc conTAcT Box office) price 15 Have you ever wanted things to slow down, the world to stop turning, the sea to stop? In this powerful and visual new play for young audiences we follow Craig, a boy who thinks he’s uncovered the secret of his father’s disappearance. His investigation will take him far out to sea, down into the undergrowth and up into the air in an exploration that delves into fisherman’s tales, the amazing science of butterfly migrations and the secret places of our own hearts. ‘It all began a while ago, oh quite a while! When I was about the size...you are now. We went on our summer holidays to Yarmouth. In a caravan. Me, Dad, Mum and Rory. And it rained.’ The production combines lyrical new writing with the company’s skilful blend of table-top puppetry, live cello and physical performance. It is ideal for schools and family audiences. It explores family, poetry and storytelling, and presents an exciting introduction to biodiversity and bug science. The script has been awarded a Commendation by 2010’s Trinity Guildhall International Young Playwrighting Competition who describe it as ‘original,captivating and beautiful’. ‘Brilliant. moving, poignant and funny, it has a stunning combination of the qualities of a child’s life, beautifully conjured. This performance leaves you feeling you have had a very special experience’. Liz Wiliamson, Year 5 class teacher, St Mary Magdelen School, Brighton. For more information about Touched Theatre see www.touchedtheatre.co.uk
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FRIdAY 16TH & sATURdAY MARCH 17TH
NEIl dElAMERE Time price
8pm 120/118
Following the sell out success of his last show, Neil Delamere returns with the national tour of his highly anticipated new show, Restructuring. The show sees the star of RTE’s The Panel, BBC’s The Blame Game and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Channel 4’s Stand Up for the Week come to terms with the changes in the country, the world and more importantly his own living arrangements! Handy hints on how to handle the UK traffic police will be dispensed as well as sage advice on why not to pour olive oil in your ears. One of the sharpest comedy minds in the Irish comedy scene today, this born story-teller takes to the stage with his original brand of razor sharp wit and hilarious anecdotes making Restructuring a must-see for any discerning comedy fan.
cinema
sATURdAY MARCH 17TH
sT pATRICKs dAY FAMIlY FIlM
dARBY OÕ GIll ANd THE lITTlE pEOplE Time 2pm price 13 USA 1959 / U /93 min / Director: Robert Stevenson Starring: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro and Sean Connery Take a wee bit of ancient folklore, mix in some spectacular special effects and a magical cast - and you’ve got one of the most enchanting fantasies of all time! A frisky old storyteller named Darby O’Gill is desperately seeking the proverbial pot of gold. There’s just one tiny thing standing in his way: a 21-inch leprechaun named King Brian. In order to get the gold, Darby must match his wits against the shrewd little trickster -- which proves no small task, indeed! Fall under the spell of DARBY O’GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE for a fun-filled afternoon of magic, mirth, and non-stop shenanigans!
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MONdAY MARCH 19TH RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
pERRIERÕ s BOUNTY Time price
monday cinema club
8pm 16
Dir: Ian Fitzgibbon / 2010 / Ireland / 88mins / Cert: 16 Starring: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Domhnall Gleeson, Jodie Whittaker
cinema
Michael McCrea has had a really bad night. He owes a pretty sum of cash to Dublin gangster Darren Perrier, who just sent two of his cronies to collect. Unfortunately, Michael is dead broke. Desperate to get Perrier’s money, he ends up performing a late night burglary with two unsavoury characters from the local pool hall. The following morning Perrier’s cronies return, only this time one of them accidentally ends up dead, courtesy of his recently “dumped” and suicidal best friend Brenda. Further complicating matters is the arrival of Michael’s estranged father Jim, who reveals he will die if he falls asleep. Now with a bounty on their heads, Michael, Brenda, and Jim have 24 hours to get Perrier’s money while evading the police and every low-life in the Dublin underworld. To Mark St. Patricks Weekend come and see this Irish Gem.
THURsdAY MARCH 22Nd
JAsANGO THEATRE pREsENTs
MY BRIllIANT dIVORCE
BY GERAldINE ARON Time price
8pm 115/112
Jasango Theatre are back with a bang with Geraldine Aron’s achingly funny My Brilliant Divorce. Following a two-year Irish tour and award-winning performances in the USA with Bombshells, Jasango brings you this wittily observant comedy. If you liked Bombshells you’ll love this one! The comedy explores what life is like for Angela Kennedy-Lipsky, recently dumped by her accountant husband for a younger model. Rebuilding her life, she finds herself adrift in a sea of weird sexual encounters, sneaky solicitors, phone-in counsellors, a bad case of hypochondria and impending poverty. Should she fight to keep her husband? Or should she sign the final papers and move on? Fast-paced modern comedy-not to be missed!
