Riverbank Arts Centre Jan - April 2014

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January January to April 2014 at Riverbank Arts Centre Welcome all. It’s a New Year, and a new season packed with events that await you at Riverbank Arts Centre. Through the months of January to April, join us for entertaining evenings and afternoons with shows to suit all ages and interests…

January sets the tone for music lovers young and old. For all the family, The Speks will have everyone singing and clapping along to lively nursery rhymes while later in April, we team up with The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, to bring Moya Brennan and Cormac De Barra’s magical musical journey titled Ten 14. Meanwhile, Quebec Folk band De Temps Antan travel over to Ireland with their explosive tunes, Music Network bring us a very special line-up with musicians Dirk Powell, Michael McGoldrick, and Francis Gaffney and Brendan Gleeson (who can also add accomplished fiddle player to his outstanding list of acting credentials), Jerry Fish exceeds all expectations with a blend of music and theatrics in his Electric Sideshow while Eddi Reader, Heidi Talbot and Freddie White see us through to Spring.

In terms of comedy, you won’t be short of a laugh this season as David O’Doherty, Neil Delamere, Andrew Maxwell, and The Nualas work to keep our funny bones in operation. Also, take this opportunity to see comedienne Katherine Lynch as never before with her music project ‘Songs from Settling Dust’.

Theatre goers amongst you should be out in force this season with much to delve into. Mikel Murfi’s beautiful Man in the Woman’s Shoes, comedy thriller Chancers suggests there’s more than one way to win the lotto while Strollers Touring Network and Fishamble: the New Play Company, bring us a thriller of another kind with Donal O’Kelly’s new play Little Thing, Big Thing…just a flavour of the great shows that lie ahead.

As usual, we love the little ones here and this season offers plenty of treats for both school and family audiences. We’ve partnered with The Abbey Theatre to present schools with a wonderful opportunity to connect with the classics of Irish Theatre, beginning with Me Mollser in February. We’re thrilled to present Theatre Lovett’s brand new exciting show Mr Foley Radio Operator – a must see for all, while book lovers will delight with visits from illustrator Chris Haughton in March and the ‘Master of Horror’ Darren Shan in April.

All this, together with an exciting cinema programme (watch out for a very special screening in association with Jameson International Dublin Film Festival), a number of creative and inspiring visual arts exhibitions and workshops, we look forward to seeing you over the coming few months.

BOOKING INFORMATION

In Person Box Office,Riverbank Arts Centre Main St., Newbridge Co. Kildare Box Office: 045 448327 Main number: 045 448330 Email: box office@riverbank.ie

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10am to 5.30pm Saturdays 10.00am - 1.00pm (Open one hour before shows) Closed for Lunch 2.00pm -2.30pm Buy Tickets online Website: www.riverbank.ie

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Riverbank Arts Centre is kindly supported by:

Telephone bookings Box Office 045 448327

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Comedy

Visual Arts

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Family Cinema

Literature

Cinema

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€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

Monday Movie Deal €3 for Cake & Coffee at CaToCa Café

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5th

Newbridge Musical Society pres 'Search for Oliver'

8pm

112/110

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16th

Special Screening: Silver Linings Playbook

8pm

18

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17th

Music Network Presents Dirk Powell, Michael McGoldrick, Brendan Gleeson, and Francis Gaffney

8pm

115/112

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18th

The Speks

2pm

17

10

25th

De Temps Antan

8pm

115/112

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30th

Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow

8pm

118

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31st & Feb 1st Griese Youth Theatre Presents Cinderella

8pm

110/18/Family130

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1st - Mar 1st Somatic Reassemblage by Olivia Hassett

See Gallery Times

free

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1st - Mar 1st The Process Room Designed by Olivia Hassett

See Gallery Times

free

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4th

Special Screening: Romeo & Juliet

10am

16

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6th

Man in the Woman's Shoes

8pm

115/112

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7th

David O'Doherty

8pm

118/116

15

8th

Build your own musical instrument: Ed Devane

11am -1pm

115

16

10th

Abbey Theatre Presents Me, Mollser

9.30am & 12pm

16

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8pm

116/114

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FEBRuARy

14th & 15th The Viking Theatre Presents Chancers 16th

A Date with Doris, a tribute with Aileen Donohue

6pm

115

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19th

Beckett's Happy Days

8pm

115/112

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20th

Design a soft sculpture with Olivia Hassett

11am - 12.30pm

18

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20th

Special Screening: JDIFF

TBC

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21st

Basic Twists with Mr. Balloonatic

11am - 2pm

120

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22nd

Eddi Reader

28th & Mar 1st Theatre Lovett: Mr Foley, The Radio Operator

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120

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18

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1st

Katherine Lynch Songs from Settling Dust

8pm

120

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3rd

We ‘♥’ Books Celebrating World Book Day

10.15 - 12.15pm

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5th & 6th

Newbridge Drama Group:A Wake in the West

8pm

112/110

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7th

Clabaire: All-Irish Film Festival 2014

TBC

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8th - Apr 12th Illustrators Ireland : The Art of Superstition

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8pm See Page 23

See Gallery Times free

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8th - Apr 12th The Art of Superstition Workshop

See Gallery Times free

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11th & 12th Kildare Youth Theatre Present Hearts’ and Same’

8pm

110 / 18

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13th

Strollers Touring Network & Fishamble Present Big Thing, Little Thing

8pm

116/114

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15th

Neil Delamere: Smartbomb

8pm

120

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20th

Gúna Nua Theatre presents Faith

8pm

116/114

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21st

Ssh! We Have a Plan By Chris Haughton

10.30 -11.30am

13

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22nd

Powerscourt Dance Theatre Present, The Rising

8pm

115/112

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26th

Andrew Maxwell Banana Kingdom

8pm

118

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28th

James Joyces Potrait of an Artist

8pm

115/112

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29th

Replay Theatre Presents A Boy and His Box

12pm & 2pm

18 Family 128*

35

5th

Heidi Talbot

8pm

116/114

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10th

Darren Shan Reading & Workshop

10am

13

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11th

Freddie White

8pm

118/116

37

14th-18th

Artzone Workshop

10am - 2pm

175

38

17th

Monkey Shine Theatre Presents Losha

2pm

18 Family 128*

39

19th

The Nualas The Great Big Shiny Show

8pm

118/116

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10am -3pm

150

40

22nd-24th Create School: Stop-Motion 24th

The Ark Presents Ten14

3pm

18

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25th

Bigger Picture Projects present Postscript

8pm

115/112

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30th

CallBack theatre presents Fred & Alice

8pm

115/112

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May 1st

Music Network Presents We Banjo 3

8pm

115/112/Family140 43

Jan 6th

Philomena

8pm

16

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Jan 13th

Blue Jasmine

8pm

16

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cINEMA

Jan 16th

8pm

18

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Jan 20th

Like Father, Like Son

8pm

16

10

Jan 27th

Any Day Now

8pm

16

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Feb 3rd

Broken Circle Breakdown

8pm

16

14

Feb 4th

Riverbank Special Screening: Romeo & Juliet

10am

16

14

Feb 10th

Le Weekend

8pm

16

18

Feb 17th

Child's Pose

8pm

16

19

Feb 20th

JDIFF Special Screening

TBC

18

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Feb 21st

Family Cinema: Shorts for Middle Ones

2pm

13

21

Feb 24th

Blue is the Warmest Colour

8pm

16

22

Mar 3rd

Hannah Arendt

8pm

16

24

Mar 7th

Clabaire: All-Irish Film Festival 2014

TBC

14

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Mar 10th

Selfish Giant

8pm

16

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First Fortnight Cinema Screening Silver Linings Playbook

Mar 15th

Family Cinema: Kirikou and The Sorceress

2pm

13

31

Mar 24th

Gloria

8pm

16

33

Mar 31st

Short Term 12

8pm

16

35

April 7th

Metro Manila

8pm

16

36

April 14th

Nebraska

8pm

16

38

April 22nd

Family Cinema African Cats

2pm

13

40

April 26th

Family Cinema: Racing Stripes

2pm

13

42

April 28th

Inside Llewlyn Davis

8pm

16

42

Cinema Prices include 11 membership fee

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plAN TO plAy AT RIvERBANK ARTs cENTRE Opening Times

mOnday – Friday 10am – 5.30 pm saTurday 10am – 1pm We open one hour in advance of a shoW.

Plan to play ahead of a performance or drop in during the week to meet up with some friends while catching the visual arts exhibitions in both the Children’s Gallery and the McKenna Gallery.

We want you to have as much fun at Riverbank Arts Centre as possible. Consider meeting a friend for a pre-theatre dinner; ask about post show discussion’s where you might get to meet some of the cast and crew. Make new memories at Riverbank Arts Centre this season.

