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Stát na mBan

DLR Mill Theatre
Stát na mBan (translation: The Women’s State / The State of Women) is a visual art exhibition and film installation in the DLR Mill Theatre, Dundrum, exploring gender-based violence, racism, migration, colonialism, feminism, silence, womanhood and women’s rights as human rights. The exhibition features visual artworks in the gallery space, a film installation in the Studio and is accompanied by a series of compelling poems in print form hung in the gallery. Hosted by Smashing Times and DLR Mill Theatre.
Free/ Donation
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River of Thorns

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Lecture Theatre, Chester Beatty
Live Theatre performance celebrating the life of Margaret Kearney Taylor followed by post-show panel discussion, created as part of State of the Art and Forgotten Voices. Presented for 5 performances only. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Rights on the Rooftop

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Roof Garden, Chester Beatty, Dublin
Live showcase performance of theatre, poetry, song and dance – a personal reflection on equality and rights. Each performance is followed by a State of the Art post-show panel discussion with the key artists. Live performance and post-show panel discussion created as part of State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights, funded by The Arts Council. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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River of Thorns

Event Categories:
Lecture Theatre, Chester Beatty
Live Theatre performance celebrating the life of Margaret Kearney Taylor followed by post-show panel discussion, created as part of State of the Art and Forgotten Voices. Presented for 5 performances only. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Rights on the Rooftop

Event Categories:
Roof Garden, Chester Beatty, Dublin
Live showcase performance of theatre, poetry, song and dance – a personal reflection on equality and rights. Each performance is followed by a State of the Art post-show panel discussion with the key artists. Live performance and post-show panel discussion created as part of State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights, funded by The Arts Council. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Gathering on the Pond

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Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€8.00 – €20.00
October 18, 2021 @ 11:00 am - October 23, 2021 @ 6:00 pm IST

The Map

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Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
Visual art exhibition as part of 'The Magdalene Series'. The series explores Mary Magdalene’s associations with the incarceration and institutionalisation of women and proposes a new world, uncurbed by religious, political or societal doctrine. Hosted by Rua Red Arts Centre.
Free/ Donation
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
Virtual Event
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CHASE

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Panel discussion on the use of humour and comedy in promoting social engagement, intended as a springboard event for a Centre for Humour and Social Engagement (CHASE). Hosted by Smashing Times.
Free – €50.00
Virtual Event
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Direct Division

Direct Division is a short documentary film featuring children describing, in their own words, their experiences of living in Direct Provision. The film will be freely available from 15 - 24 October, along with an exhibition of artwork by the children. A post-show discussion with the creatives involved will be held on 18 Oct. Hosted by Office of Children's Ombudsman.
Free – €50.00
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Stát na mBan

DLR Mill Theatre
Stát na mBan (translation: The Women’s State / The State of Women) is a visual art exhibition and film installation in the DLR Mill Theatre, Dundrum, exploring gender-based violence, racism, migration, colonialism, feminism, silence, womanhood and women’s rights as human rights. The exhibition features visual artworks in the gallery space, a film installation in the Studio and is accompanied by a series of compelling poems in print form hung in the gallery. Hosted by Smashing Times and DLR Mill Theatre.
Free/ Donation
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
Virtual Event
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Eascair – The Black Irish Renaissance

Panel discussion highlighting Ireland’s thriving but underrepresented Black-Irish creative scene and exploring how race and identity have influenced them. Hosted by Tobi Balogun. This work has emerged from the AIC Bursary Award 2020: Collaborative Arts and Human Rights which was offered by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts, in partnership with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and funded by the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme, managed by Create.
Free – €50.00
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Limbo

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Screening of 'Limbo' which tells the story of a group of newly arrived immigrants awaiting the results of their asylum claims. Hosted by Dublin International Film Festival and Access Cinema.
Free/ Donation
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Stát na mBan

DLR Mill Theatre
Stát na mBan (translation: The Women’s State / The State of Women) is a visual art exhibition and film installation in the DLR Mill Theatre, Dundrum, exploring gender-based violence, racism, migration, colonialism, feminism, silence, womanhood and women’s rights as human rights. The exhibition features visual artworks in the gallery space, a film installation in the Studio and is accompanied by a series of compelling poems in print form hung in the gallery. Hosted by Smashing Times and DLR Mill Theatre.
Free/ Donation
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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River of Thorns

Event Categories:
Lecture Theatre, Chester Beatty
Live Theatre performance celebrating the life of Margaret Kearney Taylor followed by post-show panel discussion, created as part of State of the Art and Forgotten Voices. Presented for 5 performances only. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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River of Thorns

Event Categories:
Lecture Theatre, Chester Beatty
Live Theatre performance celebrating the life of Margaret Kearney Taylor followed by post-show panel discussion, created as part of State of the Art and Forgotten Voices. Presented for 5 performances only. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
Virtual Event
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Ag plé na naisc idir Athrú Aeráide, Cultúr na hÉireann agus Muintir na hÉireann / Exploring the links between Climate Change, Irish Culture and the Irish People

