Riverbank Arts Centre

02/07/2025

Anne Gildea
Further Adventures in WOMANING

Saturday 27 September, 8pm
Tickets €23
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873648392/events

From Anne Gildea, the woman who taught you How to Get The Menopause and Enjoy It, comes a brand new show: Further Adventures in WOMANING. And what an hilarious adventure it’s going to be!

Join us as Anne explores the world of the feminine, the mammy, the twerky dancer: From 18-hour girdles and Housewives of The Year, to ripped influencer grannies pumping iron on Insta, from the Sunday drive to the spa break, from Angel Delight to Ozempic and back to the chiffon scarf test, Anne weaves a pant-wetting path through a changing half century of womany stuff -

And that’s just the tip of the Anneburg!

Can't wait until September to hear more from Anne? Check out her new podcast series! The first two episodes of Anne Chats are available to stream now!

02/07/2025

ABBA Sensations

Thursday 11 December, 8pm
Tickets €28
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656347/events

A fantastic tribute to ABBA featuring all of the ABBA classics, brilliantly performed with stunning vocals, beautiful harmonies, musicianship and musical arrangement.

This must see show features choreographed dance routines, and fabulous costumes in a dynamic and dazzling performance. Relive the magic of a live ABBA concert that had entertained audiences nationwide, taking them on a nostalgic journey recreating that special ABBA sound so loved by fans everywhere.

As one of the most successful ABBA tribute bands, you can expect a spectacular show capturing the magic and excitement of one of the most popular and entertaining bands.

01/07/2025

𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗲
𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻

Saturday 7 March, 8pm
Tickets €22.50
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656173/events

There's a cruelty to Mike Rice, a wickedness. In this show Mike talks about doing psychedelics with his brother, an entanglement with a Spanish Sausage Dog named Nino, and many other such rotten adventures.

'A phenomenal wordsmith, and world class raconteur' ****½ (Chortle.co.uk)

01/07/2025

Arán & Im by Manchán Magan

Saturday 22 November, 8pm
Tickets €23
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656013/events

Manchán Magan bakes sourdough bread for 75 minutes while offering insights into the wonders of the Irish language – exploring potent words of landscape, terms of intuition and insight, and the many phrases that bring to life the mysterious glory of our natural world. The show is a celebration of language, land and local Irish food, with freshly-baked bread for the audience to spread with butter they churn themselves. (Knowledge of Irish is not required.)

Photos by Ros Kavanagh

01/07/2025

Cat Crainn Agus Madraí Uisce is on tour!

This beautiful exhibition featuring illustrations by Corrina Askin with Manchán Magan is in Naas Library & Cultural Centre until Friday 11 July, make sure to visit and add a feather to the clóca!

Cat Crainn Agus Madraí Uisce is co-commissioned by Riverbank Arts Centre, The Linenhall, Castlebar and Kildare Library Service.

30/06/2025

𝗡𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻

𝑇𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤

Saturday 4 October, 8pm
Tickets €23
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656147/events

With her stunning 2024 release Come As You Are, Niamh Regan has cemented herself as one of Ireland’s most distinctive songwriters. Nominated for the RTÉ Choice Prize for Irish Album of the Year, Come As You Are is a masterwork of intimate storytelling, rich arrangements, and unflinching emotional honesty. The album marks a bold evolution from her debut Hemet (2020), which garnered nominations for the RTÉ Folk Awards and the Choice Music Prize.

Come As You Are, produced by Tommy McLaughlin/Attica Studios, is an album full of vulnerability and unflinching introspection. As the title suggests, it invites listeners to embrace their true selves, confronting personal doubts, complicated relationships, and questions about life's direction. Each track is a delicate balance of delicate folk instrumentation and expansive soundscapes.

Niamh Regan first caught the attention of listeners with her 2020 debut Hemet, a striking collection that showcased her gift for penning folk-tinged songs with emotional depth and reflective sincerity. That album paved the way for a whirlwind of performances across Ireland, the UK, Australia, and beyond. Opening for artists such as CMAT, Villagers, John Grant, SOAK, Patrick Watson, James Vincent McMorror, and Sam Amidon, Regan honed her live performance chops and began to embrace the joy and catharsis of sharing her music with a wider audience.

With Come As You Are, Regan's vision grew. She sought to create a richer, more expansive sound, inspired by artists like Julia Jacklin, Caroline Rose, and Wilco. The result is an album that feels both intimate and cinematic.

Niamh Regan has always been a storyteller at heart, and Come As You Are proves that her voice, both literal and musical, is one that demands attention.

With Come As You Are now available worldwide and the RTÉ Choice Prize nomination in the mix, 2025 is poised to be a banner year for Niamh Regan. Niamh continues to evolve as an artist, and there’s much more to come.

30/06/2025

Anna Newell Theatre Adventures Presents
𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍

Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 September, various times
Tickets €10 (1 baby & 1 adult)
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873656119/events

For babies aged 3-12 months

Full of silver, light and wonder, Shimmer is a unique, dream-like dance theatre show for audiences of babies and their adults.

Shimmer invites its audiences into an immersive reflective space animated by a twinkling original score, stunning wraparound video art, and gorgeous gentle choreography that responds to its individual tiny audience members .a

“Shimmer is sensational! An absolute feast for the senses. My baby was engaged and enthralled throughout, as was I. Shimmer brings together dance, music, light and space in a way which sparks the imagination and evokes wonder from both the young and old.”

Touring The Network For Extraordinary Audiences in 2025 funded by Arts Council Ireland.

