Riverbank Arts Centre
Riverbank Arts Centre is the county arts centre based in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, funded by The Arts Council and Kildare County Council. Riverbank Arts Centre works in partnership with international, national and local artists to deliver an accessible and consistently high quality arts programme in an intimate environment. We provide a multi-disciplinary programme which includes theatre, cinema, comedy, music, dance, workshops and visual arts.
With a dedicated children’s gallery and programming of high quality theatre and workshops for younger audiences, Riverbank is also committed to promoting early engagement with and access to the arts.
Riverbank Arts Centre is a producer and co-producer of new work. We work closely with visual artists and theatre artists to develop and present work, with a particular focus on arts experiences for young people. We commission exhibitions, host residencies and have presented world premieres of work by leading theatre companies including Theatre Lovett, Monkeyshine, Moonfish, Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company, Branar Téatar do Pháistí, Collapsing Horse, and Super Paua.
Riverbank Arts Centre is a welcoming, friendly, accessible space to bring arts and culture to the centre of civic life and community in Newbridge and environs. We aim to germinate and generate a future audience for the arts in Newbridge and the wider county, by supporting lifelong participants and advocates for the arts.
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Glór
glór is a multi-disciplinary arts centre located in the heart of Ennis. Built at a cost of €8.5m, glór was the largest investment in the Arts in County Clare and hosts local, national and international music, theatre, talks, dance, Film, comedy and visual arts events throughout the year. Following the official opening in November 2001, over 60 great Clare performers – three generations of the best players of Clare music took to glór’s stage to present the first of three nights of the best music ever staged in the county.
glór kicked off its first year of operation with a series of glór Gigs, a special series of Irish music events, which were widely acclaimed, and since then the venue has firmly established itself as an integral part of both the national and local cultural landscape, working with over 59 local and community groups, as well as national and international performers – too many to mention but including Sebastian Barry, Maura O’Connell, John Prine, Tommy Peoples, Kíla, Kate Adi, John Bishop, Sharon Shannon, Druid Theatre Company, BellX1, The RTÉ Concert & Symphony Orchestras, Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Mary Black, Martin Hayes & The Gloaming, Lisa Hannigan and Rough Magic Theatre Company.
In 2024, we celebrated 23 years of cultural highlights in Ennis and Clare, and we welcomed the opening of Clare’s new County Library & Gallery adjoining glór which has created an exciting cultural complex that will strengthen Clare’s reputation as a cultural centre, as well as support economic and social activity in Ennis.