On Monday’s nights join us for coffee and cake at CaToCa café in advance of the film screening at 8pm. You can even challenge someone to a board game – yes, we have board games!

We are using the hashtag #plantoplay on Twitter, why not join in the fun and tell your friends when you are here; they may even pop in to join you in your quest for fun.

Plan to play with a Friend in February.

Bring a Friend for Free in February to see a film on Monday Nights and grab coffee and cake in advance of the film for only €3.

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 the owner's children, this personal touch is reflected in her work to bring you some of the best cakes, desserts 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 our pretheatre bites with a glass of wine or for Monday Night Movies you can grab a coffee and cake before the screening for just €3 -

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CaToCa do birthday parties too with their own clown ‘Robin’, it's 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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cinema club Riverbank Cinema - Making a Difference to Monday Nights.

Riverbank Cinema gives local audiences the opportunity to see a great range of high quality Irish, World and Classic films for a very reasonable price.

Come along on Monday nights from 7pm and enjoy Catoca Café’s €3 Cake and Coffee Monday Movie deal.

For a bit of extra fun, sit back and relax before the movie with our range of board games or just enjoy a chat with other movie enthusiasts.

All films are introduced by our friendly staff and there is always room for a short post screening discussion. A top quality digital cinema experience with a difference.

If you love cinema, then get the best deal with our Season Membership.

Pay just €70 to see all 14 screenings, or simply pay €6 each time for the movies you want to see.

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suNdAy, JANuARy 5Th

NEwBRIdGE MusIcAl sOcIETy pREsENTs

sEARch FOR OlIvER! Time 8pm price €12/€10 ‘Newbridge Musical Society’ are looking for the stars of the future!

Many children auditioned back in November to be part of Newbridge Musical Society's 33rd Annual Production of ‘Oliver’.

Now, the Production Team of Sharon McNamara (Director), Margaret Hayes (Musical Director) and Julianne McNamara (Choreographer) will watch as 10 finalists battle it out for the parts of Oliver, Dodger & Fagin’s Gang in a scintillating showcase of unique, young talent which will include many well-known musical numbers such as "Where Is Love" & “Electricity".

Newbridge Musical Society presents ‘Oliver’ from 20th - 26th April at Newbridge College Theatre.

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MONdAy, JANuARy 6Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs

phIlOMENA Time price

€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

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MONdA MONdAy, dA dA Ay, y, J JANuARy ANuAR u y 13Th uAR 8pm RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs 16

BluE JAsMINE

Dir: Stephen Frears / UK / 2013 / 97 mins /Cert:12A Starring: Steve Coogan, Judi Dench, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Charles Edwards Language: English Director Stephen Frears (The Queen) teams with Judi Dench and Steve Coogan for this powerful true story of an unmarried Irish-Catholic woman who, decades after being forced by her community to give up her newborn son, embarks on a search to find him with the aid of a BBC reporter.

MONdAy, JANuARy 13Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs

BluE JAsMINE Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Woody Allen (USA 2013) Cert: 15A Starring: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay Language: English

€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

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Cate Blanchett is outstanding as Jasmine, a down-and-out New York socialite who, left destitute by her cheating husband (Baldwin)’s financial misdemeanours, moves in with her adopted sister (Hawkins) and her blue-collar boyfriend in San Francisco. Oscillating between cool, razor-tongued haughtiness and agitated pill-popping anxiety, Blanchett is a neurotic heroine par excellence, while Hawkins is quietly wonderful as her long-suffering sibling. Typically polished dialogue and serrating humour insure this will go down as a favourite in the Allen canon.

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ThuRsdAy, ThuRsdA sdA sdA Ay, y, J JANuARy 16Th

SPECIAL SCREEN

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FIR FORTNIGhT IN AssOcIATION wITh sEEchANGE FIRsT ANd AccEss cINEMA pREsENT spEcIAl scREENING AN

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sIlvER lININGs plAyBOOK sI

Time price

8pm 18

Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver Nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Silver Linings Playbook has been praised as the film that finally saw Hollywood understand mental ill health.

Bradley Cooper stars as Pat, a man struggling to cope with daily life following his release from a psychiatric facility. He meets a troubled young widow, Tiffany, played by Jennifer Lawrence, and the film documents their developing relationship. Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver co-star in an incredibly moving film that sheds light on bipolar disorder.

Winner - Best Actress, Jennifer Lawrence, Academy Awards 2013 A post-show discussion will follow the screening and the topic up for discussion is, ‘How has film shaped your attitude to mental health?’ If Silver Linings Playbook was the film that got mental ill health right, than what has been the effect of all those that got it wrong?

€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

FRIdAy, JANuARy 17Th

MusIc NETwORK pREsENTs

dIRK pOwEll, MIchAEl McGOldRIcK, BRENdAN GlEEsON, & FRANcIs GAFFNEy Time 8pm price €15/€12 Every once in a while providence throws us into the path of someone who has a gift to bestow. The serendipitous meeting of Dirk Powell and Brendan Gleeson on the set of the Oscar-winning movie Cold Mountain was one of these occasions, and what began as a shared experience of having music passed down from their grandfathers has grown into an exploration of American Old Time, Cajun and Irish traditional music.

While Dirk Powell’s playing is deeply rooted in his Appalachian heritage, he’s played alongside artists as diverse as Emmylou Harris, Jack White, Joan Baez and Steve Earle in addition to working on soundtracks with many of today’s greatest film directors. Brendan Gleeson needs no introduction to Irish audiences, although it’s less well known that he’s a highly-accomplished fiddle player.

"Dirk Powell is the greatest old-time banjo player alive… an artist of unique vision and unbending integrity." Steve Earle "Unconfined and adventurous... legendary."

BBC Music on Michael McGoldrick

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sATuRdAy, JANuARy 18Th

ThE spEKs

Time price

For Kids

2pm €7

‘If your little ones love fantastic, magical songs…then The Speks are the boys for you!’ Tom Dunne, Newstalk The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! They live on a mysterious island off the coast of Co. Clare called Glasses Island where everybody wears glasses! The Speks have won a Parents’ Choice music award in the US where their music has been described as “Riverdance for toddlers” and they encourage kids to sing, scream, clap and dance along during their performances. This will be a great fun event for kids of all ages. Sing along and sing aloud!

'The Speks...they're really great!" Derek Mooney, RTE Radio 1

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MONdAy, JAN 20Th

RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs

lIKE FAThER, lIKE sON (sOshITE chIchI NI NARu) Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Hirokazu Kore-Eda / (Japan 2013) / Cert: PG Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yoko Maki, Lily Franky Language: Japanese The moving story of a man who finally faces himself when he encounters an unexpected wall for the first time in his life. - Cannes Film Festival 2013

Winner - Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival 2013 €3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

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Ryota has earned everything he has by his hard work, and believes nothing can stop him from pursuing his perfect life and living as a winner. Then one day, he and his wife, Midori, get an unexpected phone call from the hospital. Their 6-year-old son, Keita, is not their son - the hospital gave them the wrong baby.

Ryota is forced to make a life-changing decision, to choose between "nature" and "nurture". In the meanwhile, seeing Midori’s devotion to Keita even after learning his origin, and communicating with the rough yet caring family who raised his blood son for the last six years. Ryota also starts to question himself: has he really been a "father" all these years...

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Jan uar y sATuRdAy, JANuARy 25Th

dE TEMps ANTAN

Time price

8pm €15/ €12

Quebec Folk Band

It is more than three years since their last recording, and with a terrific new release from Quebecois livewires, De Temps Antan, there’s an air of excited anticipation as they prepare for this rare visit to these shores.

Live, they have been thrilling audiences with a dynamic delivery of classic tunes and songs, as well as original compositions, thanks to the infectious nature of the music, their boundless energy and unmistakable joie de vivre. This hugely-impressive multiinstrumentalist group is firmly established as The Big Three of Quebecois traditional music.

After touring across the United States in October, the band remained on the road until December before flying across the Atlantic for a string of appearances across Europe, including a headline show at Glasgow’s big Celtic Connections Festival.

A rare opportunity to see this fantastic band, one you won’t want to miss.

“Explosive” – fRoots magazine “Expect to dance and have a lot of fun” – Songlines magazine “Real classy – a delight!” – R2 (Rock ‘n’ Reel magazine)

cinema MONdAy, JANuARy 27Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs

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Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Travis Fine (USA 2012) / Cert: 15A Starring: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry Language: English A film that touches on issues as relevant today as they were forty years ago - GAZE 2013 Set in 1970s Los Angeles and based on a true story, Any Day Now stars Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) as a drag queen who, alongside his closeted lawyer boyfriend, takes into his home an abandoned teenage boy with Down Syndrome. When their unconventional domestic arrangement is discovered by the authorities, they must battle a biased legal system and bigoted social workers to save the life they’ve built for themselves and protect the future of the son they have come to love as their own.

