Riverbank Arts Centre April to June 2011

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Riverbank Spring Season April to June 2011 Hello there, and welcome to a fresh and sprightly Spring season for April to June 2011. Last season saw some exciting developments at Riverbank with our upgrade to Digital Cinema and the development of a brand new children’s arts space at the centre. The benefits of these improvements are reflected this season with a host of exciting shows, workshops and exhibitions for families and children, and an Oscar worthy cinema line-up.

In other areas, we are delighted to welcome Paul Brady for what will be two very special nights of music at Riverbank. The Unthanks and Declan O’Rourke plus a special Bob Dylan evening also add to a great music line-up. We have three fabulous nights planned at the Keadeen Hotel with the return of Faulty Towers- the Dining Experience. The Parting Glass, Here We Are Again Still and The Quare Land are amongst our theatre highlights, while Neil Delamere and David McSavage will satisfy the comedy fans. Also, we have two exciting festival events taking place at Riverbank in May. A host of literary stars will be in attendance for the weekend of the Kildare Readers Festival, while the Bealtaine Festival brings a range of workshops, music with Ger Wolfe and theatre with Mary McEvoy to celebrate creativity in older age.

These events and much more are here for you to enjoy.

We look forward to seeing you soon, Hugh, Damien, Linda, Alex & all the team at Riverbank Arts Centre

BOOKING INFORMATION 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

Telephone bookings Box Office 045 448327

In Person Box Office,Riverbank Arts Centre Main St., Newbridge Co. Kildare Box Office: 045 448327 Main number: 045 448330 Email: boxoffice@riverbank.ie Join us on

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We open one and a half hours before showtime serving our bistro menu.

Cupcake Café, Riverbank, Newbridge.

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Kids’ parties at Cupcake Café Kids’ parties with face painting can be pre-booked when children’s plays or events are taking place in Riverbank. Please contact Elizabeth at 086 6173534 for more details.

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ApRIl

AT A GlANCE

Page

1st & 2nd

The Kings of the Kilburn High Road

8pm

115/ 112

6

2nd

Fantastical Storytelling with Niall de Burca

See Page 6

Free

6

3rd

It’s a cultural thing or is it? - A Traveller in progress

8pm

115/ 113

6

8pm

115/ 113

7

8th

Calmus Ensemble

9th

Picture Perfect A photographic workshop by Dragana Jurisic.

11am-1pm

110

8

9th

Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty

2pm & 4pm

18 *

8

9th

Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues

8pm

115/ 113

8

13th

The Unthanks

8pm

116/ 114

9

15 &16th

Neil Delamere

8pm

120

10

16th

Imaginary Creatures and Faraway Lands

2pm & 4pm

110

10

16th

Circus Stachamoose

2pm

18*

11

17th

The Quare Land

8pm

118/ 116

11

18th-23rd

Artzone Workshop

10am-2pm

155

12

18th-23rd

A Week With Wonderland

10am -3.30pm

160/ 185

12

20th

Easter Embroidery

10am - 1pm

110

13

21st

The Parting Glass

8pm

116/ 114

14

29th & 30th

An Evening with Paul Brady

8pm

137.50

14

30th

Making Stuff Up with Oisín McGann

See Pg 15

Free

15

30th

Undercover Workshop wirh Adrienne Geoghegan

115

15

110*

16

10am-12pm

5th-7th

Grease

11th

The Magnificent Mind of Daisy Dunne

11am

155

17

12th

The Pipe

8pm

16

18

13th-15th

Kildare Readers’ Festival

See Pg 18

See Pg 18

18

15th

Declan 0’Rourke

8pm

120

19

17th

expandance Over 60’s Dance Morning

11am-1.30pm

Free to Over 60’s 20

18th

Listen, Recite & Write Poetry: A Beginners Workshop

11am-12pm

Free to Over 60’s 20

18th

Bealtaine Film Screening: Julie & Julia

8pm

Free to Over 60’s 20

19th

Stringing Beads and Telling Stories

11am

Free

19th

Ger Wolfe

8pm

115/113 Free 21

20th

Fruitcake Starring Mary McEvoy

3pm

Free

3pm & 8pm

20

to Over 60’s

21

21st

Global Homes Workshop

See Pg 22

Free

22

21st

Making it 3-D Workshop

11am-1pm

110

22

21st

Somewhere Under the Rainbow

8pm

120/ 118

23

25th-28th

The Curious Savage

8pm

112/ 110

23

28th

The Joy of Writing Workshop

10.30am-3.30pm

125

23

28th

Studio AKA Presents Varmints

12pm & 2pm

Free

24

Page

4th

The Write Stuff Workshop

11pm-12.30pm

18.50

24

4th

Here we are again Still

8pm

115 /113

25

10-11th

Man1 Bank 0

8pm

118 /116

26

11th

Púca Puppets Presents Stone Soup

2pm

16

26

16th

Schnitzel Comedy Club Presents David McSavage

8pm

116/114

27

18th-19th

The World of Imagination

2pm & 8pm

110/15

27

23rd- 25th

Faulty Towers... the dining experience

7.30pm

145

28

25th

Read & Draw The Hugglewug Way!

11am-1pm

110

29

25th

Illustration Workshop with Niamh Sharkey

2pm - 4pm

110

29

30th

Around the World in 80 Days

8pm

110*

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July 1st

Trust Games

8pm

112 /110

29

May 7th to May 27th

The Counting Prophetess A solo exhibition of work by Jackie Askew

10am -5.30pm Mon-Fri

June 11th to July 1st

Es Hat So Sollen Sein A Projection & Drawing Installation of New Works

by Astrid Walsh

10am -5.30pm Mon-Fri

Apr 9th to May 7th

A Riddle A Photographic exhibition by Dragana Jurisic

10am -5.30pm Mon-Fri

June 11th to July 1st

Global Homes An Exhibition created by Michelle Browne

10am -5.30pm Mon-Fri

KIds

CINEMA

FOR KIds

VIsUAl ARTs

MARCh

JUNE

AT A GlANCE

Free

30

Free

30

Free

31

Free

31

10am-1pm Saturday 10am-1pm Saturday

10am-1pm Saturday 10am-1pm Saturday

Apr 4th

Blue Valentine

8pm

16

7

Apr 11th

Biutiful

8pm

16

9

Apr 18th

Of Gods and Men

8pm

16

13

May 2nd

NEDs

8pm

16

16

May 9th

Confessions

8pm

16

17

May 16th

Rabbit Hole

8pm

16

19

May 30th

Animal Kingdom

8pm

16

24

June 6th

As If I am not There

8pm

16

25

June 13th

Submarine

8pm

16

26

June 20th

The Chorus

8pm

16

27

May 21st

Despicable Me

2pm

13

22

June 4th

The Secret of Kells

2pm

13

25

June 25th

Spirited Away

2pm

13

28

Music Workshops

Theatre

Comedy

Visual Arts

Childrens Event Cinema

Kids Cinema

Riverbank Cinema Club: Season membership only €45

Literature

Cinema

*Family of 4 for 130

€3 Coffee & Cake Deal

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

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FRIdAy ApRIl 1sT ANd sATURdAy ApRIl 2Nd

dROIChEAd NUA plAyERs pREsENT

ThE KINGs OF ThE KIlBURN hIGh ROAd

By JIMMy MURphy.

Time price

8pm €15/€12

A group of six young men leave their homes in the West of Ireland in the mid seventies with dreams of making their fortunes in London and returning home as Kings. Twenty five years later and, in a coffin, one of the group - Jackie Flavin - finally makes it home.

