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Theatre : Griese Youth Theatre Summer Showcase 2026
Griese Youth Theatre Summer Showcase 2026
📍 What: A two-day youth theatre showcase featuring original productions, short performances and creative storytelling
📅 Where: Riverbank Arts Centre, Naas, Co. Kildare
When: Saturday, 27th June & Sunday, 28th June 2026
🕒 Time: 7.00pm
Description:
Griese Youth Theatre returns to Riverbank Arts Centre with an exciting summer showcase celebrating the creativity, talent and imagination of its young performers. Across two evenings, audiences can enjoy a varied programme of theatre that explores themes of friendship, adventure, discovery and youthful energy.
Saturday's performance features Don't Shoot the Messenger by John Morton, alongside the short scenes Bench Warrant and Wheels by Bradley Hayward. Sunday's programme includes Ruckus in the Garden by David Farr, followed by the Brigid, Spirit of Kildare project. This special showcase offers a wonderful opportunity to support emerging local talent and experience the next generation of theatre-makers in action.
More Information / Booking
Tickets are priced from €8–€12. Suitable for theatre lovers of all ages, this annual showcase highlights the dedication and creativity of Griese Youth Theatre's young performers.
Advance booking is recommended. Tickets can be purchased through the Riverbank Arts Centre website.
Kildare 67th Drama Festival presents - Sive
Sive by John B. Keane – Presented by Holycross/Ballycahill Drama Group
Part of the Kildare 67th Drama Festival
Date: 10 March | Time: 8pm | Venue: CMWS Hall
Holycross/Ballycahill Drama Group presents John B. Keane’s powerful classic Sive, directed by Jaqui Lacey. Set in rural Ireland in the 1950s, the play unfolds within the modest kitchen of the Glavin family, where tradition, poverty and social pressure collide with heartbreaking consequences.
Faithful to Keane’s carefully crafted script, this production captures the intensity and emotional depth of the story while building a strong sense of tension on stage. A gripping and unforgettable piece of Irish theatre, Sive remains as moving and relevant today as when it first premiered.
Tickets: Pop in to Kildare Town Heritage Centre to pick up your tickets or visit Eventbrite to book online.
Belfast Girls Presented by An Táin Arts Centre & Quintessence Theatre
Belfast Girls
Presented by An Táin Arts Centre & Quintessence Theatre
📅 Wednesday 5th November, 2025 – 8:00pm
💶 Tickets: €18 / €20
🎟️ Book Now - Visit the Riverbank website or Click Here
Set in 1850, Belfast Girls follows five young women leaving Belfast aboard a ship bound for Australia in search of a better life. Confined together on their long voyage, secrets are revealed, bonds are forged, and each must face the truth that there is no escaping the past.
An award-winning feminist play by Dundalk writer Jaki McCarrick, Belfast Girls shines a light on a powerful, untold chapter of Irish history.
Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey.
Age Suitability: 14+
Warnings: Contains suggestion of sexual violence