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FRIdAY MARCH 23Rd
GARE sT lAzARE plAYERs IRElANd d pREsENT
THE ENd
BY sAMUEl BECKETT Time 8pm price 116/€114 The End is a gritty account of the last days of an old man’s life as he struggles to live despite his willingness to die. This unique performance of Samuel Beckett’s short story The End is performed by Irish actor Conor Lovett, considered by many to be the definitive Beckett performer. The End is the perfect introduction to the humour, compassion and integrity that are the hallmarks of Beckett’s work. Evicted from an institution of care he stoically fends for himself in a state somewhere between his dreams and reality. Beckett masterfully balances the tragedy with perfectly pitched comedy. Lovett and director Judy Hegarty Lovett have built a reputation for their arresting presentations of Beckett’s prose on stage and have toured all over Ireland and to over 77 cities around the world. “This is wondrous acting” Sunday Independent “Comedy, sly and biting, all the sharper for seeming to come out of hiding ... Masterful.” Irish Times “As Lovett ages into his material his control is exquisite. Comedians would kill for such timing, where every nuance is in focus and every word a gem.” Sunday Times. For all Beckett Fans we have a Becket Bonus Bundle. Take in this production, The End, By Samuel Becket and Beckett x 3 2012 (see page 15) for only €24.00
sATURdAY MARCH 24TH
pò CA pUppETs pREsENTs
TIC TEAC TIC TEAC
For Kids
Time 11Am To 12 pm (Suitable for 3-5yrS & their familieS) price €6 (accompanying adult free) From the moment of conception till they step into the class room a child has completed an extraordinary journey of growth, exploration, learning and development. Tic Teac Tic Teac is a playful presentation of this. Starting by inviting the children to assemble the clock-mat the story will use to mark the passage of time, and ending with a chance for them to express a little of whom they are now, it brings us through a simple re-enactment of this exciting time in the audiences life. Performer Niamh Lawlor, Director Sarah Fitzgibbon Òn ghuiniùnt go dtì an chèad là scoile, tà aistear èachtach dèanta ag gach leanbh cheana-aistear foghlama, taiscèalaìochta agus forbartha. Dèanann Tic Teac Tic Teac ceiliùradh siamsùla air seo. Ar dtùs baire, tabharfar cuireadh do na pàistì an chlog-mhata a thògàil, agus bainfear ùsàid as chun imeacht ama a leanùint, agus tabharfar deis dòibh labhairt faoina dtàithi fèin agus an am spleodrach ina bhfuil said faoi iàthair. Aisteoir agus Èalaìontoir – Niamh Lawlor , Stiùrthòir Sarah Fitzgibbon 28 Celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge, this bilingual piece is accessible to all.
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sATURdAY MARCH 24TH
pò CA pUppETs
sOCK pUppET MAKING WORKsHOp Time price
1pm To 2.30pm (Suitable for 5-7yrS) €10
‘Spring’ the púca puppet is looking for your help: where are all the magic caterpillars whose job is to wake the trees, flowers and animals to brighten the world for summer? Puppeteer Niamh Lawlor from award winning Púca Puppets will help you make a simple sock puppet and celebrate spring’s coming to Newbridge. The children meet the puppet ‘Spring’ who encourages them to dream up, draw and then make their own puppet using a sock base. The children name their puppet, and learn some basic performance tricks. Please bring an overall or wear old clothes.
MONdAY MARCH 26TH RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs
A dANGEROUs METHOd Time price
monday cinema club
For Kids
cinema
8pm 16
Dir: David Cronenberg / Germany, Canada / 2011 / 99 mins / Cert: TBC Starring: Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel Language: English On the eve of World War One, Zurich and Vienna are the setting for a dark tale of sexual and intellectual discovery. Drawn from true-life events, the film takes a glimpse into the turbulent relationships among fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein – the troubled but beautiful young woman who comes between them. Into the mix comes Otto Gross, a debauched patient who is determined to push the boundaries. Their personal exploration of sensuality, ambition and deceit drive €3 Coffee Jung, Freud and Sabina to challenge and forever change & Cake Deal the nature of modern thought TUEsdAY MARCH 27TH sIlVER sCREEN
THE WAY Time price
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
11Am 13
Why not meet your friends each month and catch up over coffee and cake, followed by a screening of a classic movie. Dir: Emilio Estevez / USA 2010 / 128 mins / Cert: 15A Starring: Martin Sheen, Deborah Kara Unger, Yorick Van Wangeningen, James Nesbitt, Emilio Estevez Language: English Tom (Sheen), an American ophthalmologist, is informed that his son (Estevez) has been killed in a freak accident on a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James, in the northwest of Spain. Upon arriving in France to collect his son’s remains and return to the United States, Tom is hit with a profound sense of sadness and quickly changes his plans. Equipped with his deceased son’s guidebook and backpack, he embarks on the 800km pilgrimage from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in an attempt to honour his son’s memory by finishing what he had started.
