Rose
Rose
Monday 16 December, 8pm
Tickets: €7 (early bird) / €9 (on door) / €5 (student)
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873647759/events
Set in the late 90s, Ellen her new husband Van decide to take Ellen’s older sister Inger on a bus trip to Paris where Inger once lived. Inger is schizophrenic, and lives in a care home coddled by her overprotective mother. Ellen sees their holiday as an opportunity to reconnect, and to find out if Inger might be able to live more independently. Inger herself has a hidden agenda for the trip – hoping to track down a lost love.
Rose is based on director Niels Arden Oplev’s own family history and is full of feeling. Sofie Gråbøl’s performance is the film’s highlight. She inhabits Inger, bringing her to life and presenting all her complications, impulses and anxiety with grace.
Directed by Niels Arden Oplev | 106 mins | Cert CLUB | French with subtitles
Presented in association with Access Cinema and Europa Cinemas
Thelma
Thelma
Monday 2 December, 8pm
Tickets €7 (early bird) / €9 (on door) / €5 (student)
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873647649/events
June Squibb shines in her first starring role as Thelma Post, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets caught up in a phone con and is scammed out of $10,000. Determined not to let the con artist win, she sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles, accompanied by an aging friend Ben, and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her.
Inspired by a real-life experience of debut director Josh Margolin’s own highly spirited grandmother, Thelma shines the spotlight on an elderly lady as an unlikely action hero with humour and an emotional undercurrent, employing a lot of the familiar tropes of the action genre Thelma tackles aging with both agency and hilarity.
Directed by Josh Margolin | 98 mins | Cert PG | English language
Presented in association with Access Cinema and Europa Cinemas
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Saturday 21 December, 2pm
Tickets €4
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873647785/events
Matilda Wormwood (Alisha Weir) is a little girl with big curiosity, a sharp mind and a vivid imagination — and the worst parents in the world. While her parents (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough) content themselves with trashy TV and dodgy money-making schemes, she loves to lose herself in the pages of her beloved books. Where they are loud, selfish and unkind she is a quiet observer, thinking up small and cheeky acts of rebellion and revenge.
On meeting her inspirational teacher, Miss Honey (Lashana Lynch), Matilda is encouraged and begins conjuring her own fantastical tales. Excited to attend Crunchem Hall, Matilda is surprised to find the school is an ominous and oppressive place led by the huge and villainous Miss Trunchbull (Emma Thompson).
As well as kind Miss Honey, the bright lights among the meanness are story-loving librarian, Mrs. Phelps (Sindhu Vee), and Matilda’s newfound school friends. Filled with an overwhelming sense of justice, Matilda dares to take a stand for what is right and teach Trunchbull a lesson she won’t forget.
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is an inspirational musical tale of an extraordinary girl who discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. Standing up for what’s right, she’s met with miraculous results.
Directed by Matthew Warchus | 117 mins | Cert PG | English language
Presented in association with Access Cinema.
Breen | Rynne | Murray
Breen l Rynne l Murray
Saturday 16 November, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873646963/events
Embark on an odyssey of wonder, joyfulness and upbeat music as three incredibly talented and creative folk musicians shape melodies from past and present into something dynamic and irresistible. A trio comprising of musicians at the fore of our tradition, expect a performance from the gentle to the rhythmical and all the in-betweens.
Celebrating the release of their new album Odyssey, Breen l Rynne l Murray will perform some of the classics from previous releases as well as material from their new album. With music from the oldest of traditional books to newly composed pieces and melodies from Asturias and Scotland, the diverse range of music on show creates a feeling of musical time travel throughout the performances.
Tara Breen has numerous All Ireland titles on the fiddle and tours regularly with The Chieftains, Stockton’s Wing and as a solo performer. Pádraig Rynne is considered a leading figure in Irish music and is founding member of well-known bands such as NOTIFY and Guidewires. Jim has been one of the most sought after and busiest musicians of his generation over the last twenty five years, recording and touring with some of the best known folk musicians in the world.
Their 2021 release Nasc is regarded as one of the finest albums in recent years from an Irish Traditional outfit and was winner of the 'Best Traditional Album' in the 2022 American Celtic Listener Supported Radio Awards.
“Sure-footed, engaging and joyful music from a dynamic Clare duo. Expert musicianship, courageous creativity and sweetness of melody” – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, RTÉ Radió na Gaeltachta
“Rynne and Breen have fabulous chemistry together and have found backing musicians who are more than mere accompanists but who are stakeholders in the game” –Dan Neely, The Irish Echo, New York
Breen | Rynne | Murray
Breen l Rynne l Murray
Saturday 16 November, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873646963/events
Embark on an odyssey of wonder, joyfulness and upbeat music as three incredibly talented and creative folk musicians shape melodies from past and present into something dynamic and irresistible. A trio comprising of musicians at the fore of our tradition, expect a performance from the gentle to the rhythmical and all the in-betweens.