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Winner - Audience Award, GAZE 2013 Winner - Audience Award, Tribeca Film Festival 2012

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ThuRsdAy, JANuARy 30Th

Time price

8pm €18

There’s a tendency for the word ‘unique’ to be bandied around a little too freely in music circles, but that is the only way to describe Jerry Fish’s genre bending style. A highly charismatic performer who refuses to countenance audiences having anything but a good time.

Jerry’s live shows have been known to transform sedate tux ‘n’ frock audiences into Roman galley slaves rowing their way through ‘The Hole In the Boat’, or ballroom-of-romancers slow-dancing to ‘Back To Before’, or swampy block parties gyrating to bacchanalian classics like ‘Celebrate’.

His music has been described as “Lounge Lizard Schmooze” and “Punk Latino” and his latest single 'Barefoot $ Free' has been compared to The Cramps, The Stooges and John Spencer Blues Explosion.

Now in cahoots with drummer Jeremy Hickey aka RSAG with a new sound and music collective Jerry Fish's distinct love of circus, carnival and street theatre has bore fruit in the shape of The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow.

The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow was launched at this years Electric Picnic 2013 and was deemed by many to be the highlight of the festival.

Now Jerry is taking his Electric Sideshow on the road... So if you are looking for entertainment and something completely different. Don't you dare miss this show!

For Kids

FRIdAy, JANuARy 31sT sATuRdAy, FEBRuARy 1sT

GRIEsE yOuTh ThEATRE pREsENTs

cINdEREllA Time price

8pm €10/€8 (family TickeT €30)

Join the cast of GYT as they engage with their very silly side in this young and vibrant production of ‘Cinderella’ written by Paul Reakes and directed by Leish Burke. The cast will be joined by the funny and energetic GYT 6th class members who have been busy hatching a plot all of their own under the direction of Dee Burke and Eric O'Brien. Can someone please let Buttons, Prince Charming ................ or at the very least Cinderella.......know what’s going on?

A laugh a minute Panto for the young and young-at-heart.

By kind permission of Samuel French

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VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME

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SoMatic sOMATI sOMATIc c REAss REA reaSS ssEMB EMB e EMB EMBl Mblage blage lAGE AGE a solo A sSolo olO O Ol lo O exhibition ExhIBITION Exh IBITION By B by y OlI Ol olivia lIv ivia vIA IA hAss hA hA aSS ssett ett ETT The main objective in Olivia Hassett’s practice is to create phenomenological environments and experiences for the viewer.

Hassett does this through the use of various artistic mediums such as installation, performance, sound and video.

Time mcKenna gallery children's gallery 10am - 5.30pm mOn - Fri, 10am - 1pm saT price Free admissiOn

Hassett uses many opposing devices in her practice to create tension in the installations that she creates. She draws inspiration from the bodies potential to be simultaneously repulsive and fascinating, grotesque and sublime.

In Somatic reassemble, an installation, created by Hassett for the Riverbank Gallery, various sculptural elements based on the abject body and its systems are presented.

In the inter-connectivity of the various sculptural elements and groupings the artist proposes that, in imagining a reassembly of the real or imagined body parts, there is the potential to create something new and outside the constraints imposed on the body by society.

ThE pROcEss ROOM dEsIGNEd By OlIvIA hAssETT The process room in Riverbank Children's Gallery has been designed by artist Olivia Hassett to display some of the processes, materials and objects that were involved in developing work for Somatic reassemblage, her exhibition, which is running in the main gallery.

The process room exhibition in the Children's gallery will highlight some of the types of materials, objects and colour combinations that Hassett used to create her sculptures.

As photography is an important tool that Hassett uses , various different groups of photographs will be displayed. These will include closeup, investigative photographs showing how the artist is interested in abstracting or making an image unrecognisable from the original object leading the viewer to wonder what they are looking at. Also included in the exhibition are photographs of the artist performing with a selection of materials, objects and sculptures that appear in her exhibitions.

A focus of this exhibition will be the display of how one particular sculpture was developed through many different stages into a final piece in the Somatic reassemblage installation.

The process room will also include a section dedicated to the art and science of process, an ongoing project between artist Olivia Hassett and Engineer Professor David Taylor of Trinity College Dublin.

Families are welcome to view both spaces on their visit.

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MONdAy, FEBRuARy 3Rd

RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs

ThE BROKEN cIRclE BREAKdOwN Time 8pm price 16 Dir: Felix van Groeningen (Belgium 2012) Cert: CLUB Starring: Johan Heldenbergh, Veerle Baetens, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg, Nils De Caster, Robby Cleiren, Bert Huysentruyt, Jan Bijvoet Language: Flemish, English

Winner - Audience Award, Berlin Film Festival 2013

Didier and Elise’s relationship is stormy and passionate; it’s love at first sight. Didier plays the banjo in a bluegrass band, lives in a caravan in the Belgian countryside and idolizes America as the ‘land of the free’. Elise owns her own tattoo parlour. Her body is plastered with images – little mementos of past lovers whose names have been carefully covered up by new tattoos. Before long their two lives are closely intertwined. Elise sings in Didier’s band and they soon have a daughter together, little Maybelle, with whom they move into a lovingly if unconventionally restored country house. This film accompanies Elise and Didier on their rollercoaster ride through life; through days filled with their love of music and their mutual passion.

Winner - Europa Cinemas Label, Berlin Film Festival 2013 €3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

TuEsdAy, FEBRuARy 4Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs

ROMEO & JulIET Time price

10am 16

Dir: Carlo Carlei / UK/Italy / 2013 / 118 mins / Cert: PG Starring: Douglas Booth, Hailee Steinfeld, Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Laura Morante, Thomas Arana, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård Language: English Get ready to fall in love all over again with a gorgeous new version of William Shakespeare’s classic story, Romeo and Juliet. Romantic, epic, tragic – this is a timeless tale, retold for a new audience with exquisite period costumes and stunning northern Italian locations.

Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld are the young star-crossed lovers, who come from two warring houses in fair Verona. The exceptional ensemble cast of this film also includes Academy Award®-nominated Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Ed Westwick, Lesley Manville and Australia’s own Kodi Smit-McPhee.

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

ThuRsdAy, FEBRuARy 6Th

RIvERBANK ARTs cENTRE pREsENTs

ThE MAN IN ThE wOMAN's shOEs Time price

8pm 115/112

It’s October 1978. Pope John Paul the First is not long dead, autumn is closing in and Pat Farnon has ‘some business’ to do in town. The Man in The Woman’s Shoes follows Pat Farnon as he walks the 5 miles from his wee white cottage, to town and back again and the marvels that he meets along the way. "Today is beginning to feel very special and I've no idea why". It’s a charming encounter - an ageing man still with a boundless enthusiasm for life. Hilariously funny, tender and at times downright daft, The Man in The Woman’s Shoes, will leave you uplifted and in love with life again. "I think none of us is old, me heart has never been old ..."

The show was written by and stars Mikel Murfi. The Man In The Woman's Shoes was developed with Sligo County Council Arts Service and The Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo as part of Bealtaine 2012.

FRIdAy, FEBRuARy 7Th

dAvId O'dOhERTy:

wIll TRy TO FIx EvERyThING Time price

8pm 118 / 116

David O’Doherty, the Ryanair James Bond, the Kevin McCloud of the tiny keyboard, former Miss Ireland, the offspring of Shannon/Pete Doherty, his new look is 'Jaws era Steven Spielberg', recipient of the 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Award and inventor of the last remaining swimming stroke ‘the squid’ (on back, feet first), has written a new comedy show with both talking and songs. NO SCRUBS. "David O’Doherty might be growing wearier of the world, but his comedy just keeps improving;" The Irish Times.