THB-G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room, 173 The Hardiman Building, NUIG
Plé ar chearta daonna, filíocht agus an t- athrú aeráide / Discussion on human rights, poetry and the environment. Hosted by Front Line Defenders.
Free – €50.00
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Stát na mBan

DLR Mill Theatre
Stát na mBan (translation: The Women’s State / The State of Women) is a visual art exhibition and film installation in the DLR Mill Theatre, Dundrum, exploring gender-based violence, racism, migration, colonialism, feminism, silence, womanhood and women’s rights as human rights. The exhibition features visual artworks in the gallery space, a film installation in the Studio and is accompanied by a series of compelling poems in print form hung in the gallery. Hosted by Smashing Times and DLR Mill Theatre.
Free/ Donation
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
Virtual Event
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Voices of Witness

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Readings and performances from writers Fióna Bolger, Catherine Ann Cullen, Oein DeBhairduin, Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal and Richie Keane with singer Niamh Parsons, exploring themes of witness and solidarity. Hosted by Poetry Ireland.
Free – €50.00
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Stát na mBan

DLR Mill Theatre
Stát na mBan (translation: The Women’s State / The State of Women) is a visual art exhibition and film installation in the DLR Mill Theatre, Dundrum, exploring gender-based violence, racism, migration, colonialism, feminism, silence, womanhood and women’s rights as human rights. The exhibition features visual artworks in the gallery space, a film installation in the Studio and is accompanied by a series of compelling poems in print form hung in the gallery. Hosted by Smashing Times and DLR Mill Theatre.
Free/ Donation
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Walk in the Park: The Artist Speaks

Rathfarnham Castle
A live promenade performance created for The Art of W/Rights, a literary carnival of arts and rights taking place in Rathfarnham Dublin, funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin Programme, and as part of In the Open – Faoin Speir funded by the Arts Council. Two performers walk the park on a magical journey of reflection on the work and life of artists from the past and today. Join the stroll and be regaled by stories, poetry and a few surprises along the way. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€10.00 – €32.00
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Walk in the Park: People Who Inspire

Rathfarnham Castle
A live promenade performance created for The Art of W/Rights, a literary carnival of arts and rights taking place in Rathfarnham Dublin, funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin Programme, and as part of In the Open – Faoin Speir funded by the Arts Council. Two performers walk the park on a magical journey of reflection on the work and life of artists from the past and today. Join the stroll and be regaled by stories, poetry and a few surprises along the way. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€10.00 – €32.00
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Walk in the Park: The Artist Speaks

Rathfarnham Castle
A live promenade performance created for The Art of W/Rights, a literary carnival of arts and rights taking place in Rathfarnham Dublin, funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin Programme, and as part of In the Open – Faoin Speir funded by the Arts Council. Two performers walk the park on a magical journey of reflection on the work and life of artists from the past and today. Join the stroll and be regaled by stories, poetry and a few surprises along the way. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€10.00 – €32.00
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Walk in the Park: People Who Inspire

Rathfarnham Castle
A live promenade performance created for The Art of W/Rights, a literary carnival of arts and rights taking place in Rathfarnham Dublin, funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin Programme, and as part of In the Open – Faoin Speir funded by the Arts Council. Two performers walk the park on a magical journey of reflection on the work and life of artists from the past and today. Join the stroll and be regaled by stories, poetry and a few surprises along the way. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€10.00 – €32.00
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Walk in the Park: The Artist Speaks

Rathfarnham Castle
A live promenade performance created for The Art of W/Rights, a literary carnival of arts and rights taking place in Rathfarnham Dublin, funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin Programme, and as part of In the Open – Faoin Speir funded by the Arts Council. Two performers walk the park on a magical journey of reflection on the work and life of artists from the past and today. Join the stroll and be regaled by stories, poetry and a few surprises along the way. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€10.00 – €32.00
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Walk in the Park: The Artist Speaks

Rathfarnham Castle
A live promenade performance created for The Art of W/Rights, a literary carnival of arts and rights taking place in Rathfarnham Dublin, funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin Programme, and as part of In the Open – Faoin Speir funded by the Arts Council. Two performers walk the park on a magical journey of reflection on the work and life of artists from the past and today. Join the stroll and be regaled by stories, poetry and a few surprises along the way. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€10.00 – €32.00
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Walk in the Park: People Who Inspire

Rathfarnham Castle
A live promenade performance created for The Art of W/Rights, a literary carnival of arts and rights taking place in Rathfarnham Dublin, funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin Programme, and as part of In the Open – Faoin Speir funded by the Arts Council. Two performers walk the park on a magical journey of reflection on the work and life of artists from the past and today. Join the stroll and be regaled by stories, poetry and a few surprises along the way. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€10.00 – €32.00
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Gathering on the Pond