Celebrating the release of their new album Odyssey, Breen l Rynne l Murray will perform some of the classics from previous releases as well as material from their new album. With music from the oldest of traditional books to newly composed pieces and melodies from Asturias and Scotland, the diverse range of music on show creates a feeling of musical time travel throughout the performances.
Tara Breen has numerous All Ireland titles on the fiddle and tours regularly with The Chieftains, Stockton’s Wing and as a solo performer. Pádraig Rynne is considered a leading figure in Irish music and is founding member of well-known bands such as NOTIFY and Guidewires. Jim has been one of the most sought after and busiest musicians of his generation over the last twenty five years, recording and touring with some of the best known folk musicians in the world.
Their 2021 release Nasc is regarded as one of the finest albums in recent years from an Irish Traditional outfit and was winner of the 'Best Traditional Album' in the 2022 American Celtic Listener Supported Radio Awards.
“Sure-footed, engaging and joyful music from a dynamic Clare duo. Expert musicianship, courageous creativity and sweetness of melody” – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, RTÉ Radió na Gaeltachta
“Rynne and Breen have fabulous chemistry together and have found backing musicians who are more than mere accompanists but who are stakeholders in the game” –Dan Neely, The Irish Echo, New York
Kinds of Kindness
Kinds of Kindness
Monday 4 November, 8pm
Tickets €7 (eary bird) / €9 (on door) / €5 (student)
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873647639/events
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) directs a triptych of surreal dark comedies. A man’s life falls apart after he pushes back on an order from his domineering boss. Another man takes extreme measures after becoming convinced his wife - recently rescued after being lost at sea - has been replaced by an imposter. And, finally, a woman who has abandoned her family for a cult is tasked with tracking down someone who has the power to resurrect the dead.
Returning to the bleak, deadpan style that defined his early features such as Dogtooth, Lanthimos offers up three-films-in-one with Kinds of Kindness. These are all strange, unsettling and darkly funny stories about people driven to commit bizarre acts of desperation or violence.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos | 164 mins | Cert 18 | English language
Presented in association with Access Cinema
Callings
TONIGHT
Kabosh Theatre Company Presents
Callings
Friday 25 October, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873646894/events
“There’s queers in every county, homosexuals in the every hamlet, gays in every gable. And tonight you’ll be talking to some of them.”
As the 70’s rage on, the telephone rings…
Callings follows five queer people who found sanctuary and community on the other end of the phone by seeking solace in Cara-Friend – a befriending service set up in the 1970’s to support the many hidden LGBTQ+ individuals across the north of Ireland.
Charged with the music of the day, and set amidst a storm of anti-gay headlines, Callings delves deep into the struggle for survival our queer communities faced on a daily basis.
Callings poignantly and powerfully expresses how even simple acts of connection can change the course of a life, and how during oppressive times, a gang of bright and brilliant queer people crafted community to save themselves and each other.
In an era when the government attempted to quash their right to exist, these moments of connection were an act of resistance and rebellion.
From rallying against the Save Ulster from Sodomy campaign to revelling in the right to exist won through the Dudgeon vs UK trial, Callings looks back at the historical challenges faced by LGBTQ+ communities, and celebrates just how far we’ve come.
“Someone out there has been plucking up the courage for god knows how long, tonight they’ll pick up the phone and you’ll be there for them….’
Callings
Kabosh Theatre Company Presents
Callings
Friday 25 October, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873646894/events
“There’s queers in every county, homosexuals in the every hamlet, gays in every gable. And tonight you’ll be talking to some of them.”
As the 70’s rage on, the telephone rings…
Callings follows five queer people who found sanctuary and community on the other end of the phone by seeking solace in Cara-Friend – a befriending service set up in the 1970’s to support the many hidden LGBTQ+ individuals across the north of Ireland.
Charged with the music of the day, and set amidst a storm of anti-gay headlines, Callings delves deep into the struggle for survival our queer communities faced on a daily basis.
Callings poignantly and powerfully expresses how even simple acts of connection can change the course of a life, and how during oppressive times, a gang of bright and brilliant queer people crafted community to save themselves and each other.
In an era when the government attempted to quash their right to exist, these moments of connection were an act of resistance and rebellion.
From rallying against the Save Ulster from Sodomy campaign to revelling in the right to exist won through the Dudgeon vs UK trial, Callings looks back at the historical challenges faced by LGBTQ+ communities, and celebrates just how far we’ve come.