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sATuRdAy, FEBRuARy 8Th

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AsTRO BOy Time price

2pm 13

Dir: David Bowers / USA / 2009 / 94 mins / Cert: PG With voices of Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L Jackson and Bill Nighy Language: English The robot boy from Metro City gets a CGI makeover in this updating of the anime classic. In Metro City, scientist Dr Tenma, an expert in the field of robot technology, creates a robot using advanced 'blue energy' and with the most incredible abilities ever imagined. His creation is produced with x-ray vision, super speed and strength, along with the power to fly. He makes it in the likeness of his late son and thus, Astro Boy is born. A long journey lies ahead of him; on the one hand he must face up to being different from the other children he meets and, on the other, he has many enemies who stand in the way of Metro City's survival and continued prosperity. After first hitting our screens in 1960, Japan's anime hero The Mighty Atom gets the full CGI makeover and, while firmly geared towards a younger audience, Astro Boy has more than enough going for it to fulfil the retro-geek hiding inside us all. - Justin Johnson / BFI London Film Festival â‚Ź3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

sATuRdAy, FEBRuARy 8Th

BuIld yOuR OwN MusIcAl INsTRuMENT wITh Ed dEvANE Time price

11am -1pm (suiTable FOr 8yrs +) 1 15 (maTerials included)

Musical instrument building combines a number of skills and considerations. In this two hour workshop, participants will learn about the very fabric of sound and music through hands on manipulation and assembly of materials. Instrument builder and musician Ed Devane will show how simple (and more complex) instruments can be made out of every day materials such as cardboard, tubes, hairclips and bicycle spokes.

During the workshop, participants will gain an intuitive understanding of how things vibrate and produce sound, how to amplify the sound with resonators, and the historical and cultural contexts of the instruments. Instruments being built on the day will include a 5 tone wood and cardboard xylophone, a thumb piano, a drum and drum sticks. * Walk away with your very own musical instrument

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MONdAy, FEBRuARy 10Th

ABBEy ThEATRE pREsENTs

ME, MOllsER

By AlI whITE Time price

9.30am & 12pm 16 (suiTable ages 8+)

Me, Mollser is the story of a strong-willed, passionate young Dubliner coping with consumption during the 1913 Lockout and Easter Rising of 1916.

You may recognize her from Sean O’Casey’s famous Irish play The Plough and the Stars, which was first performed at the Abbey Theatre in 1926.

Curious and enthusiastic, Mollser guides you through the overcrowded Dublin tenement where she lives. Her keen eye offers a view of daily life in turn of the century Dublin.

But today is not a normal day. She must discover how she got transported to this strange hall. Be part of the story and help her find her way back home.

Me, Mollser is part of the Abbey Theatre’s Priming the Canon project. This series of specially commissioned, interactive monologues aims to introduce the classics of Irish theatre to a younger audience. Me, Mollser is supported through curriculum linked online resources and in-school performances and workshops.

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MONdAy, FEBRuARy 10Th

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lE wEEK-ENd Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Roger Mitchell (UK, France 2013) / Cert: 15A Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum / Language: English Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan play a middle-aged, middleclass couple who visit Paris for a long weekend in hopes of rekindling their relationship—or, perhaps, to bring it to an end. Diffident, wistful Nick (Broadbent) and demanding, take-charge Meg (Lindsay Duncan) careen from harmony to disharmony to resignation and back again as they take stock and grapple with love, loss, regret and, disappointment, in their own very English way.

€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

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FRIdAy, FEBRuARy 14Th & sATuRdAy, FEBRuARy 15Th

ThE vIKING ThEATRE pREsENTs

chANcERs

By ROBERT MAssEy Time 8pm price €16/€14 “A fast paced comedy with an exceptional cast that captivated the audience.... comic delight... unforgettable..” **** The Irish Mail on Sunday.

CHANCERS, which can truly be called a play for today, takes us to the heart of the recession and its ruinous impact on the lives of three people who had blossomed in the glow of the Celtic Tiger, yet are now facing financial collapse. But, opportunity suddenly knocks and redemption seems to be suddenly within reach, as a real but risky chance to save them from disaster presents itself.

Aiden has a liquidity situation on his hands. He's had to rent out his home to some rough shower from Dublin and move the family into his nearly bankrupt convenience store. His wife Dee is out at a job interview this morning which is not going well for her to say the least. Neither of them thought it would ever come to this but salvation may have just arrived in the form of local battleaxe Gertie Graham. She has their ticket out of the poorhouse. They just need to get their hands on it without Gertie knowing.

€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

A fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall. Take a chance on Chancers.

At times hilarious, at other times tense and taut, CHANCERS poses the question -their big chance, their last chance, is right in front of them – will they take it?

Starring Mary Murray ( Love/ Hate) , Andrew Murray (Tuesdays With Morrie) and Luke Griffin ( Mario Rosenstock Show)

suNdAy, FEBRuARy 16Th

Time price

TRIBuTE wITh AIlEEN dONOhOE 6pm €15

With a career in music and film spanning over 30 years, America’s definitive “Girl Next Door” Doris Day is truly one of the greatest stars of all time.

Celebrate the songs of Doris Day with Aileen Donohoe as she prepares to meet her “Secret Love”. Including “Que Sera, Sera”, “On Moonlight Bay”, “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” and songs from the hit musicals “Calamity Jane” and “The Pyjama Game”.

Let Aileen’s beautiful voice take you back to the golden age of Hollywood. Her West End credits include Wicked, Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast and The Phantom of the Opera.

Musically Directed by Robert Scott and Written & Directed by Brendan Cull “It’s Magic!”

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Afternoon Tea available from 4pm, call CaToCa Café on 045 486791

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MONdAy, FEBRuARy 17Th

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chIld’s pOsE (pOzITIA cOpIluluI) Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Calin Peter Netzer / (Romania 2013) Cert: CLUB Starring: Bogdan Dumitrache, Luminita Gheorghiu, Florin Zamfirescu, Natasa Raab, Ilinca Goia, Vlad Ivanov, Mimi Branescu Language: Romanian Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale, Child's Pose is a riveting drama that centres on a mother's twisted affection for her son, and the repercussions of her actions when his well-being is placed in jeopardy.

60-year-old Cornelia (the phenomenal Luminita Gheorghiu) leads a life of privilege, social power and abundant wealth in contemporary Bucharest, but life is not perfect. More than anything in the world, she longs for her 34-year-old son Barbu (Bogdan Dumitrache) to reciprocate her affections. But the pair barely speaks, something the domineering Cornelia blames on Barbu's live-in girlfriend. When Barbu is involved in a tragic car accident and runs down a child on a highway, Cornelia is thrust back into his life. Seeing her chance to regain control, she commences a frighteningly well-orchestrated campaign to save her son from prison. But Barbu, boiling with anger yet hopelessly emasculated and infantilised, refuses to play along.

Winner - Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival 2013

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wEdNEsdAy, FEBRuARy 19Th ThE GOdOT cOMpANy, lONdON IN AssOcIATION wITh RIchARd RyAN pROMOTIONs pREsENT

hAppy dAys

By sAMuEl BEcKETT Time price

8pm €15/€12

Happy Days is the 3rd of Samuel Beckett's great comic/tragic full length plays on the human condition, Waiting for Godot and Endgame being the others. The Godot Company in association with Richard Ryan Promotions present this highly original stage picture which breaks new barriers in the modern theatre.

The heroine is "Winnie" a housewife who is married to "Willie" who find themselves alone in a barren wilderness. In this often hilarious play "Winnie" depends on "Willie" for company and support even though he spends most of his time, sleeping.

She finds comfort in her literary quotations and in the contents of her black bag which she delves into throughout her Happy Day. Colette Kelly,Rockaby,Beckett x3(2012),Footfalls,Beckett x3(2013) plays "Winnie". Oengus MacNamara who has performed in every Irish Tour by the Godot Company plays "Willie" and is the Director.

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ThuRsdAy, FEBRuARy 20Th

dEsIGN A sOFT sculpTuRE wITh OlIvIA hAssETT

Time 11am - 12.30pm price 18 (suiTable FOr 5-9 yrs) Artist Olivia Hassett will begin the workshop by outlining how the workings of the human body inspire her artwork. She will show examples of her vividly coloured sculptures and discuss the various materials used to create them. Participants are encouraged to touch some examples of the varied fabrics and materials used by the artist.

Participants will be given similar materials and the opportunity to design a soft sculpture inspired by parts of the human body. The children will be encouraged to draw on and add to their sculptures using their imagination to create a unique piece of art work to take home.

Photos: Keith Currams

SPECIAL SC ThuRsdAy, FEBRuARy 20Th

REENING

A suRpRIsE scREENING As pART OF ThE JAMEsON duBlIN INTERNATIONAl FIlM FEsTIvAl Time price

Tbc 18

Riverbank Arts Centre in association with Jameson Dublin International Film Festival is pleased to bring a taste of the Jameson International Film Festival to Newbridge Audiences. This surprise screening will be announced shortly, keep up to date with all cinema listings on www.riverbank.ie/cinema

Contact box office for more details on 045 448327

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FRIdAy, FEBRuARy 21sT

BAsIc TwIsTs wITh MR.. BAllOONATIc c Time 11am - 2pm (duraTiOn 3 hOurs) price 120 (age 10-14 yrs) After 4 years, we are pleased to have Mr. Balloonatic back with us. Mr. Balloonatic (Michael), is an international award winning balloon artist, with over 20 years’ experience working with balloons. He has travelled and entertained all across Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world. He has also taught extensively, to groups of school children, adults and other balloon professionals. As well as performing at events such as the Edinburgh Fringe and Street Performance World Championships, or lecturing abroad.