The Kings of the Kilburn High Road takes place on the day that the remainder of the group, now a lot older than they were, get together to wake Jackie and to reflect on their own lives, the loss of their dreams and their place in a society that no longer needs them. Or does it?

Droichead Nua Players was formed in 2003 by John Bowdren, a native of Newbridge in Co. Kildare. Special Thanks to : Paddy Melia, Frances Nolan, Liz Malone.

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FANTAsTICAl sTORyTEllING wITh NIAll dE BúRCA Time price

12pm-1pm and 2pm-3pm Free (places are limiTed, booking essenTial) suiTable For ages 6 +

Haughty kings, lovable giants, pesky ghosts & your everyday tyrants, join Niall de Burca for a fantastical storytelling session...

Since Niall de Búrca returned to his native Ireland in 2001 he has been changing the way Irish children and adults listen to stories. Famous for his interactive style of telling, Niall’s performance is one of great energy, humour and lyrical guile which brings the most fantastical characters alive for your imagination.

sUNdAy ApRIl 3Rd

IT’s A CUlTURAl ThING OR Is IT? - A TRAVEllER IN pROGREss Time price

8pm €15/€13

‘It’s a cultural thing or is it? - A Traveller in progress’ is based on the life experiences of Michael Collins, a Traveller, who remembers his childhood through innocent eyes.

The performance sees Michael going from living in the fields of Kilbeggan in a barrel top wagon to living in a tent at the top of Prosperous Hill. He describes his family’s journey to Dublin to join the other Travellers who started the exodus to Dublin as a result of changes in the social welfare system and the end of the traditional way of life…

This is a fast paced sequence of stories that are a microcosm of the history of the Traveller community over the past 40 years. Starring Michael Collins as himself, with Patricia McCarthy as the narrator. Directed by Mick Rafferty.

‘Entertaining, enriching and provocative’ Irish Times 16

For Kids

APril - June 2011 MONdAy 4Th ApRIl RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

BlUE VAlENTINE Time price

monday cinema club

cinema

8pm 16

Dir: Derek Cianfrance/USA /2010 /120 mins/Cert: 16/ Language: English Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Ben Shenkman and Reila Aphrodite Blue Valentine is an intimate, shattering portrait of a disintegrating marriage.

On the far side of a once-passionate romance, Cindy (Michelle Williams) and Dean (Ryan Gosling) are married with a young daughter. Hoping to save their marriage, they steal away to a theme hotel. Throughout the film, we are privy to the early days of their relationship, when they met and fell in love—full of life and hope. Gosling and Williams bring an intensity and emotional honesty to their roles in this truly moving film. *Michelle Williams was nominated for Best Actress €3 Coffee at 2011 Academy Awards & Cake Deal

FRIdAy FRIdA dA dA Ay y Ap ApRIl RIl 8Th

MUsIC NETwORK pREsENTs

CAlMUs ENsEMBlE Time: price

8pm €15/€13

National Music Day

Calmus Ensemble (Germany): Anja Lipfert, soprano / Sebastian Krause, alto / Tobias Pöche, tenor / Ludwig Böhme, baritone / Joe Roesler, bass For over ten years the remarkable Calmus Ensemble has wowed audiences with its unique style of acapella singing, blending five scintillating and soulful voices – four male and one female – in a clear-voiced, perfectly balanced ensemble. Originally formed by five graduates of the St. Thomas Boys‘ Choir, Leipzig, the group added the glittering soprano voice of Anja Lipfert in 2001 in order to expand their repertoire, which now encompasses everything from Gregorian chants, Irish airs, jazz and folk songs to the music of Palestrina, Bach and Debussy. Acclaimed for its flawless intonation and extraordinary harmonic amalgam, this award-winning ensemble has toured extensively worldwide.

“Technically stunning singers, but equally important, their interpretive talents and musicality are matchless… they bring passion to their interpretations and whatever they sing to glorious life.” Desert Morning News (Salt Lake City)

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sATURdAy ApRIl 9Th

pICTURE pERFECT A phOTOGRAphIC wORKshOp By dRAGANA JURIsIC.

Time price

11am-1pm 110 (suiTable For ages 7-12 yrs)

Join photographer Dragana Jurisic in this fun, interactive and educational workshop and learn how to use a digital camera to capture that ‘perfect’ moment. You’ll be training your creative eye and get technical skills to help you take those special photographs such as Grannie with her cup of tea or your pet dog doing a leap in the air.

The world around you is waiting to be captured!

With plenty of hands-on camera exercises you will amongst other things take part in a themed photo shoot as well as take close-up photographs. A selection of your photographs will be displayed in the gallery next to Dragana’s work giving you a special opportunity to showcase your work to friends and family. No previous camera knowledge required.

For further information see www.draganajurisic.com For further information on the exhibition see page 31

sATURdAy ApRIl 9Th pAUlA lAMBERT pUppET ThEATRE pREsENTs

slEEpING BEAUTy

Time price

2pm and 4pm. €8 (Family 4 For €30)

For Kids

The Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre is internationally renowned for its many fine productions in theatres throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe.

Paula Lambert was the ‘Bosco’ voice 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 show. Sleeping Beauty is a beautifully produced show with large puppets, colourful sets and exquisite lighting. Suitable for an age group up to ten years of age.

sATURdAy ApRIl 9Th

BOB dylAN & ThE pOETRy OF ThE BlUEs

AN EVENING wITh wRITER MIChAEl GRAy Time: 8pm price 115/ 113 This is more one-man-show than talk. With wit and style, the author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia and Song & Dance Man III: The Art Of Bob Dylan definitive studies of Dylan’s 50-year body of work - uses great records and rare footage to show how hugely Dylan has been inspired by the blues and how much of its poetry has been smuggled inside his own, highly influential writing.

Michael Gray’s events are always lively & spontaneous, witty and acute, using unpredictable slices of loud music to offer a thoroughly entertaining, fresh account of Dylan’s achievement and a thrilling exposition of blues & its poetry.

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APril - June 2011 MONdAy ApRIl 11Th RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

monday cinema club

BIUTIFUl Time price

cinema

8pm 16

Dir: Alejandro González Iñárritu / Mexico / 2010 / 147 mins / Cert: 15 Language: Spanish Cert: 16, Starring: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella and Eduard Fernández This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who’s sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.

Javier Bardem gives an outstanding performance, a tour-de-force, intense and sensitive in equal measure. €3 Coffee & Cake Deal

Javier Bardem nominated for Best Actor at the 2011 Academy Awards.

Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2011 Academy Awards.

wEdNEsdAy ApRIl 13Th

ThE UNThANKs

Time 8pm price €16/€14 The Mercury Music Prize nominated Tyneside sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank have become most legendary for their live performances and Riverbank Arts Centre is delighted to be able to bring you a night with this superb act.

Empathetic stories of love, loss, birth, death, brawls and booze make for a rollercoaster ride through the human condition, as Rachel and Becky’s folk-club unaccompanied singing upbringing is set against otherworldly musical pictures, arranged by a band with influences from Steve Reich to Miles Davies, Martin Hayes to Robert Wyatt, Portishead to Sufjan Stevens.