“Someone out there has been plucking up the courage for god knows how long, tonight they’ll pick up the phone and you’ll be there for them….’
Fishamble's OUTRAGE by Deirdre Kinahan
Thursday 7 November, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873644764/events
War makes heroes and demons doesn’t it, so how could war in Ireland be any different?’
Told through the prism of two sisters OUTRAGE is a play that explores the true nature of women’s role in the Irish revolutionary wars and in particular the effect of Civil War on women’s mind, body and soul.
Alice and Nell play key roles in arming revolutionaries, organising civic resistance and in particular the propaganda war. They are fervent, they are funny, they are human and they, like everyone else in Ireland become deeply conflicted as the country spins toward a shattering Civil clash that split the nation and continues to haunt Irish politics, society and culture to this day.
OUTRAGE challenges the historical narrative we have all grown up with.
OUTRAGE is written out of the true testimony of women we have never heard of.
OUTRAGE is a theatrical hurricane of emotion, empathy, action and truth.
OUTRAGE is produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company. It was presented in partnership with Dublin Port Company, and Meath County Council, during St Patrick’s Festival 2022, as part of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media’s Decade of Centenaries programme. Fishamble is delighted to revive this highly acclaimed production on national tour, to audiences throughout the country, with support of an Arts Council Touring grant.
Age guidance: 14+
Content Warning: Includes depiction of violent sexual assault
Duration: 80 minutes, no interval
Callings
Kabosh Theatre Company Presents
Callings
Friday 25 October, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873646894/events
“There’s queers in every county, homosexuals in the every hamlet, gays in every gable. And tonight you’ll be talking to some of them.”
As the 70’s rage on, the telephone rings…
Callings follows five queer people who found sanctuary and community on the other end of the phone by seeking solace in Cara-Friend – a befriending service set up in the 1970’s to support the many hidden LGBTQ+ individuals across the north of Ireland.
Charged with the music of the day, and set amidst a storm of anti-gay headlines, Callings delves deep into the struggle for survival our queer communities faced on a daily basis.
Callings poignantly and powerfully expresses how even simple acts of connection can change the course of a life, and how during oppressive times, a gang of bright and brilliant queer people crafted community to save themselves and each other.
In an era when the government attempted to quash their right to exist, these moments of connection were an act of resistance and rebellion.
From rallying against the Save Ulster from Sodomy campaign to revelling in the right to exist won through the Dudgeon vs UK trial, Callings looks back at the historical challenges faced by LGBTQ+ communities, and celebrates just how far we’ve come.
“Someone out there has been plucking up the courage for god knows how long, tonight they’ll pick up the phone and you’ll be there for them….’
TONIGHT
In Flames
Monday 21 October, 8pm
Tickets €7 (early bird) / €9 (on door) / €5 (student)
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873647635/events
Mariam's precarious existence is ripped apart when her father passes. Living in a deep-rooted and toxic patriarchy, Mariam and her mother must find the strength to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to swallow them.
Bringing more underrepresented stories to audiences with the support of the BFI Audience Projects Fund, awarding National Lottery funding.
Directed by Zarrar Kahn | 98 mins | Cert 15A | Urdu with subtitles
Presented in association with Access Cinema
This event is presented as part of the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival 2024.
OUTRAGE
Fishamble's
OUTRAGE by Deirdre Kinahan
Thursday 8 November, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873644764/events
War makes heroes and demons doesn’t it, so how could war in Ireland be any different?’
Told through the prism of two sisters OUTRAGE is a play that explores the true nature of women’s role in the Irish revolutionary wars and in particular the effect of Civil War on women’s mind, body and soul.
Alice and Nell play key roles in arming revolutionaries, organising civic resistance and in particular the propaganda war. They are fervent, they are funny, they are human and they, like everyone else in Ireland become deeply conflicted as the country spins toward a shattering Civil clash that split the nation and continues to haunt Irish politics, society and culture to this day.
OUTRAGE challenges the historical narrative we have all grown up with.
OUTRAGE is written out of the true testimony of women we have never heard of.
OUTRAGE is a theatrical hurricane of emotion, empathy, action and truth.
OUTRAGE is produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company. It was presented in partnership with Dublin Port Company, and Meath County Council, during St Patrick’s Festival 2022, as part of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media’s Decade of Centenaries programme. Fishamble is delighted to revive this highly acclaimed production on national tour, to audiences throughout the country, with support of an Arts Council Touring grant.
Age guidance: 14+
Content Warning: Includes depiction of violent sexual assault
Duration: 80 minutes, no interval