This 3 hour workshop will take you through the different types of balloons, some of different twists that are used to make creations and how to combine 2 balloons to make more colourful creations. The goal will be to teach people at least 8 different designs.

At the end all participants should have a good grasp on what balloon modelling is and should be comfortable twisting balloons into basic animal shapes.

What each attendee will need: - a notepad, coloured pencil/pens and an imagination.

All balloons and pumps will be provided for use on the day. Extra materials will be available for purchase at the conclusion of this workshop.

Each attendee will receive a certificate of accomplishment on completion; they will also be able to take home any creations that they make on the day.

FRIdAy, FRIdA dA dA Ay, y, FEBRuARy F 21sT

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sshORTs FOR MIddlE ONEs (AGEs 8+) Time price

Mid-term break

2pm 13

Dir: Various Various countries / 2013 / 50 mins / Cert: Club Language: English or dialogue free, except Bad Toys II (9m) which is in French with English subtitles Sometimes very strange but always entertaining, this collection of short films will challenge those children who are no longer quite so wee and who enjoy seeing tales set in unfamiliar surroundings, with different points of view.

How to adapt when moving to the city, important lessons when learning to fly, coping with over-friendly pigeons and novel ways to win the girl of your dreams all feature in these films and their wide-ranging take on the world we live in.

Though several of the films are dialogue free and most of the others are in English, we don’t rule out an occasional film with subtitles. The collection shows a wealth of different animation techniques from all over the world, including the winner of this year’s BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award.

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sATuRdAy, FEBRuARy 22Nd

EddI REAdER

Time price

8pm €20

From the traditional to the contemporary, Eddi brings joyous life to all forms of song. Her taste in co-writers, writers, songs and players is impeccable and anything with her name on it is a guaranteed musical treasure.

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, Eddie brings joyous life to 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 mu sic’s most thrilling and affecting performers.

Eddi’s new album, Vagabond, is due to be released on 3 February 2014, featuring her own songs along with songs by Boo Hewerdine, Declan O’Rourke and others.

Don’t miss Heidi Talbot on Saturday, April 5th – she has supported Eddi Reader in the past.

MONdAy, FEBRuARy 24Th

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BluE Is ThE wARMEsT cOlOuR Time price

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Winner - Palm d’Or, Cannes Film Festival 2013

€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

8pm 16

Dir: Abdellatif Kechiche France 2013 / 179 mins / Cert: 18 Starring: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos / Language: French This year’s Palme d’Or winner is a strikingly uninhibited exploration of the messy, mesmerising and turbulent nature of love.

Director Abdellatif Kechiche has an expansive approach to storytelling, all the better to get under his characters’ skins and into their social reality. His latest spans several years in the life of Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos). We first meet her as a school student, tentatively getting together with a male admirer but increasingly fascinated by Emma (Léa Seydoux), a woman with blue-dyed hair that she glimpses in the street. Before long they are an item, Adèle becoming the muse for Emma’s art while she pursues her own path into adulthood.

The film’s compelling grip is partly down to Kechiche’s eye as a social observer, partly because of its two lead actors. Seydoux depicts Emma with genial wit and toughness, while Exarchopoulos is a revelation, offering a fearless, deeply affecting performance of remarkable intensity.

"A film that truly catches the messy, mesmerising turbulence of life and love."

Jonathan Romney, BFI London Film Festival programme

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FRIdAy, FEBRuARy 28Th – sATuRdAy, MARch 1sT

Schools Shows, Friday, February 28th 10am & 12pm

For Kids Family Show, Saturday, March 1st 2pm

price

18 (suiTable FOr 6+ years)

Old Jack Foley has a sore toe and it’s not getting better. Once when he was young and strong he dreamed of joining the circus. But now, tired and grey, he sits alone by his radio twiddling the dials on his memories.

Theatre Lovett invite you into their world of radio waves, sorrowful partings and hilarious slapstick comedy in Mr. Foley, The Radio Operator. Join Louis Lovett as he conjures characters and chapters full of charm from Mr. Foley’s colourful past.

Theatre Lovett are one of Ireland’s most exciting companies for young and old alike (The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly (The Ark/Theatre Lovett)/ The House that Jack Filled/ A Feast of Bones).

“With true comic spirit, Theatre Lovett defies all age groupings to appeal to everybody.” IRISH INDEPENDENT

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sATuRdAy, MARch 1sT.

KAThERINE lyNch

sONGs FROM sETTlING dusT Time 8pm price €20 Best known for her long running comedy shows, Katherine Lynch had long held a secret desire to engage her audience with a straight up musical project.

Katherine released her debut album “Settling Dust” this year to rave reviews. The result is an album that will surprise and delight fans and has heralded a new chapter in her career.

She has gathered an extraordinary group of musicians and is now presenting ‘Songs from Settling Dust’, a live presentation of exceptional music, original songs and some show stopping covers including “On Raglan Road (her dark hair)”. During this show-stopping moment, through the wonders of technology, Katherine manages to duet with her grand uncle, the poet and author Patrick Kavanagh.

Obviously while the presentation is musically authentic, you can expect a few hilarious anecdotes and introductions throughout the show. It’s Katherine Lynch after all!

“An Impressive Collection” - Hot Press “A surprisingly delightful debut” - Irish Music Magazine

MONdAy, MARch 3Rd

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hANNAh ARENdT Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Margaretha Von Trotta (Germany 2012) Cert: CLUB Starring: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch Language: German Heavyweight German filmmaker von Trotta turns her attention to one of the preeminent thinkers of the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt, and in particular to the crucial time in 1961 when she reported on the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann for the New Yorker. It was Eichmann’s pathetic disavowals of the Final Solution policy he helped frame that inspired Arendt to coin her famous phrase, "the banality of evil."

€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

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MONdAy, MARch 3Rd

wE ‘♥’ BOOKs

cElEBRATING wORld BOOK dAy Time price

10:15am-12:15pm 13 (suiTable FOr 4Th-5Th class)

This March, join authors Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Debbie Thomas and illustrator Michael Emberley as they visit the Riverbank as part of the We ‘♥’ Books national tour! This special schools event will mark World Book Day 2014 by celebrating all that is best in children’s books, with drawing demos and live readings, as well as taking a closer look at some of the classic titles that inspired each author's love of books. There’ll also be opportunity for young readers to ask plenty of questions, plus get a book signed after the show.

For this event, Marie-Louise will focus on her three spooky novels for older readers: Timecatcher, Dark Warning and Hagwitch. Kildare-based author Debbie Thomas is the creator of the hilarious Dead Hairy and Jungle Tangle adventure stories. Michael Emberley is an American illustrator whose most popular works include Ruby and the You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You series..

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wEdNEsdAy MARch 5Th & ThuRsdAy MARch 6Th.

NEwBRIdGE dRAMA GROup pREsENTs

A wAKE IN ThE wEsT

By MJ GINNElly Time 8pm price €12/ €10 After a life devoted to drink, it is no surprise that Tom Healy’s final wish it to be buried in the drink – at sea that is. The neighbours, one by one, pour into Healy’s front room to ‘pay their respects’, though not all come to pray.

A Wake in the West is a high farce play; it has packed all venues wherever it has been staged.

From West Port (where it began) to Perth, from London to San Francisco it has left everyone rolling in the isles.

Make sure you come along ‘to pay your last respects’ and sympathise with Tom’s Family.

Directed by Bro Michael Broderick, assisted by Sean McElroy.

FRIdAy, MARch 7Th Time please cOnTacT bOx OFFice aT 045448327 price 14 Students from both Primary & Secondary Schools are invited to submit short Irish Films (5 and 10 minutes long) as part of a competition that is been hosted by Foireann Clabaire. The deadline for the competition is 14th February 2014.

Films that are creative and that inspire the use of Irish in schools, will be considered, there is no specific theme for the films entered into the competition. The only requirement is that Irish is the language used throughout the film.

Please contact box office for more details and for entry forms.

Clabaire: All-Irish Film Festival 2014 hopes that this project will encourage students to work as a team, create interest in the Irish language and learn how filmmaking works. The shorts will be screened on Friday, March 7th as part of Sheachtain na Gaeilge at Riverbank Arts Centre.