It’s hard to conceive how music could sound so traditional and adventurous at once. It is a spell that has earned them fans as disperate as members of Radiohead and Portishead, Nick Hornby, Elvis Costello, Robert Wyatt, Ewan McGregor, Ryan Adams, Paul Morley, Ben Folds, Rosanne Cash and Dawn French! Described by Britain’s leading music journalist Paul Morley as both “supernaturally ancient and defiantly modern, as coldly desolate as achingly intimate”, The Unthanks occupy unique ground. The Unthanks will play music from their new album, as well as from their previous records, including The Bairns, which featured in both the The Guardian and Uncut’s Best Albums of the Decade, all genres, worldwide - the only British folk album to do so. “once in a blue moon type of every now and again, you hear music that is so complete, so wonderful, unique and yet familiar that it stops you in your tracks. They have that blue moon magic about them, and they have it in spades” BBC Music

‘Intimate, epic, overflowing with feeling and musical intelligence’ The Independent For more visit www.the-unthanks.com

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FRIdAy ApRIl 15Th & sATURdAy ApRIl 16Th

NEIl dElAMERE

IMplEMENT OF dIVIlMENT Time price

8pm €20

Star of RTE’s The Panel, BBC’s The Blame Game, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and most recently host of Republic of Telly, Neil Delamere returns with his usual mix of quick-fire banter and hilarious storytelling in his fantastic new show ‘Implement of Divilment’.

Delamere’s distinct style of seriously sharp, observational humour and hilarious anecdotes makes him a unique and much loved stand-up performer. In his latest show, Neil explains which exercise classes are bad for you, how to reconstruct a corpse and what to do when a man jumps on to the bonnet of your car.

Don’t miss this comedy powerhouse, armed with his razor sharp wit as he delights audiences with an extensive collection of brand new, side splitting material.

“No TV camera could accurately measure the lightning speed of Delamere’s wit” ***** – Irish Times.

“Delamere is a banter bomb, primed to make you explode with laughter….Simply put, he is a master” – The Scotsman. *****

For Kids

sATURdAy ApRIl 16Th

IMAGINARy CREATUREs ANd FARAwAy lANds wRITING wORKshOp wITh JANE MITChEll Time price

2pm-4pm 110 suiTable For 10-14year olds

A workshop for a mixed group of budding young writers from 10-14 years, this event will combine a mix of writing tasks and activities. With an emphasis on fun, Imaginary Creatures and Faraway Lands will provide young writers with the fundamentals of writing story, including plot and structure, characterization, setting, language and editing. Bring pens, pencils, paper and lots of imagination!

Jane Mitchell is a published award-winning author and ex-primary school teacher. See her website for more information: www.janemitchell.ie

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sATURdAy ApRIl 16Th

A

yOUR MAN’s pUppETs pREsENTs

For CIRCUs sTAChAMOOsE Kids Time price

2pm 18 (Family 4 For 130) suiTable For 4+

The Circus Stachamoose from Your Man’s Puppets introduces us to the theatrical delights from the intrepid Stachamoose brothers, who hail from the mist-shrouded Orient.

Vlado, the magician, is the sombre, enigmatic master of arts of varying degrees of darkness, while Elmer is, in Bob Dylan’s memorable phrase, really just a song-and-dance man. These suspiciously similar-looking brothers display an energetic mix of physical comedy and manual dexterity using a nicely balanced blend of mischievous humour and accomplished puppeteer skills.

The brothers are joined by Jub-Jub, variously described as that dexterous dog, performing pooch and clowning canine. While no one of a romantic disposition will be able to resist the Hansters – part hand, part hamster – and their tale of true love.

A special guest performance is provided in a death-defying tightrope act by a mysteriously shrunken Little Brother.

As nice a slice of surreal humour as you’re likely to witness this year.

sUNdAy ApRIl 17Th

ThE QUARE lANd sTARRING dEs KEOGh ANd FRANK O’sUllIVAN

Time: price

8pm €18/€16

Starring Des Keogh and Frank O’Sullivan, The Quare Land is set in a house in Cavan where Hugh Pugh is about to take his first bath in four years.

His bathing is disturbed by Rob McNulty, a developer on the verge of NAMA wanting to buy a field. Hugh conducts negotiations from his bathtub and is reluctant to sell while McNulty pulls out all the stops to complete the sale, but it is unlikely that either will be happy with the eventual outcome. The quick-fire banter between the two characters escalates into an epic finale as both try to reason each other into submission.

A parable of the Celtic Tiger, The Quare Land examines motivation, greed and money in a humorous, caustic and incisive way.

Hidden in the constant argument is a discourse on a society obsessed with development but blind to the implications of progress on ordinary people’s lives.

With wit and humour, this play reveals some home truths about ambition guaranteed to generate roars of laughter.

‘This play is likely to be hugely popular wherever it travels to’-Irish Theatre Magazine

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MONdAy 18Th TO sATURdAy 23Rd ApRIl (dAy OFF ON 22Nd FOR GOOd FRIdAy)

ARTzONE wORKshOp Time 10am To 2pm price €55 For The week age suiTabiliTy: group one 5-7yrs // group Two 8-12 yrs

The ever popular Art Zone return to Riverbank Arts Centre this mid-term. It will be hard to beat the excellent Portfolios and themes previously worked on but the Artzone teachers love a challenge! They believe they’ve cracked it with their Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (that’s Willie Wonka to us parents) themed Portfolios for both younger and older groups.

For Kids

Art Zone teachers have worked to design the best portfolio of art, crafts, stories and games yet experienced! This workshop is divided into two groups- 5-7yrs and 8-12yrs.

As always, early booking advised.

MONdAy ApRIl 18Th TO sATURdAy ApRIl 23Rd (dAy OFF ON 22Nd FOR GOOd FRIdAy)

A wEEK wITh wONdERlANd ThEATRE wORKshOp wITh wONdERlANd pROdUCTIONs Time price

10am To 3.30pm €60 or €85 incl lunch

For Kids

suiTable For 7-12 year olds

Back by popular demand!

Wonderland invites 7-12 year olds into its colourful world of drama, music, dance, puppetry, comedy, and theatre design, for a weeklong camp culminating in a fabulous showcase for friends and family.

(NB: This is a re-scheduled workshop, limited places still available)

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APril - June 2011

MONdAy ApRIl 18Th RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

OF GOds ANd MEN

Time price

monday cinema club

8pm 16

cinema

Dir Xavier Beauvois / France / 2009 / 120 mins / Cert: 15A / Language: French Starring: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin and Loïc Pichon Brotherhood. Religions. Faith. Martyrdom. Love. French monks are living, working and praying in a catholic monastery in Algeria in the ‘90s civil war. Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, they must decide whether to leave or stay. The film takes up universal values that, regardless of the god we believe in, cannot be repudiated. The work, which poses religious questions but is also universally spiritual, was based on real events that the director conceals until the very end, thereby strengthening the impact of his already powerful film.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA 2011 €3 Coffee & Cake Deal

wEdNEsdAy ApRIl 20Th

EAsTER EMBROIdERy A wORKshOp wITh pAGET sCOTT-MCCARThy

Time price

10 am-1 pm 110 suiTable For 8-14yrs

Come and create Easter cards and badges using embroidery, card and felt! You’ll learn how to use a needle to create different stitches for your very own creations. Let your imagination run free and create your own designs inspired by the holiday season. As well as using different stitches you’ll learn about sewing with felt, card and paper.

Paget is an applied graphics designer. She teaches embroidery, fashion illustration and sewing skills at Grafton Fashion Academy, NCAD and Textile Workshop Dublin. She also does freelance work from her studio at the Irish Design Shop. www.pagetscottmccarthy.com www.designfingers.blogspot.com

For Kids

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ThURsdAy ApRIl 21sT AxIs, BAllyMUN & dONAl shIEls pREsENT

ThE pARTING GlAss

By dERMOT BOlGER Time 8pm price €16/ €14 Written by Dermot Bolger // Directed by Mark O’Brien // Performed by Ray Yeates.

