

Hosted by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders
Thursday 19 to Sunday 29 September 2019
Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders are delighted to host the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world – past and present – and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today. The Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival will link the arts to civil society, active citizenship and politics through a series of performances, film screenings, music, dance and arts-based workshops, featuring guest speakers and panel discussions celebrating and promoting dignity and respect for all people equally. The festival runs for eleven days from the 19 to 29 September at a range of venues including the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Science Gallery Dublin, dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum, Buswells Hotel, EU House and more.
The festival is curated by Mary Moynihan, Artistic Director, Smashing Times and Michelle Foley, Front Line Defenders. The festival raises awareness of the arts, human rights, and the importance of protecting those courageous activists who defend these rights. We engage with the arts and facilitate discussion and dialogue through the work of professional artists and activists from Ireland and around the world working in all mediums, with the aim of celebrating the arts and creatively promoting and protecting human rights, equality and social justice.
The festival is hosted by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders in partnership with Trinity College Dublin, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Trócaire and Fighting Words, and is supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Communicating Europe Initiative 2019, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Reconciliation Fund, Europe for Citizens and Erasmus+.
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FULL FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Freedom Trails of Europe: Intersections between the Arts, Gender Equality and Human Rights
Panel Discussions, Theatre Workshops, Song
Thursday 19 September, 10am-1pm
Samuel Beckett Theatre

Acting for the Future: Creative Approaches to Positive Mental Health and Well-Being
Performance, Film Screening, Panel Discussions
Friday 20 September, 10am-1pm
Samuel Beckett Theatre

Reaching the Diaspora – Festival Twitter Chat Live
Hosted by Smashing Times in cyberspace
Saturday 21 September, 5-6pm

Creative Approaches to Peace Building in a Post-Conflict Environment
Panel Discussions and Poetry
Monday 23 September, 6-7.30pm
EU House, Mount Street

Leaving the Ladies by Sinéad Mc Coole followed by post-show panel discussion
Thursday 26 September, 1-2.30pm
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street

Celebrating Human Rights Defenders on the Frontline – Three Panel Discussions on gender, challenging corporate power and the right to protest
Saturday 28 September, 12 – 6pm
Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin
Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality
– incorporating Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company and Smashing Times Youth Arts Ensemble
Coleraine House, Coleraine Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.
Tel: + 353 (0) 1 865 6613 Tel: + 353 (0) 87 221 4245
Email: info@smashingtimes.ie
Website: www.smashingtimes.ie
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T: @Smashing_Times
I: @smashingtimes
FRONT LINE – THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Second Floor, Grattan House, Temple Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Email: info@frontlinedefenders.org
Tel: +353 1 212 3750