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VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME

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sATuRdAy, MARch 8Th – sATuRdAy, ApRIl 12Th

IllusTRATORs IRElANd & RIvERBANK ARTs cENTRE pREsENT

ThE ART OF supERsTITION.

Time mcKenna gallery 10am - 5.30pm mOn - Fri, 10am - 1pm saT price Free admissiOn We live in a world surrounded by superstitions. One person’s religion is another person’s myth... one person’s fear is another’s amusement.

Superstition is defined as : 1. a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.

2. a system or collection of such beliefs.

3. a custom or act based on such a belief.

4. irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious, especially in connection with religion.

5. any blindly accepted belief or notion.

Illustrators Ireland presents a wonderful new group exhibition examining the world of irrational beliefs featuring works from 40 leading Illustrators, including PJ Lynch, Steve Simpson and Children’s Laureate Niamh Sharkey, The show also features work from emerging illustrators, selected from open submission competition.

Illustrators Ireland is a non-profit organisation established in 2000 to support the development of illustration in Ireland by showcasing illustrators’ work and by fostering links with similar organisations at home and abroad.

Illustrators Ireland has established a community of illustrators within Ireland and provides a means by which these artists can promote themselves individually and through group activities. Illustrators Ireland aims to improve communication and co-operation between Irish illustrators and with our peers abroad. As communication between illustrators improves, so too do the standards for both the work itself and the business practices of members.

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sATuRdAy, MARch 8Th – sATuRdAy, ApRIl 11Th

sTEp ON A cRAcK ANd BREAK yOuR MOThER’s BAcK! ThE ART OF chIldREN's supERsTITIONs Time children’s gallery 10am - 5.30pm mOn - Fri, 10am - 1pm saT price Free admissiOn

With The Art of Superstition exhibition showcasing a range of Irish talent in our McKenna Gallery, we’ve challenged three superb Illustrators with the task of creating a unique exhibition for young people in our Children’s Gallery.

Drawing inspiration from the theme of superstition, watch this space as illustrators Peter Donnelly, Fintan Taite and Nicola Colton join forces to take charge of the Children’s Gallery, draw on the walls, create as they go, and work together to present an exciting and inspiring exhibition – there are no rules, anything could happen!

Peter Donnelly.

Peter is an award winning illustrator with international recognition. He has illustrated many children’s books as well as designing for animated film and television. He has hosted children’s workshops in festivals and schools with the Laureate na nÓg and the Pushkin Trust. As a member of the executive committee for Illustrators Ireland he has curated exhibitions such as The Art of Superstition and The Illustrated Beatles. Peter is currently illustrating a series of six children’s books for Irish language publisher Leabhar Breac. He lives in North Co. Dublin with his wife, his daughter and a cat.

Fintan Taite Fintan Taite is an award winning freelance Illustrator from Dublin. His distinctive work has featured in many areas of image making, including Comics, books, magazines, advertising, and most recently Children's Picture books. He is also a Past Chairman and current member of Illustrators Ireland which is host to Ireland's leading illustrators.

Nicola Colton Nicola Colton is an illustrator and art facilitator based in Dublin. Her style is playful and colourful and is very much influenced by fairytales and folktales. She especially loves to draw animals and to create strange and wonderful new creatures. To date she has created illustrations for posters, magazines, book covers, i phone covers and t shirts.

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MONdAy, MARch 10Th

RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs

ThE sElFIsh GIANT Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Clio Bernark (UK 2013) / Cert: 15A Starring: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne Language: English Thirteen-year-old Arbor, who has problems with aggression and adaptation, lives alone with his mother and older stepbrother. He is difficult to control, and the only friend willing to listen to him and to whom he clings with childlike obstinacy is Swifty.

After he is expelled from school, Arbor decides to earn money by stealing metal and selling it at a junkyard owned by the rough Kitten. He ends up pulling Swifty into this vicious circle from which there is no escape, and soon both boys are faced with the inevitability of a tragedy with a vague ending that leaves many questions unanswered.

The film was loosely inspired by Oscar Wilde’s fairy tale of the same name.

€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

TuEsdAy, MARch 11Th ANd wEdNEsdAy, MARch 12Th

KIldARE yOuTh ThEATRE pREsENTs TwO plAys

hEARTs’ ANd sAME Time price

8pm 110/18

Kildare Youth Theatre present two brand new plays as part of the National Theatre (UK) Connections project, especially for teenagers by two of Britain’s most inventive new writers.

Hearts by Luke Norris is about football, set in the changing rooms of a local, unimpressive, football team. It explores the tensions and rivalries of the team, and of the girls who support them. The play is about perseverance, struggle and hope – a sharply observed comedy appealing to anyone who has ever struggled to get a football team off the ground.

Same by Deborah Bruce is set in a nursing home for the elderly. It has a set of characters in their 80s and some in their mid-teens. It looks at the similarities between the two groups and how, ultimately, we are all the same. It also deals with family, death and loss in a touching, real and humorous way.

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ThuRsdAy, MARch 13Th

FIshAMBlE: ThE NEw plAy cOMpANy pREsENTs

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A FIlM ROll FROM NIGERIA - why ThE BlEEdIN' Fuss? dIREcTEd By JIM cullETON cAsT sORchA FOx ANd dONAl O'KElly

8pm 116/114 116/1 16/ 14 16/1

In Nigeria, a frightened child puts an old roll of film into the hands of Dublin-bound teacher Sister Martha. In Dublin, ex-con Larry, with a wounded backside, has to get out of the city to rob a convent. Meanwhile, Scarab Oil plans to unleash its new clean fuel of the future.

The film roll Martha is carrying attracts the urgent interest of some very powerful and ambitious people.

Sorcha Fox and Donal O’Kelly play Martha and Larry, who take a high octane jump into the brutal world of international energy skullduggery and awaken passions they thought were long behind them.

Commissioned by Fishamble in partnership with the STROLLERS Touring Network.

The Strollers Touring Network (STN) comprises of 9 Theatre/Arts Centre venues located across Ireland. It is currently the largest touring network in the country.

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sATuRdAy, MARch 15Th

RIvERBANK FAMIly cINEMA pREsENTs

KIRIKOu ANd ThE sORcEREss

Time 2pm price 13 Dir: Michel Ocelot / France / 1998 / 74 mins / Cert: Club With the voices of Antionette Kellerman Karaba. Fezele Mpeka Uncle Language: English This animated film exquisitely recounts the tale of tiny Kirikou born in an African village in which Karaba the Sorceress has placed a terrible curse. Kirikou sets out on a quest to free his village of the curse and find out the secret of why Karaba is so wicked.

For Kids sATuRdAy, MARch 15Th

NEIl dElAMERE: sMARTBOMB Time 8pm price €20 "Funny, engaged, clever, inventive, entertaining" Irish Independent.

Following his sold out performance last year, Neil Delamere returns with a brilliant new show. “Smartbomb" sees the star of BBC’s The Blame Game and Fighting Talk and RTE’s The Panel explain Ireland¹s recession, eye patches and email viruses. Probably not in that order.

Book now to catch one of Ireland’s finest comedians at his hilarious best.

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ThuRsdAy, MARch 20Th

GúNA NuA ThEATRE IN AssOcIATION wITh cIvIc ThEATRE pREsENT

FAITh

Time 8pm price €16/€14 ‘Faith’ tells the story of Michael a man trying to cope with the stresses of redundancy and a new role as a stay at home husband.

He meets a charismatic friend who gives him new hope and a new job, guarding an empty office block. They while away the hours with daredevil tricks, impromptu games of football and sorting out the meaning of life. But his newfound optimism and low-paid employment don't wash at home.

He soon finds himself with a serious dilemma. The scene is set for confrontation between Michael's responsibilities at home and the survival of his sense of self, even his sanity.

Written by Paul Meade Directed by David Horan Darkly comic, ‘Faith’ is an exploration of one man's struggle to find himself in post-recession Ireland..

FRIdAy, MARch 21sT wAlKER BOOKs pREsENTs

ssh! wE hAvE A plAN By chRIs hAuGhTON Time price

10.30am - 11.30am 13

From award-winning illustrator Chris Haughton, one of the most exciting new voices in children's literature, comes a brand new picture book about a beautiful bird, an unquenchable desire and plans gone awry...

Four friends, three big and one little, are out for a walk. Suddenly, they spot it – a beautiful bird perched high in a tree! They simply MUST have it and – SHH! – they have a PLAN. So they tip-toe, tip-toe very slowly, nets poised – "Ready one ... ready two ... ready three ... GO!" But, at the turn of the page, we find a ridiculous bunch of very tangled characters and a blissfully oblivious bird, flying away. One hilarious foiled plan after another and it's clear that this goofy trio CANNOT catch that elusive birdie!