“Thierry Henry is there to stretch out his hand for two illicit flicks of his wrist - one to stop the ball crossing the by-line, the second to tee it up for a flick across the box for Gallas to score.”

Where were you when our World Cup dreams were dashed?

Eoin was at the heart of the drama in Stade de France, Nov 18th 2009.

Reunited with Mick and Shane, the three amigos on that fateful night…After emigrating to Germany to find work during the 80’s, Eoin made a new life for himself with the help of his wife Frieda and son Dieter. Now he returns to an Ireland that has boomed and bust.’. * * * * The Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, The Guardian, Irish Examiner “A rare achievement” The Irish Times “A remarkable piece of storytelling” Sunday Business Post FRIdAy ApRIl 29Th ANd sATURdAy ApRIl 30Th

AN EVENING wITh pAUl BRAdy Time price

8pm €37.50

One of Ireland’s most enduringly popular artists. Paul Brady, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist needs no introduction.

With an incredible music career behind him, 2010 saw Paul releasing his 14th solo album, ‘Hooba Dooba’ to widespread acclaim, with Hot Press editor Niall Stokes saying ‘This is by far Paul Brady’s most assured and deepest album since the seminal Hard Station.’

Paul Brady continues to push out the boundaries not only of his own talent but of Irish contemporary music. A great opportunity to see this musician in the intimate setting of Riverbank.

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APril - June 2011

sATURdAy ApRIl 30Th

‘UNdERCOVER’ wITh AdRIENNE GEOGhEGAN CREATE yOUR VERy OwN pICTURE BOOK, ANd dEsIGN A MATChING BOOKMARK! Time

10am To 12pm

price age suiTabiliTy:

€15 suiTable For 5-8 yrs

From cover to cover, take your imagination on this extraordinary book-making journey with author and illustrator Adrienne Geoghegan.

Using your funniest, favourite or most fearful memories for inspiration, map out your story’s beginning, middle, and end.

What will YOUR characters look like? What will YOUR plot be?

Adrienne Geoghegan is delighted to take you through this magical process, so that your memories, whether funny, festive or fortunate, will never fade.

sATURdAy ApRIl 30Th

MAKING sTUFF Up

For Kids

REAdING sEssIONs wITh OIsíN MCGANN Time price

2pm To 3pm suiTable For under 8yrs 3.30pm To 4.30pm suiTable For 8 To 12yrs Free Making stuff up is a fun-filled, inspirational reading session with author and illustrator Oisín McGann.

Oisin has written and illustrated numerous books for children, including the Mad Grandad series, The Forbidden Files series, two short retellings of Irish legends, The Goblin of Tara and The Evil Eye, seven novels and two new novellas in the Armouron series for younger readers titled, The Armoured Ghost and Lying Eyes.

(Each session is tailored to suit the specified age group above)

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MONdAy MAy 2Nd RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

NEds Time price

monday cinema club

8pm 16

Dir: Peter Mullan / Scotland / 2010/ 124 mins / Cert: 18 / Language: English Starring: Conor McCarron, Gregg Forrest, Joe Szula, Mahari Anderson, Gary Miligan, John Joe Hay and Peter Mullan Glasgow, 1973. On the brink of adolescence, young John McGill’s about to start secondary school. He’s a bright, sensitive boy, eager to learn, but the cards are stacked high against him. The McGill family is poor, his father a drunken bully. His teachers - punishing John for the ‘sins’ of his older brother Benny - are down on him from the start. And then there are the gangs, the NEDs- NonEducated Delinquents. Bad boys with weapons and attitude: cheap drugs, glam rock, fumbling sex, the violence and the camaraderie of the streets. John takes to the savage life of the streets with a vengeance. But as his rage and frustration spin him further and further out of control, he is left facing a blank wall and one extraordinary chance of redemption. €3 Coffee & Cake Deal

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GREAsE

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Thurs 5Th & Fri 6Th, 8pm saT 7Th, 3pm & 8pm price €10 (Four For €30) Danny, Sandy, The Pink Ladies and The T-Birds, join Brian Brady Youth Theatre for the hit sing-along show Grease at Riverbank Arts Centre

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APril - June 2011

MONdAy MAy 9Th RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

CONFEssIONs Time price

monday cinema club

cinema

8pm 16

Dir: Tetsuya Nakashima / Japan / 2010 / 106 mins / Cert: Club / Language: Japanese . Starring: Takako Matsu, Yoshino Kimura, Masaki Okada, Yukito Nishii, Kaoru Fujiwara and Ai Hashimoto Impassive before a class where lack of interest and disorder reign, a teacher begins a long monologue that culminates in an overwhelming revelation: the accident that took her daughter´s life wasn´t an accident, but a murder perpetrated by two of her students. This is the disconcerting beginning of Tetsuya Nakashima’s new film, a pure gem where confessions revolving around a crime whose culprits we already know come one after another and even so, it hypnotizes the spectator while lubricating its vindictive machinery behind the scenes. A fragmented, icy thriller and a terrifying sociological study.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar 2011 €3 Coffee & Cake Deal

wEdNEsdAy MAy 11Th

ThE MAGNIFICENT MINd OF dAIsy dUNNE

Time price

11am €5 suiTable For ages 6yrs +

Daisy is gifted.

When she was 5, she drew a map of the world on the kitchen wall. At the age of 8, she took her father’s car apart and put it back together again. By the time she was 12, she was invited to study science and mathematics at university. With each birthday, Daisy becomes more devoted to finding answers to the world’s most puzzling questions. That is until her childhood friend Mittens, teaches her the one thing she doesn’t know- life’s most important lesson.

Cups and Crowns present this wonderful, original story about a gifted girl and her extraordinary friend.

Directed by Fiona McDonagh

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Special Screening ThURsdAy MAy 12Th RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

ThE pIpE Time price

8pm €6 nb: special school screenings available on request contact 045 448327 for details.

A compelling documentary film four years in the making, The Pipe tells the story of the small Rossport community which has taken on the might of Shell Oil and the Irish State.

The discovery of gas off this remote coastal village has led to the most dramatic clash of cultures in modern Ireland. The rights of farmers over their fields, and of fishermen to their fishing grounds, has come in direct conflict with one of the world’s most powerful oil companies. When the citizens look to their State to protect their rights, they find that the government has put Shell’s right to lay a pipeline over their own.

Following the personal experience of three main characters at the height of local tension, The Pipe is a story of a community tragically divided, and the prospect of a pipeline that can bring economic prosperity or destroy of a way of life shared for generations.

The Pipe – Winner of The George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at the IFTAs 2011.

FRIdAy MAy 13Th, sATURdAy MAy 14Th & sUNdAy MAy 15Th

KIldARE REAdERs FEsTIVAl Time

For Full schedule visiT www.kildarereadersfestival.ie or www.riverbank.ie A full weekend of literary delights for bookworms, writers and readers alike. The 2011 Kildare Readers Festival will include author readings, interviews and signings, a walking tour, music and an opportunity to meet with other book lovers.

This year the festival welcomes Alex Barclay, Kevin Barry, Dermot Bolger, Garlo Gebler, Arlene Hunt, Peter Sheridan and many more.