Event Categories:
Rathfarnham Castle Park (Ornamental Pond Area)
Live dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families created as part of The Art of W/Rights: A literary carnival of Arts and Rights. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€12.00 – €35.00
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Walk in the Park: People Who Inspire

Rathfarnham Castle
A live promenade performance created for The Art of W/Rights, a literary carnival of arts and rights taking place in Rathfarnham Dublin, funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin Programme, and as part of In the Open – Faoin Speir funded by the Arts Council. Two performers walk the park on a magical journey of reflection on the work and life of artists from the past and today. Join the stroll and be regaled by stories, poetry and a few surprises along the way. Hosted by Smashing Times.
€10.00 – €32.00
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The Art of W/Rights

Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham, Co Dublin
The Art of W/Rights – a literary carnival of arts and rights at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park. Features a promenade, walk-in-the-park show called ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ with theatre, poetry, song and music, taking place daily at 1pm and 2pm on the 9, 10 April and on the 15, 16, 17, 18 April 2022.
€10.00 – €12.00
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The Art of W/Rights

St Enda’s Park
The Art of W/Rights – a literary carnival of arts and rights at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park. Features a promenade, walk-in-the-park show called ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ with theatre, poetry, song and music, taking place daily at 1pm and 2pm on the 9, 10 April and on the 15, 16, 17, 18 April 2022.
€10.00 – €12.00
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The Art of W/Rights

St Enda’s Park
The Art of W/Rights – a literary carnival of arts and rights at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park. Features a promenade, walk-in-the-park show called ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ with theatre, poetry, song and music, taking place daily at 1pm and 2pm on the 9, 10 April and on the 15, 16, 17, 18 April 2022
€10.00 – €12.00
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The Art of W/Rights

St Enda’s Park
The Art of W/Rights – a literary carnival of arts and rights at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park. Features a promenade, walk-in-the-park show called ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ with theatre, poetry, song and music, taking place daily at 1pm and 2pm on the 9, 10 April and on the 15, 16, 17, 18 April 2022
€10.00 – €12.00
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The Art of W/Rights

St Enda’s Park
The Art of W/Rights – a literary carnival of arts and rights at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park. Features a promenade, walk-in-the-park show called ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ with theatre, poetry, song and music, taking place daily at 1pm and 2pm on the 9, 10 April and on the 15, 16, 17, 18 April 2022
€10.00 – €12.00
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The Art of W/Rights

St Enda’s Park
The Art of W/Rights – a literary carnival of arts and rights at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park. Features a promenade, walk-in-the-park show called ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ with theatre, poetry, song and music, taking place daily at 1pm and 2pm on the 9, 10 April and on the 15, 16, 17, 18 April 2022.
€10.00 – €12.00
September 26, 2022 @ 10:00 am - October 3, 2022 @ 5:00 pm IST

State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Exhibition and Installation – With MemoLabs: Performances, Workshops, Artist Talks

Chocolate Factory
Multi-media exhibition and installation displaying artworks by artists from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Colombia, Indonesia, Uganda, Canada, Chile and Argentina exploring arts, human rights and the roles of the arts in post-conflict societies. Accompanied by MemoLabs: Performances, Workshops and Artist Talks.
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Remembrance

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Chocolate Factory
Remembrance is a MemoLab a live musical performance featuring Ugandan musician Jeff Korondo and musical performances from Hilary Bow and Lisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi; poetry from The Feeling Soul by Mary Moynihan performed by Rob Harrington and Ciara Hayes, with poetry by Áine Ni Ghlinn; and At Summer’s End by Féilim James, performed by Carla Ryan. With post-show artist talks by Mary Moynihan, Ireland, writer, theatre and filmmaker and Erika Diettes, Bogota, Colombia, a visual artist and social communicator.
Free
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Advocacy Workshop

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Zoom
This free advocacy workshop - delivered by former UN human rights researcher and professional singer Dónal Kearney - will explore storytelling concepts such as narrative and character and apply them to human rights advocacy while also teaching the basics of vocal technique.
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Launch of Visual Art, Poetry and Photography exhibition as part of Transformative Memories in Political Violence at the dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum

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DLR Mill Theatre
Launch of State of the Art: Visual art, photography and poetry exhibition featuring the work of writer and artist Mary Moynihan and visual artist Aman Walayat responding creatively to themes of freedom, change, transformation, power and control.  The event facilitator is Ciara Hayes, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality. The official launch is conducted by Cllr Emma Murphy, Mayor of South Dublin County Council with presentations by the artists Mary Moynihan and Amna Walayat.  The State of the Art: Visual art, photography and poetry exhibition runs at the dlr Mill Theatre, Gallery, Dundrum until Saturday 29 October 2022 and is open Tuesday to Saturday 11am-4pm.
Free