Join us today to meet Chris as he reads some of the adventures from the new book and teaches the kids to draw each of the characters from ‘Ssh! We Have a Plan. You may even be lucky enough to meet some of the characters!

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*There will be books for sale at the event with a signing following the show

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McKeague and O’Brien present tHe rising and By way Of interludes wOrld war 1 Time 8pm price €15/€12 In this play written and directed by Joe O’Byrne, and choreographed by Breandán de Gallaí, the audience will relive the tumultuous days of the 1916 Rising through the eyes of two friendly adversaries, O’Brien, a Catholic, and Mc Keague, a Protestant. For an exhilarating, action packed 90mins O'Brien and McKeague will tell this story in vaudeville style, with humour, song and dance, as they re-enact the Rising and events that led to it, including World War 1.

Joe O'Byrne is a director and writer for theatre. He has directed a number of plays by Patrick McCabe, including "Frank Pig Says Hello", and has also directed "The Woman Who Walked Into Doors" by Roddy Doyle. Breandan de Gallai who choreographs the show, is a professional Irish dancer who is best known for his lead role in Riverdance.

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GlORIA Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Sebastion Lelio (Chile 2012) Cert: CLUB Starring: Paulina Garcia, Sergio Hernandez, Marcial Tagle, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora, Antonia Santa Maria, Coca Guazzini, Hugo Moraga, Alejandro Goic, Liliana Garcia, Luz Jimenez / Language: Spanish Gloria is a 58 year old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which just leads repeatedly to disappointment and emptiness. But then she meets Rodolfo, an exnaval officer seven years her senior to whom she feels romantically inclined. She even begins to imagine a permanent relationship. However, the encounter presents unexpected challenges and Gloria gradually finds herself being forced to confront her own dark secrets.

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Winner - Best Actress, Berlin Film Festival 2012 €3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

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wEdNEsdAy, MARch 26Th

Time 8pm price €18 Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee (2007 & 2011) Andrew Maxwell is back in Ireland this Spring with a brand new show.

Packed full of fearlessly intelligent topical observations, delivered in his animated and inclusive style, ‘Banana Kingdom’ recently completed a sell-out run in one of the Edinburgh Fringe's biggest venues (playing to over 10,000 people) and a hit run in London's Soho Theatre.

With this blissfully funny show, Andrew will cover most of Ireland, taking in over twenty five venues across the country, kicking off on 14th February 2014.

Andrew has sold out every Edinburgh run since 2005, playing to over 70,000 comedy fans in that festival alone. A familiar face on our TV screens, you've seen him star on The Panel on RTE, One Night Stand for Dave, Monumental , Conspiracy Roadtrip and Live at the Apollo for the BBC, 8 Out of 10 Cats for Channel 4, John Bishop's Only Joking for Sky and Celebrity Juice for ITV2.

Now see him live!

“One of the most significant comedians working in the country today.” Independent "Fiercely funny and utterly invigorating" Times

FRIdAy, MARch 28Th JAMEs JOycE's

A pORTRAIT OF ThE ARTIsT As A yOuNG MAN

Time price

8pm 115/112

In the name Stephen Dedalus, he adopted in this, his early masterpiece, Joyce signalled his need to escape the nets he claimed Ireland would trap him in – religion and nationality.

He would seek to fly “above these nets”. Unique among his contemporaries he laid claim for the artist’s freedom from such temporal concerns to “forge the uncreated conscience of his race”. Thus began his lifelong task of sketching the universal human condition he had observed around him in Dublin in the real lives of ordinary people.

In the course of A Portrait which covered the first decades of his life, we see him creating his own individual aesthetic, as opposed to the dictates of the Church. He is already aware of the beginnings of new European writers such as Ibsen, and leaves Ireland to live mostly in poverty, but at liberty to seek nourishment from other cultures. The novel eventually published in 1916, contains some of the most dramatic scenes in modern literature.

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sATuRdAy, MARch 29Th

REplAy ThEATRE cOMpANy pREsENTs

A BOy ANd hIs BOx Time 12pm and 2pm price €8 family of 4 €28 (suiTable for 4-8yrs) Premiered last Christmas in Replay’s PopUp Theatre, A Boy and His Box tells the story of a boy and his box and his vivid imagination!

The show delights with live drawing, projection, several quirky tunes and some brilliantly ridiculous sound effects.

But most of all, it celebrates the amazing world that is a child’s imagination and reminds grown ups that an adventure can begin with the stroke of a pen.

For children everywhere playing in cardboard boxes!

“My son ran home and started to draw… and two days later is still drawing!” parent *Limited Capacity, Early booking advised. .

For Kids

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shORT TERM 12 Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Destin Cretton (USA 2013) / Cert: 15A Starring: Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, Keith Stanfield, Kevin Hernandez / Language: English Grace is a Twenty-something supervisor at Short Term 12, a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. She is passionate about her work and takes great care of the kids, though she struggles with her own troubled past.

When Jayden, a gifted, restless teenager, arrives at the facility, Grace finds herself no longer able to ignore the difficulties of her own childhood, putting the delicate balance of her life and work at risk. She must find her way through a crisis that both pushes her to the edge and allows her to discover unexpected glimmers of hope.

Winner - Best Actress, Locarno International Film Festival 2013

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€3 Coffee & CAke DeAl

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If you like this event, see Eddi Reader on page 22

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hEIdI TAlBOT Time 8pm price €16/€€14 "A voice that's both awestruck and tender."

(New York Times) Formerly lead singer with Cherish The Ladies, Co. Kildare singer Heidi Talbot is right at home in the twin worlds of Irish traditional and roots music. 2010 saw Heidi nominated for two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and record and tour with Idlewild, Eddi Reader, Michael McGoldrick, and Kris Drever.

It also saw her play sell-out concerts all over the UK and Ireland and launch her new record The Last Star to rave reviews. Playing material from her brand new record, Angels Without Wings, Heidi will be joined by world renowned Multi Instrumentalist/Producer John McCusker and the inimitable guitar playing of Ian Carr.

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MONdAy, ApRIl 7Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs

METRO MANIlA Time price

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8pm 16

Dir: Sean Ellis / (Philippines 2013) / Cert: CLUB Starring: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega / Language: Tagalog Seeking a brighter future in megacity Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family flee their impoverished life in the rice fields of the northern Philippines. But the sweltering capital’s bustling intensity quickly overwhelms them, and they fall prey to the rampant manipulations of its hardened locals. Oscar catches a lucky break when he’s offered steady work for an armored truck company and gregarious senior officer Ong takes him under his wing. Soon, though, the reality of his work’s mortality rate and the murky motives of his new partner force Oscar to confront the perils he faces in his new job and life. Director Sean Ellis’s return (The Broken premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival) vividly captures the desperation of life amongst the squalid Manila slums, then ratchets up the tension, creating an intense thriller with a poignant humanity and palpable dramatic stakes.

Winner - Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival 2013

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ThuRsdAy, ApRIl 10Th

dARREN shAN

REAdING & wORKshOp Time 10am price 13 (suiTable FOr 12+yrs) (bOOK signing FOllOwing evenT)) Meet the Master of Horror and dare to be scared with Darren Shan as he talks about his Zom-B series. Featuring a grisly zombie apocalypse with classic Shan action, a fiendishly twisting plot and hard-hitting storyline, each book is short, fast-paced and bloody. This thrilling combination of breath-taking twists and thought-provoking moral questions is sure to have any Shan fan on the edge of their seat!

“The Master of Horror”!

Darren Shan is the number-one bestselling author of series including The Saga of Darren Shan and The Demonata. Shan’s books are now on sale in 39 countries, in 31 different languages and have achieved children’s best-seller status worldwide. In total, they have sold over twenty-five million copies. Zom-B is a 12-book serial about a zombie invasion, with a new instalment published every 3 months until summer 2015. Shan divides his time between homes in Limerick and London. *There will be books for sale at the event with a signing following the show.

FRIdAy, ApRIl 11Th

ThE hEAdlINE AGENcy pREsENTs

FREddIE whITE

ThE MAEsTRO OF quAlITy MusIc Time 8pm price €18/€16 Freddie White has long been synonymous with music of the highest quality.

Whether interpreting songs by his favorite writers, such as Randy Newman, Tom Waits, John Hiatt and Guy Clark, or performing his own classy compositions, Freddie’s live performances are nothing short of legendary.

Freddie has been part of the fabric of the live music scene since the 1970’s as a founding member of ‘Scullion.’ Later he formed ‘The Fake’, regarded as one of the seminal Irish bands of the late ‘70’s. Next came ‘The Freddie White Band’ formed in 1978, which toured with Eric Clapton that year.