For further details and the full festival programme visit www.kildarereadersfestival.ie

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AAPril - June 2011

sUNdAy MAy 15Th

AN EVENING wITh dEClAN O’ROURKE Time price

8pm (no supporT acT) €20

‘Big Bad Beautiful World’ and the much loved song ‘Galileo’ are just two of the earworms that have contributed to Declan O’Rourke’s success.

Formerly one of Ireland’s best kept secrets, rave reviews for his debut album ‘Since Kyabram’, a growing international fanbase and an enviable collection of eminent devotees, including Paul Weller, Snow Patrol and Kate Rusby, have changed that.

The simplicity of great songs, a unique voice, understated charm, and quick-wittedness make him highly endearing to see live, and he is equally at home playing to one person as he is to thousands.

Following the release of his new album on April 9th, this Riverbank session will be a two-piece show with Declan O’Rourke and percussion. A memorable night is in store for all.

“It’s a rare gift that his music can bear comparison with so many classic-era troubadours while still sounding utterly original” - Uncut Magazine

MONdAy MAy 16Th RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

RABBIT hOlE Time price

monday cinema club

cinema

8pm 16

Dir: John Cameron Mitchell / USA / 2010 / 91 mins / Cert: 15A / Language: English. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard and Sandra Oh The screen adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David LindsayAbaire, Rabbit Hole, directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) is about a husband and wife who fight to save their marriage after the deepest form of loss. The film is a vivid, honest, and unexpectedly funny portrait of a family searching for what remains possible in the most impossible of situations.

Nicole Kidman nominated for Best Actress at Academy Awards 2011

€3 Coffee & Cake Deal

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Bealtaine is the Irish arts festival celebrating creativity in older age. To mark this occasion, Riverbank Arts Centre in partnership with Kildare County Council Arts and Health Programme presents a week of workshops and events in celebration of the Bealtaine Festival 2011…

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expandance OVER 60s dANCE MORNING:

Time price

11am -1:30pm Free to over 60s

It’s never too late to learn to dance!

As part of the Bealtaine Festival celebrations, join expandance for this very special morning of dance. Keep fit, maintain flexibility, strength, balance, and co-ordination with stretch exercises, relaxation techniques, and dance sequences to music. Participants will be taught elements of Pilates-based exercises, ballet, social dance (Waltz & Slosh) and dance theatre. All combinations can be done either seated or standing. Based on the expandance technique, Alicia Christofi-Walshe guides participants in a class and video viewing session. The class happens in two sessions with a tea break in between and concludes with a video viewing. (N.B: Workshop can be carried our seated or standing. Wheelchair Accessible) wEdNEsdAy MAy 18Th

CElEBRATING BEAlTAINE: lIsTEN, RECITE ANd wRITE pOETRy A BEGINNERs wORKshOp

Time price

11am To 12pm Free (places are limiTed, booking essenTial)

A joyful participative workshop of poetry sharing, poetry listening and poetry making. Learn how to write a Haiku in half an hour and more. Facilitated by Kildare storyteller Julie Duane Bring your favourite inspirational poem to share in the workshop If you already write poetry, bring copies of your most joyful and inspirational poems.

If all you want to do is listen, just do that...just come along and enjoy yourself

wEdNEsdAy MAy 18Th BEAlTAINE FIlM sCREENING…

JUlIE & JUlIA Time 8pm price Free to over 60s Julia Child and Julie Powell - both of whom wrote memoirs - find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible. Starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams.

Date & Time subject to change, please check with Riverbank Box Office or on www.riverbank.ie for details

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Sppeecciiaall Screening

ThURsdAy MAy 19Th

sTRINGING BEAds ANd TEllING sTORIEs

Time 11am price Free (Places limited, booking essential) A highly engaging story telling workshop in which participants are invited to share and construct the elements of their own life stories.

Join storyteller Susie Minto and string together the stories of your life. Using a single bead to represent individual times in your life, participants will be invited to select beads and share the different memories, moments and stories they have experienced.

Susie Minto has a deep love for stories and their energy.

She enjoys telling all kinds of tales - traditional stories and legends from her Scottish roots and from many world cultures, as well as personal anecdotes and spontaneous stories straight from her imagination.

ThURsdAy MAy 19Th

AN EVENING OF sONG wITh

GER wOlFE Time price

8pm 115 / 113 Free For over 60s

Join the outstanding singer-songwriter Ger Wolfe, the man who brought us ‘The Curra Road’, on an unforgettable musical adventure, touching on his myriad influences from folk to blues, country and pop.

With gems such as ‘The Lark of Mayfield’ and ‘No Bird Sang’, and exciting new songs inspired by his time as writer in residence listening to the stories of the older members of the Múscraí Gaeltacht in Cork.

“When I hear him play live he carries me up and away” said Christy Moore of songwriter Ger Wolfe who is on the road again, celebrating his new C.D. release ‘Fréamh-Root’.

In the company of a new line-up of top class players Edel Sullivan (violin), Paul Frost (double bass) and Richard Lucey (button accordion), We can also expect trad. playing of the highest calibre including some new polkas composed by Ger such as ‘The Gooseberry Jacket’!

This nationwide tour is presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award Scheme and the Arts Council.

FRIdAy MAy 20Th

FRUITCAKE

sTARRING MARy MCEVOy Time price

3pm Free (booking essential)

Starring Mary McEvoy, Fruitcake starts off as a cookery demonstration but is in fact an account of one woman’s life and how each ingredient reminds her of past memories and decisions made which ultimately changed the course of her life. Even though some lessons came late she now lives a fruitful, productive life because of this.

Funny and poignant, this play has something for everyone. Fruitcake by Alice Barry was commissioned by Meath County Council Arts Office and first performed as part of the Meath Bealtaine Festival 2010. A co-production with Noggin Theatre Company, Fruitcake is touring as part of the 2011 Bealtaine festival to 11 counties and 25 venues. Kildare County Council Arts Service, in association with Riverbank Arts Centre will also present an outreach performance of Fruitcake at St. Vincent’s Hospital Athy.

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dEspICABlE ME time Price

2Pm 13

Dir: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud & Sergio Pablos/ 2010 / 94 mins / Cert: G Language: English Gru is a super villain with aspirations of greatness. With his army of minions, and the help of mad scientist Dr. Nefario, Gru has stolen both the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower…but sadly only the mini-versions from Vegas. Making matters worse is the arrival of a new super villain, Vector. Having pulled of the crime of the century, which saw him steal the Pyramid of Giza, Vector is at the top of the tree.

Gru, who is in no mood to play second fiddle to this new kid on the block, devises a devious plan to get revenge, and all he needs to do is coerce three orphans, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, into helping him. Containing a whole lot of heart, not to mention more than just a dash of invention, Despicable Me is that most rare thing: a movie the whole family can (and most likely will) enjoy.

sATURdAy MAy 21sT

GlOBAl hOMEs A FAMIly wORKshOp wITh MIChEllE BROwNE. Time price

10.30am-12pm / 1-2.30 pm / 3-4.30 pm Free (places are limiTed, booking essenTial) suiTable For ages 7-100

Calling all families, children and adults alike...join Michelle Browne to imagine and create your ideal home.

Looking at different houses from around the world, thinking about sustainability and the environment, the whole family will build their own constructions, using recyclable materials in a fun and colourful way, to explore how we live.

The finished pieces will become a part of the Global Homes exhibition in which Michelle will turn the gallery into a streetscape.