Performances: Wednesday 3 Sept: 1pm, 2pm, & 3pm
Thursday 4 Sept: 10am, 11am, & 12pm

Photo: Neil Harrison Photography

Co-produced by Anna Newell Theatre Adventures and Riverbank Arts Centre. Presented in association with The Network for Extraordinary Audiences and funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

30/06/2025

The Empty Nest

Saturday 6 September, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873654388/events/128591673/seats

by Oisín Flores Sweeney
Directed by Geoff Gould
Starring Seamus O'Rourke and Joan Sheehy

Tony and Sheila are watching television... again. Their children are reared, and their grandchildren are invading their lives. Sheila wants to travel; Tony is determined to stay put. Tony is on a new diet; Sheila could cut you in two with a sharp comment. All that's on the television is s*x... and they can’t remember when they did it last! Oisín Flores Sweeney’s debut play is an hilarious piece of theatre that looks at how couples negotiate life after the kids leave, their dreams, disappointments, longings and uncompromising opinions on everything - Gogglebox on speed!

The Empty Nest debuted at Smock Alley as a work-in-progress as part of the Scene + Heard Festival of New Work last year, before embarking on sellout runs at Cork Arts Theatre and The Viking Theatre in Dublin. Directed by Geoff Gould, it stars Irish Times Theatre Award nominee Seamus O’Rourke (Lakelands), alongside established actor and director Joan Sheehy (An Cailín Ciúin).

️️️️'hugely funny, uncomfortably accurate, and comedically sharp' - THE ARTS REVIEW️️️️
'This wonderful little comedy is a perfect match of humour and heart' - THE REVIEWS HUB
'The humanity of this pair is winning and inviting' - IRISH INDEPENDENT
'a gentle exploration of a marriage as it continues into its maturity... makes for an enjoyable evening' - NO MORE WORKHORSE

Photo credit: Marcin Lewandowski

by Oisín Flores Sweeney Directed by Geoff Gould Starring Seamus O'Rourke and Joan Sheehy Tony and Sheila are watching…

30/06/2025

OutWall
by Selma Daniel - Dance Artist

Saturday 5 July, 12pm & 2pm
Whitewater Shopping Centre
Free
More info: https://www.riverbank.ie/event/outwall/2025-07-05/

An immersive dance theatre experience to enjoy in the grounds of Whitewater Shopping Centre

Join us as we delve into the interplay of architecture, movement and the concept of invisible walls.

We live surrounded by physical and invisible walls, so many walls that rose throughout human history, political walls, social walls, emotional walls. We are protected and divided by these walls. These solid structures still rise between us.

With metaphoric and literal walls Selma invites communities to celebrate the details of local architecture that can pass unseeing, using dance, original music and engaging with young people from the local community.

29/06/2025

Inni-K

Thursday 30 October, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873655579/events

Join Inni-K and her band live - in celebration of her fourth studio album.

Renowned for her ever-evolving sonic landscapes and creative vision, Inni-K returns with the launch of her fourth studio album — a powerful new collection of nine original songs.

This album marks a bold evolution in Inni-K’s sound: at times quieter, deeper, and more reflective than before — yet still free, wild, and tuned into moments of pure ecstasy. There’s a sense of flow through these songs — experiences lived and transformed, expressed in ethereal vocals, intricate instrumentation, and the golden threads of a voice discovering new depths. Her fiddle takes on a more central role through the album too, with gutsy, bold playing that weaves a raw energy into the heart of the sound.

“Luminous, light and dark... Rich with moments that will astonish you and melodies you won’t want to stop hearing or singing.”

Birds fly through it — sometimes the bright flash of goldfinches, sometimes pigeons perched on the roof of a Dublin train station. The music is studded with stars, rippling with lakewater, and alive with a kind of longing and movement — something quietly powerful still transmitting, like depth charges felt long after they’ve landed. And beneath it all, loss lightly worn, a quiet presence that neither drags nor disappears, but simply is.

Join Inni-K and her band for what promises to be a radiant evening of live music, as they share this new work alongside beloved favourites from her past releases, including the acclaimed contemporary sean-nós album Iníon (2022).

It’s a night to witness an artist at the height of her craft — a celebration of music’s power to delight, move, and transform.

29/06/2025

TONIGHT

Griese Youth Theatre Summer Showcase

Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 June, 7pm
Tickets €12/€8
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873653023/events

Griese Youth Theatre presents a weekend of work exploring how we can continue to look onwards and upwards and embrace change. At a time when people may find comfort in becoming more insular, we are choosing to look outwards, making connections with a hope to foster empathy and understanding. The weekend will include some new writing as Gaelige written in collaboration with Glór an Churraigh as well as end of year productions from our 5th and 6th Class Junior and Senior Youth Theatre groups.

28/06/2025

𝗝𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻
𝗜𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝘀

Wednesday 17 & Thursday 18 September, 8pm
Tickets €28
Book: https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/shows/873652053/events

The Brand New Standup Comedy Show From Yer Man Off Instagram.

After years of making us laugh out loud into our phones, hundreds of millions of views, thousands of seats filled across Ireland, America and the U.K. - Jarlath Regan is finally back in his hometown with a totally new barnstorming stand-up show like nothing you’ve ever seen before. “The jewel in the Irish comedy crown” (The Examiner) In a world of relentlessly bleak news and constant negativity, take a break and make space for laughter and watch “a master at work” (Patrick Kielty). You’ve watched his clips on Instagram, you’ve shared his stand-up with your friends and family on TikTok, now it’s time to see Jarlath Regan’s funny bits live and in person. The brand new stand-up show from the man behind some of the most hilarious viral stand-up comedy clips is finally here. After selling out every single seat on his Yer Man tour in 2024, Jarlath is on the road again and travelling around the world with a completely fresh, never before seen stand-up comedy show guaranteed to have you In Bits.