Off to Rehearsal - Newbridge Drama Group Documentary Screening

What to Expect

Off to Rehearsal is a documentary about Newbridge Drama Group, made by Kieran Galvin, a long standing member of the group who began the project in 2018. It screens at Riverbank Arts Centre on Thursday 24 September 2026 at 7pm, in the town where both the film and its subject belong. Tickets are €10.

The film is built from interviews with past and present members of the group, tracing where they came from, what brought them to Newbridge and, in some cases, why they left again. Alongside the interviews it carries reminiscences from Newbridge natives about the town’s own history, archive footage of the group’s comedy sketches, and original music from a range of contributors including the local band The Moon and Sixpence. The result is as much a record of a Kildare town over several decades as it is a portrait of an amateur drama company. Proceeds from the screening go to the Newbridge Parish Lourdes Fund.

Good to Know

• Date and time: Thursday 24 September 2026, 7pm.
• Venue: Riverbank Arts Centre, Main Street, Newbridge, Co. Kildare W12 D962.
• Tickets: €10, booked through Riverbank’s Ticketsolve box office.
• Director: Kieran Galvin, a member of Newbridge Drama Group, who started filming in 2018.
• Proceeds go to the Newbridge Parish Lourdes Fund.
• Wheelchair users should contact the box office directly on 045 448327 or boxoffice@riverbank.ie to arrange seating.
• Newbridge Drama Group return to the same stage later in the season with Steel Magnolias, running 25 to 28 November 2026.

Getting There

Riverbank Arts Centre is on Main Street in Newbridge, in the middle of the town and a short walk from the main shopping streets and the Whitewater centre. By car, leave the M7 at junction 12 for Newbridge and follow the signs into the town centre; there is public parking within a few minutes’ walk on Main Street and in the town car parks. Newbridge railway station is on the Dublin Heuston to Kildare, Portlaoise and Waterford lines, roughly ten minutes on foot from the arts centre, and a 7pm start leaves plenty of return services for anyone travelling from Dublin or Kildare town.