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sATURdAy MAy 21sT

MAKING IT 3-d wRITING wORKshOp wITh shEENA wIlKINsON Time price

11am To 1pm 110 suiTable For 11yrs+

Whether you write about people or animals, vampires or aliens, characters whom readers can care about

are at the centre of all the best stories. Novelist and short-story writer Sheena Wilkinson’s lively, interactive workshop will help young writers create characters and situations, which leap from the page to become the heart of believable narratives.

Through a series of collaborative tasks and individual exercises, learn to make strong, believable, 3-D, characters, and build narratives around them. This workshop is suitable for writers of all levels, from 11+: enthusiasm and imagination are all that’s needed. Sheena Wilkinson is an experienced 22 workshop facilitator who loves engaging with readers and writers, second only to writing itself.

sATURdAy MAy 21sT

sOMEwhERE UNdER ThE RAINBOw: ThE lIzA MINNEllI sTORy sTARRING shARON sExTON Time price

8pm €20/€18

What is Life Like, Living Somewhere Under The Rainbow?

Beneath the surface of sequins, feathers and razzle dazzle that is so often associated with Miss Liza Minnelli, lies a truly captivating character, who has lived one of the toughest, most fascinating and remarkable lives in show business!

Sharon Sexton (a Kildare native) presents an outstanding portrait of Liza, ‘The Musical Theatre Sensation’.

Join Liza in the intimate setting of her dressing room as she performs pieces from her infamous musical catalogue and shares the secrets, stories and memories that make up a mesmerising career, including the memories of what was undoubtedly the most demanding role she ever played, that of “Judy Garland’s Daughter”.

“Sharon Sexton’s uncanny resemblance to a young Liza is striking. But her capacity to get under the skin of her icon is her real skill”.

Featuring the hits “Mein Herr”, “Some People”, “Cabaret”, “Stepping Out”, “New York, New York” and more!

wEdNEsdAy 25Th TO sATURdAy 28Th MAy NEwBRIdGE dRAMA pREsENTs

ThE CURIOUs sAVAGE AN AMERICAN COMEdy By JOhN pATRICK Time price

8pm nighTly €12/€10

Mrs Savage has been left ten million dollars by her husband and wants to put it to good use by helping ordinary people realise their dreams. However, her greedy step-children have other ideas…they promptly commit her to ‘Cloisters’ and set about trying to obtain her fortune, and so the story unfolds…

This Newbridge Drama production is set in ‘The Cloisters’ institution, Massachusetts, USA in the 1950’s, The Curious Savage compares the behaviour of the gentle inmates of this mental institution with people in the outside “normal” world, represented by the Savage family.

Cast: Aoife Byrne, Cormac Brady, Jo McMahon, Joe O’Neill, Brid Leddy, Karen Breslin, Bro Michael Broderick, Ester Crilly, Mary Doyle, Con Cummins, Sean McElroy. Director: Justin Brady. Set Design: Tommy Berwick

sATURdAy MAy 28Th

ThE JOy OF wRITING wRITING shORT FICTION - CREATIVE wRITING wORKshOp Time price

10.30am - 3.30pm (lunch break 12.30-1.30pm) 125

Join author Susan Lanigan for an intense one-day creative writing workshop for adults. With a focus on writing short fiction, Susan will engage participants in writing exercises as well as some role-play to capture dialogue. Carried out in a relaxed environment, the usual constraints against imaginative wandering are lifted. A must for those interested in writing or writers in the throes of their own project.

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Special Screening

sATURdAy MAy 28Th

sTUdIO AKA pREsENTs

VARMINTs

24 MINUTE ANIMATION FIlM By MARC CRAsTE Time price

12pm & 2pm Free (places limiTed, booking advised) suiTable For ages 10+

In the face of overwhelming urbanization, indifference and recklessness, a small creature struggles to preserve a remnant of the peace he once knew. His selfless acts of love plant the seeds of change that will ultimately prove the salvation of his world.

But at what cost to himself...

MONdAy MAy 30Th RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

ANIMAl KINGdOM Time price

monday cinema club

8pm 16

Dir: David Michôd / Australia / 2009 / 112 mins / Cert:15A Starring: Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver and James Frecheville Welcome to the jungle known as the Melbourne underworld. Animal Kingdom uses this edgy locale to unspool a gripping tale of survival and revenge. Pope Cody, an armed robber on the run from a gang of renegade detectives, is in hiding, surrounded by his roughneck friends and family. Soon, Pope’s nephew, Joshua “J” Cody, arrives and moves in with his hitherto-estranged relatives.

When tensions between the family and the police reach a bloody peak, “J” finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family upside down.

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ThE wRITE sTUFF .

Time price

€3 Coffee & Cake Deal

For Kids

wRITING wORKshOp wITh pOET ANd ChIldREN’s wRITER ENdA wylEy y 11pm To 12.30pm 18.50 (suiTable For ages 8-12 yrs)

Join poet and children’s writer Enda Wyley for a fun, creative writing workshop for young writers.

Explore different ways of writing and creating your own stories and poems. Encounter work created by other writers’, and enjoy their work alongside your own.

This is a hands-on workshop and young writers are asked to bring along a notebook and a poem or book that they really admire to share with the group.

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APril - June 2011

sATURdAyJUNE 4Th

ThE sECRET OF KElls time Price

2Pm 13

A bewitching animated fairytale for Children and adults alike. Cert PG This vibrant animation is a spirited retelling of the provenance of Ireland’s mosted cherished artefact, the Book of Kells. With the Viking hordes approaching, the monks of Kells are forced to turn their attention from transcribing manuscripts to building barricades. The future of the precious book is in jeopardy and it falls to Brendan, young nephew of the abbot Cellach, to save the day.

sATURdAy JUNE 4Th

hERE wE ARE AGAIN sTIll

By ChRIsTIAN O’REIlly Time price

8pm €15/€13

Paddy sits on the same bench outside his flat every night, unable to sleep since the death of his wife. One day, Paddy is annoyed to find a troubled young man called Tony sitting on his bench…

Despite his reluctance to connect with anybody, Paddy strikes up a grudging acquaintance with Tony. As they build a tentative friendship, they catch glimpses of matches played in the nearby playing fields and all-weather ‘cages’ and realise they share a forgotten passion for soccer. But Paddy hasn’t coached since he lost his wife to cancer and Tony hasn’t played since he lost everything to heroin.

If there is any hope that each man can rekindle a passion for life, it is through this shared love for soccer, but can they leave enough of themselves behind to embrace the present and face the future?

Set in a concrete landscape on the edge of playing fields, Here we are again still is a moving and funny play about two broken men trying to make their way back from the margins.

MONdAy JUNE 6Th RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

As IF I AM NOT ThERE

Time price

monday cinema club

cinema

8pm 16

Dir: Juanita Wilson Ireland/Macedonia/Sweden 2010 / 81 mins / Cert: 16 / Language: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian Starring: Natasha Petrovic, Fedja Stukan, Jelena Jovanova, Sanja Buric and Irina Apelgren Harrowing, tragic and based on true events, As If I Am Not There tells the story of a young woman from Sarajevo who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time in 1992. Based on Croatian writer Slavenka Drakulic’s real life experiences overseeing the proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague, Juanita Wilson’s debut feature chronicles a moment in history that must never be forgotten. Disturbing, powerful and ultimately redemptive, As If I Am Not There is an amazing story of the will to survive and an important testament to the survivors of the atrocities in the former Yugoslavia.