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THURsdAY MARCH 29TH
TRUE WEsT THEATRE IN AssOCIATION WITH EsKA RIAdA pREsENTs,
BAG lAdY
BY FRANK MCGUINNEss
Time 8pm price 116/€114 Starring Maria McDermottroe, Directed by Caroline Fitzgerald BAGLADY is a rarely performed play from one of Ireland’s leading playwrights, Frank McGuinness. It has not been seen on an Irish stage for 25 years but its story is as relevant now as when it was first written. Baglady is a touching and revealing drama on how a woman becomes alienated from life: the eponymous Baglady of the title is a gentle woman whose life has been destroyed by shocking violence. The play explores the conditions and circumstances which caused her to become alienated from society and gradually reveals the terrifying events which shaped her life. One of the most remarkable aspects of McGuinness’s play is its ability to implicate an entire society while focusing on a lone soul torn asunder by an act of familial violation. The resonances with widespread allegations of systemic child abuse within Irish society as a whole are unmistakable here. Baglady’s fraught attempts to exorcise her troubled past also holds a mirror up to the ongoing debate about how Ireland can best come to terms with its own history “McDermottroe is ultimately triumphant as she excavates the pure child from the raddled old woman” The Sunday Times. FRIdAY MARCH 30TH
lAU Time price
8pm €15
Lau combine stunning musicianship with a ground-breaking yet playful approach to traditional music that transcends the music they hold dear, creating a cutting edge sound which garners praise from far beyond the roots scene. Prepare to be wowed by the wildly inventive Martin Green on accordian keys and effects, Aidan O’Rourke’s impossibly beautiful fiddle playing, Kris Drever’s virtuoso guitar and honeyed baritone voice, not to mention some excellent on stage banter and chemistry between the band. “Quite frankly the best band in the world right now” Channel 4 “LAU are so special’ The Guardian For more information check out their website www.laumusic.co.uk
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VISUAL ARTS PRogRAMMe
January -March 2012
sATURdAY FEBRUARY 11TH TO sATURdAY MARCH 24TH
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NOT All Is As IT sEEMs BY NINA TANIs
Time children’s gAllery 10Am - 5.30pm mon - fri, 10Am - 1pm sAT price free Admission Do you have curious eyes or perhaps a wild imagination? Or would you like to improve them? For this exhibition you will need to have your wits about you as you follow the “treasure map” leading you to look up, down, under and around at wee installations, interventions, and interruptions situated in secret places and in not so secret spaces around the Riverbank Art Centre. The exhibition is designed to take you on a journey into a story and out of your own. Works created by children in the ‘Take and Make a Journey’ workshop will sit alongside Nina Tanis’ work in the gallery space. Nina Tanis is an American artist living and working in Dublin. Tanis enjoys making installation work and crafting interventions that might bring people out of their routine, via manipulating space, action, or request. Her recent residency at The Guesthouse in Cork allowed her to create: Lucky Bag project and Newspaper-d reading room. She is a member of the storytelling troupe Story. ‘Create some works for this exhibtion as part of the workshop “Take and Make a Journey” (see page 13) sATURdAY FEBRUARY 18TH TO FRIdAY MARCH 23Rd
MIlEs FROM HOME BY NOEl HENsEY Time mcKennA gAllery 10Am - 5.30pm mon - fri, 10Am - 1pm sAT price free Admission Noel Hensey is the 2011 Kildare County Council Emerging Visual Artist Exhibition Bursary Award recipient which has enabled him to create this exhibition entitled ‘Miles from Home’. The exhibition is inspired by famous Kildare landmarks and is concerned with the creation of openness or spaciousness. The work can be seen as a philosophical exploration in reducing all phenomena e.g. thought, physical matter etc. into sound. The exhibition contains two elements. A sound installation entitled ‘Sound Garden’ inspired by The Japanese Rock Gardens (Karesansui). The rocks are replaced by speakers, the sounds of which conceptually represent traditional elements found in gardens such as fountains and bridges. The second, a photographic series shot on The Curragh Plains, depicts evidence of spaciousness. ‘By the perception of degrees of remoteness and of regular return of phonic stimulus…for the human being the appreciation of space is a matter of sound.’ –Roland Barthes Noel Hensey is a MA Fine Art graduate from Chelsea College, London. His group exhibitions include: Q-Art London Presents II, APT Gallery, London, 2010 and Minor Domestic Interventions, 38b Peckham Rye, London, 2011. This year he was selected for Bloomeberg New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. For further information see: www.noelhensey.com
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