His keen ear for quality songs, undisputed talent for interpretation and exemplary songwriting skills, stand out in his most intimate offering. Freddie's new album, Here With You released in April 2012 introduces Trish Hickey and is a collection of songs from some of their favourite writers. The album was recorded in Ireland and Australia. Freddie moved to Sydney, Australia in March 2011, catch him at Riverbank Arts Centre before he returns down under. “…those trademark sharp-toothed guitar licks…smoky, languid voice… there’s still nobody to match White at his best” Irish Times

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MONdAy, ApRIl 14Th - FRIdAy, ApRIl 18Th

ARTzONE wORKshOps Time 10am – 2pm price 175 (5-7yrs & 8-12yrs) Spring into your mid-term break by doing something very special this mid-term with Artzone Art Camp’s! Our Teachers have developed some really cool and creative portfolios based on this year’s spring! Join us for one week of great fun.

For Kids

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NEBRAsKA Time price

8pm 16

Dir: Alexander Payne (USA 2013) Cert: 12A Starring: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk, Stacy Keach, Mary Louise Wilson, Rance Howard, Tim Driscoll, Devin Ratray, Angela McEwan Language: English A poor old man living in Montana escapes repeatedly from his house to go to Nebraska to collect a sweepstakes prize he thinks he has won. Frustrated by his increasing dementia, his family debates putting him into a nursing home -- until one of his two sons finally offers to take his father by car, even as he realizes the futility.

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En route the father is injured, and the two must rest a few days in the small decaying Nebraska town where the father was born and where, closely observed by the son, he re-encounters his past. (Don’t worry -- it’s a comedy.)

Shot in black and white across four American states, the film blends professional actors with non-actors and aspires to mirror the mood and rhythms of its exotic locations.

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wEdNEsdAy, ApRIl 16Th MONKEy shINE ThEATRE pREsENTs

lOshA Time price

2pm €8 ( Family OF 4 €28) (suiTable FOr 5+yrs)

Losha likes to collect things, small things, important things, things that have been forgotten. In a delicate world of light and shadow Monkeyshine Theatre tells a sensitive tale through objects and poetic dance. Developed as part of the Arts Council Theatre Maker in residence scheme with Roscommon Co Co and Roscommon Arts Centre.

For Kids sATuRdAy, ApRIl 19Th

ThE NuAlAs ThE GREAT BIG shINy shOw Time 8pm price €18/€16

They are buffed they are detoxed they are booty-lish AND THEY ARE TOTALLY UP FOR IT! The Nualas are jetting in for one night only with their shiniest show ever. Expect shine, expect glitz, expect cleavage (on their knees). With acrobatic vocals, stunning instrumentation and provocative chat about current stuff, featuring self-penned original numbers such as ‘Stay at home dad’ (about a dad who stays at home), ‘Bollox to love’ (a heart-warming ditty of romance) and' Jesus, Mary and Joseph why am I so fat’. You will laugh, you will cry, you will probably need to go to the toilet at some point.

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TuEsdAy, ApRIl 22Nd - ThuRsdAy, ApRIl 24Th

cREATEschOOl: sTOp-MOTION

Time 10am - 3pm price 150 (suiTable FOr 8-12yrs)

Ever wanted to bring your Lego mini figures to life?

Well now you can thanks to Createschool's brand new stop motion workshop. Experienced tutors will share tips and techniques on set building, filming, editing and creating sound scapes. Lego figures will come to life as they walk and talk through a forest landscape.

Participants will work in small groups to collaborate and create the set, storyboard and plan their stop motion movie, film and produce it.

The workshop is focused on hands on learning and all participants will receive a certificate of participation and a copy of their movie! All materials are supplied though we would encourage participants to bring along their own favourite Lego character.

For Kids

TuEsdAy, ApRIl 22Nd

RIvERBANK FAMIly cINEMA pREsENTs

AFRIcAN cATs

cElEBRATING EARTh dAy

Time price

2pm 13

Dir: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey / Africa / 2011 / 89 mins / Cert: G Featuring narration from Samuel L Jackson This epic documentary follows Mara, an endearing lion cub growing up amid the stunning beauty of the African savannah and trying to emulate her parents, Sita, a fearless cheetah and single mother of five mischievous cubs, and leader of the pride Fang, who must defend his family from a rival. Boasting some astounding photographic footage and directed by Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill (producer of the award-winning TV series Earth), it tells a moving story that will appeal to children as much as adults.

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ThuRsdAy, ApRIl 24Th.

For Kids

ThE ARK pREsENTs

TEN14 Time 3pm price €8 Moya Brennan voice / Cormac de Barra harp Join Moya Brennan, the voice of Clannad, and celebrated harper Cormac De Barra on a magical musical journey for everyone aged 4 to 104. Bringing together traditional Irish music and original music by Moya Brennan, this gorgeous performance for families is inspired by the legend of Brian Boru’s harp and celebrates 1,000 years since the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.

Ten14 is brought to you by The Ark with the support of an Arts Council Touring Award.

FRIdAy, ApRIl 25Th.

“A Powerful piece of work".

The Irish times

BIGGER pIcTuRE pROJEcTs pREsENTs

based on a true story of an adopted person's search for identity Time 8pm price €15/ €12

A poignant and humorous account of a woman turned detective on a mission to reveal the truth. ‘From a very early age I was told I was adopted. In fairness I think my parents had no choice but to tell me, what with me being redheaded with pale skin in a family with dark skin and dark hair – this made it pretty obvious that something wasn’t right. While I loved being able to say I was adopted when I was a child (because it made me feel exotic), I also learned that it was a word that was used by adults with a dropped voice. ‘Bad blood will out’ was a phrase that was often thrown around in conversation in relation to adopted children in 70’s and 80’s Ireland.’

Based on a true story of an adopted person’s search for identity.

“A gentle, sad, funny delight”. Sunday Independent

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sATuRdAy, ApRIl 26Th RIvERBANK FAMIly cINEMA pREsENTs

RAcING sTRIpEs

For Kids

Time price

2pm 13

Dir: Frederick Du Chau / USA / 2005 / 102 mins / Cert: PG Starring Frankie Muniz, Bruce Greenwood, Mandy Moore and M. Emmet Walsh Racing Stripes is the story of a baby zebra who is accidentally abandoned by a travelling circus during a thunderstorm and rescued and raised by widowed horse farmer Nolan Walsh and his winsome daughter Channing in Kentucky.

The zebra, dubbed Stripes by the girl (and voiced by Freddie Muniz), grows up thinking he is a horse and determines to become a racehorse, longing to train with real horses on the nearby estate of dastardly millionaire breeder Clara Dalrymple (Malick).

But while he enjoys warmth and friendship from the animals on the farm like grumpy old Shetland pony Tucker (voiced by Dustin Hoffman) and wise old goat Franny, he is scorned by the horses who taunt him about his appearance and lack of breeding. All, that is, except the sexy filly Sandy who takes a shine to him.

‘Get the Family geared up for Punchestown Festival with this racing themed film’

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8pm 16

Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen (USA 2013) Cert: 15A Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake. F Murray Abraham Language: English

€3 Coffee & Cake CAke CA ke Deal DeAll DeA

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INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles-some of them of his own making. - Cannes Film Festival 2013

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wEdNEsdAy, ApRIl 30Th

cAllBAcK ThEATRE pREsENTs

FREd & AlIcE

By JOhN shEEhy

Time price

8pm 115/112

A blistering head wreck played at a hilarious pace!

It’s not easy to get by in this crazy old world is it? Fred and Alice have discovered that all you really need are 2 tennis rackets, a freezer full of ready meals and an immature coping strategy.

It was love at first sight for Alice. Fred didn’t talk to her again for years but then eventually Fred got used to her and it was love at first sight for him too.

From their days in care, to independent living, Fred and Alice negotiate the perils and pitfalls of life and love.

Come see this joyous celebration of individuality. **** Whirling Comedy - The Irish Times **** Irish Examiner **** Playstosee.com

post show discussion

ThuRsdAy, MAy IsT MusIc NETwORK pREsENTs

wE BANJO 3 Time 8pm price €15/€12 (family TickeT €40) We Banjo 3, awardees of Young Musicwide 2011, features Enda Scahill, Martin Howley and David Howley playing three tenor banjos, mandolins, tenor guitars, guitars, banjolin and vocals. Playing with swing and soul, We Banjo 3 effortlessly combines the best of Irish and Bluegrass banjo music while mining the rich vein of the American Old Time tradition. Modern rhythms, traditional melodies, virtuosic technique and innovative arrangements of music and song add up to an incredible feast of banjo and mandolin music.

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