Winner - Best Film, Best Director and Best Writer at 2011 IFTA Awards

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FRIdAy JUNE 10Th ANd sATURdAy JUNE 11Th

MAN 1 BANK 0 Time price

8pm €18/€16

This outrageously funny and dramatic comedy is selling out, winning awards and wowing audiences everywhere.

Smash hit sold out runs in New York, at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, at HBO’s Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and at theatres around the world.

Don’t miss this amazing-but-true story of how Patrick Combs deposited a $95,093.35 junk-mail cheque – as

a joke – and how it erupted into a staggering and funny David vs.

Goliath-like adventure with his bank.

“One of the FUNNIEST, most FASCINATING and FASTEST moving solo plays to hit New York in many a season. Two hours of NONSTOP LAUGHTER, it’s also an EDGE OF YOUR SEAT ADVENTURE loaded with UNBELIEVABLE real-life surprises” Broadway World “Star Power.” Variety Magazine

sATURdAy JUNE 11Th

púCA pUppETs pREsENTs

sTONE sOUp Time 2pm price €6 Deep in the worst winter of their history, starving villagers are surprised by the arrival of a mysterious stranger. How has she crossed the snow-blocked mountain passes? How can they feed her when they struggle to feed themselves? Doors are slammed in her face, but a young boy helps her tease the community into making and sharing her very special Stone Soup.

This lively adaptation shows the relevance of this ancient story today.

A ‘puppet show’ without puppets, in collaboration with performers Joe Moylan and Amy Conroy, Stone Soup features live soup making and talking vegetables.

MONdAy JUNE 13Th RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

sUBMARINE Time price

monday cinema club

8pm 16

Dir: Richard Ayoade / UK / 2010 / 96 mins / Cert: 15A / Language: English Starring: Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor, Gemma Chan, Yasmin Paige and Craig Roberts This coming-of-age story is set in Swansea and narrated by a teenage boy, but it thankfully gives a body-swerve to the tired clichés in which our industry routinely imprisons such subject matter. There’s no drab naturalism, sulky rebellion or political backdrop, and, best of all, no forced uplifting climax snatched from relentless adversity. Richard Ayoade’s €3 Coffee Submarine feels like the most refreshing, urgent and & Cake Deal 26 original debut the film industry has seen in years.

APril - June 2011 ThURsdAy JUNE 16Th

sChNITzEl COMEdy ClUB pREsENTs

dAVId MCsAVAGE ANd COlM O’REGAN Time price

8pm €16/€14

David McSavage is one of Ireland’s most popular comedians and street entertainers. His cutting commentary and performances cover all aspects of life and nothing is safe from his truth induced interpretations.

A regular guest on TV and radio shows in Ireland for many years, McSavage recently wrote and starred in the six part TV series The Savage Eye on RTÉ.

The Savage Eye was nominated for an IFTA award for Best Entertainment Series and the second series, which has been critically acclaimed, is currently being screened by RTÉ 2. “…. …the most divisive comedian in the country.”

Evening Herald “One of Ireland’s funniest comedians” The Irish Mirror “The comic equivalent of dynamite fishing” (Official Edinburgh Fringe Magazine)

sATURdAy JUNE 18Th ANd sUNdAy JUNE 19Th sTAGEwORKs pREsENT

ThE wORld OF IMAGINATION

Time price

2pm and 8pm €10/€5

Join the children of StageWorks stage school on their amazing journey to “THE WORLD OF IMAGINATION”. This magical production journeys to many beautiful countries where everyone dreams of winning an opportunity of a life time. The main character Lilly, shows us that good things come to good people that wait…

The children of StageWorks Newbridge aged between 4 and 17. For information on StageWorks visit www.stageworksnewbridge.ie

MONdAy JUNE 20Th RIVERBANK CINEMA pREsENTs

ThE ChORUs Time price

monday cinema club

8pm 16

Dir: Christophe Barratier French / 2004 / 95 mins / Cert: 15A / DVD/ Language: French

With Les Choristes, first-time director Christophe Barratier has crafted a warm and melodious tribute to the power of music. Most of the pupils at the austere Fond de l’Étang boarding school are bullies and pranksters whose parents have given up on them; others are orphans who have recently lost their families to World War II. Hired as a mere assistant, Clément Mathieu discovers and nurtures their talents and eventually wins their trust through the music they create together. Remarkably, the worst of the bullies even emerges as the choir’s angel-voiced soloist. Prolific composer Bruno Coulais has crafted a stirring and evocative score that perfectly complements the choral refrains, which resound throughout the film Nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar and Best Original Song Oscar 2005

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€3 Coffee & Cake Deal

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ThURsdAy JUNE 23Rd, FRIdAy JUNE 24Th ANd sATURdAy JUNE 25Th INTERACTIVE ThEATRE AUsTRAlIA IN AssOCIATION wITh TEN42 pROdUCTIONs pREsENT

FAUlTy TOwERs... ThE dINING ExpERIENCE Time price venue

7.30pm €45 includes 4-course dinner The keadeen hoTel, newbridge

Having played to a full house at The Keadeen Hotel last Summer and over 100 sell out shows in Ireland during 2009 and 2010, Basil, Sybil and Manuel return to serve you dinner and a feast of comic delights.

Some familiar scenes, some off the cuff but all with a “Faulty” seasoning and a guarantee to keep you laughing all the way to the dessert.

Basil is manic, Sybil domineering, and Manuel – of course – is hopelessly language-challenged.

Everything that can wrong, does in some beautifully controlled chaos. Just don’t mention the war!

Faulty Towers…The Dining Experience has been winning fans and accolades at Edinburgh, Melbourne and Adelaide Festivals for the last three years. Featuring all the best gags and a great meal, Faulty Towers….the dining experience is a loosely-scripted, pitch-perfect ‘13th episode’ of the TV series which develops the characters made famous by John Cleese, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs.

The event includes a 4-course dinner at the four star Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge. Book now or contact us on 045 448327 for details.

Some praise from the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe: “This belly achingly funny show is 100% worth every penny” (aussietheatre.com) “ ***** a once in a lifetime dining experience!” (British Theatre Guide) “***** spot on… brilliantly played… utterly delicious entertainment” (Edinburgh Evening News)

sATURdAy JUNE 25Th

spIRITEd AwAy

time Price

2Pm 13

Dir: Hayao Miyazaki / Japan / 2001 /125 mins / Cert: PG Language: English A fabulous ghost-infested adventure full of action, suspense, bizarre creatures and compelling human characters, Spirited Away is the pinnacle of animated fantasy. In the middle of her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures. Miyazaki’s technique as an artist involves taking a child’s primal wish, transporting kids to a fantasy world they cannot escape. The highest grossing film of all time in Japan, this is the another fantastical creation by animation master Hayao Miyazaki.

The film received many awards, including the second Oscar ever awarded for Best Animated Feature, the first anime film to win an Academy Award, and the first (and so far only) nonEnglish speaking animation to win. The film also won the Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival and is among the top ten in the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.

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sATURdAy JUNE 25Th

REAd ANd dRAw ThE hUGGlEwUG wAy!

sATURdAy JUNE 25Th

IllUsTRATION wORKshOp

wITh NIAMh shARKEy Time price

wITh NIAMh shARKEy

11am To 1pm €10 suitable For ages 3-7 yrs.

Join best selling Irish author and illustrator Niamh Sharkey as she reads from her books, I’m a Happy Hugglewug, The Ravenous Beast and On the Road with Mavis and Marge.

Once you’ve heard all the stories, Niamh will then conduct a practical session and show you how to draw different characters from her books; Hugglewugs, Cows, Monsters, chickens and more!

Time price

2pm To 4pm €10 (suitable For ages 8-12 yrs.)

Create your very own illustrations, and learn lots of the tricks of the trade with Niamh Sharkey. Niamh is an award winning author and illustrator of children’s picture books. Have a look inside her notebooks and find out where Niamh gets her ideas from. This workshop is a wonderful chance to get some tips on how to design funny characters and funky worlds!

ThURsdAy JUNE 30Th

GRIEsE yOUTh ThEATRE pREsENTs

AROUNd ThE wORld IN 80 dAys

By JUlEs VERNE AdApTEd By phIlIp BRENNAN ANd sTEphEN COlFER. dIRECTEd By lEIsh BURKE ANd JOsEph dIllON. Time price

8pm €10 (Family ticket 4 For €30) suitable For ages 8+

Following a robbery at the Bank of London, Marmaduke has cunningly made a bet with Fogg that he could not travel around the world in 80 days, he plans to implicate Fogg in the crime and make Fogg look like a criminal escaping. Join Phileas Fogg, Passpartout and the many friends and foes they meet on their journey.

Griese Youth Theatres’ pre youth group consisting of members from 6th class and first year perform in a hilarious adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story.

This adaptation is part of the NAYD Playshare collection and is produced with the permission of the authors.

FRIdAy JUly 1sT GRIEsE yOUTh ThEATRE pREsENTs

TRUsT GAMEs

Time price

By pETER MUllINEUx ANd MOyA ROddy dIRECTEd By lEIsh BURKE 8pm €12 / €10 (suiTable For ages 12+)

This is 2010 ‘Teens in the Wild’ territory as eight disadvantaged young people and their two teachers head off in a minibus for a weekend of bonding and self discovery in the countryside. As best laid plans fall apart and ‘trust games’ fail to work, the adventure looks like proving a failure before an unexpected turnabout brings about a surprise resolution.

This play is part of the NAYD New Stage programme 2011. The programme showcases plays that have been generated by either member youth theatres or by the young people themselves and aims to ‘ create work for young people that is true and authentic to them and their voice’ Griese Youth Theatre acknowledges permission from NAYD to perform this play.

Griese Youth Theatre began in July 1999 and provide a year round programme of Drama and Dance. They are located in the Meeting House in Ballitore. See www. grieseplayers.com and Facebook

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VISUal aRTS Programme January - march 2011

MAy 7Th TO MAy 27Th M 3pM Opening Saturday, May 7th at 3p

ThE COUNTING pROphETEss

A sOlO ExhIBITION OF wORK By JACKIE AsKEw

Time mckenna gallery 10am - 5.30pm mon - Fri 10am - 1pm saT price Free admission (Artworks for sAle) In this exhibition at the Riverbank Arts Centre, Jackie Askew will be showing a selection of paintings, drawings and photographs made during a residency at SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland from September to November, 2010. At the heart of Jackie’s recent work is her love of the vast emptiness of the Icelandic landscape and the relationship to one’s self that is made possible in it. This work concentrates on the simplicity of the line and space of the landscape as documented on a road trip along the south of the country.

Research for ‘The Counting Prophetess’, gouache on paper from Iceland series, 2010, Jackie Askew – Image courtesy of the artist

Jackie is originally from Co. Kildare but she now lives and works in Co. Clare. She is a graduate of St Martins’ School of Art, London, 1988. She exhibits extensively in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her recent projects include co-curator and participating artist in SALT (art from the western edge of Ireland) a multi-media group exhibition, Tallinn (the European city of culture), March 2011 and The Wrack Line solo exhibition at the Rua Red Arts Centre, Tallaght in September, 2010.

Jackie was an invited artist at APT Open Studios, Deptford, London in September, 2010 following which she undertook a 3 month residency at SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland. Jackie has also received several awards for her work from the Arts Council and most recently her work received 1st Prize at the Millcove Gallery 2010 painting competition.

JUNE 11 TO JUly 1 Opening June 11 at 3pM

Es hAT sO sOllEN sEIN

A pROJECTION ANd dRAwING INsTAllATION OF NEw wORKs By AsTRId wAlsh Time mckenna gallery 10am - 5.30pm mon - Fri 10am - 1pm saT price Free admission (Artworks for sAle) We are very happy to be able to present this body of work following an earlier postponement of Inside the Box last November.

In 2008, Astrid received the Arts Council Travel and Training Award and the Laois Patronage Award from Laois County Council which gave her the opportunity to travel to Canada to work with a dancer, Shelly Nafshi and create a body of work around this experience. The resulting exhibition Beloved, all is well was held in County Laois in 2009. Since then Astrid has continued to develop and work on the footage and research collected from her time collaborating with Shelly. This latest body of work is a continuation of the Beloved series but will see Astrid return to her practice of layering projection and drawings. Astrid deliberately likes the tension created between these two media and how this approach lends itself to her concepts considering themes of presence, reality, memory, loss and relationships.

Astrid Walsh was born in Germany in 1976 but grew up in Ireland. She holds a BA (Hons) in Sociology from Trinity College, Dublin (1998) and a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin (2005). Her work is held in private and public collections including Kildare County Council.

Work in progress – still images from The Beloved Series, 2010, Astrid Walsh – Images courtesy of the Artist

For further information see www.astridwalsh.com

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Visual Arts For Children april - June 2011

sAT ApRIl 9Th - sAT MAy 7Th 2011

A RIddlE

For Kids

A phOTOGRAphIC ExhIBITION By dRAGANA JURIsIC.

Time price

10 am-5.30 pm mon-Fri, 10 am-1pm saT Free admission

A Riddle is a photographic exhibition by Dragana Jurisic that captures hidden stories in children’s lives. What do you think is happening in these images? By calling the exhibition A Riddle the artist is inviting you to come up with your own stories and solutions much like a puzzle or a game. Are they connected? Are they telling the same story or are there many different stories? How do they make you feel? A riddle is a mystery that requires imagination and inventiveness to solve and as with any good riddle there could be more than one answer. One could even say that childhood is a riddle.

Dragana Jurisic is a Croatian photographer based in Ireland for the past 12 years with a background in educational psychology. She graduated from the University of Wales, Newport, with distinction for her MFA degree in 2008 and is currently working towards her PhD. at the European Centre for Photographic Research, UK. Dragana has exhibited and received awards both in Ireland and internationally.

For further information see www.draganajurisic.com

MONdAy MAy 30Th TO sATURdAy JUly 2Nd

GlOBAl hOMEs

AN ExhIBITION CREATEd By MIChEllE BROwNE.

Time price

10 am-5.30 pm mon-Fri, 10 am-1pm saT Free admission

Come and stroll along our street! For this exhibition the gallery space is turned into a streetscape created by Michelle Browne with the help of families who take part in the Global Homes workshop held on the 21st of May. The work is created using predominantly recyclable materials, to explore in a fun and colourful way how we live. This exhibition invites you to imagine different kinds of homes and focuses on sustainability and the environment. *This exhibtion will feature some works specially created at the Family workshop on May 21st. See page 22 for details.

Michelle Browne is an artist and a curator based in Dublin. Her art is concerned with issues of the city and our engagement with public spaces. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally and also works as a freelance educator with the Hugh Lane Gallery, The Ark, The National Gallery, the National College of Art and Design and New York University. For further information see www.michellebrowne.net

For Kids

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Illustrations by Brian Coldrick: www.briancoldrick.com

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