A film installation by Mary Moynihan on display in The Tearooms, Glebe House, Co Donegal from 1 August to 31 October 2023. The film is an imagined re-creation of moments from the lives of women in Irish history from 1916 to 1923
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
September 4, 2023 @ 11:00 am - September 9, 2023 @ 6:00 pm IST
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
September 11, 2023 @ 11:00 am - September 16, 2023 @ 6:00 pm IST
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
September 16, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - September 17, 2023 @ 4:00 pm IST
Ireland’s leading Circus Company Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre brings their Bingo? Circus! Extravaganza to Cashel as part of the Cashel Arts Festival this September and Ballyshannon in October
September 18, 2023 @ 11:00 am - September 23, 2023 @ 6:00 pm IST
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
September 25, 2023 @ 11:00 am - September 30, 2023 @ 6:00 pm IST
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
October 2, 2023 @ 11:00 am - October 7, 2023 @ 6:00 pm IST
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
October 3, 2023 @ 10:00 am - October 17, 2023 @ 5:00 pm IST
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
October 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am - November 5, 2023 @ 4:30 pm IST
Courageous Women is a film installation by Mary Moynihan on display in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, from 4 October to 5 November 2023, Wednesday - Sunday only. The film is an imagined re-creation of moments from the lives of women in Irish history from 1916 to 1923
October 5, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - October 6, 2023 @ 8:30 pm IST
Ireland’s leading Circus Company Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre brings their Bingo? Circus! Extravaganza to Cashel as part of the Cashel Arts Festival this September and Ballyshannon in October
October 9, 2023 @ 11:00 am - October 14, 2023 @ 6:00 pm IST
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
October 10, 2023 @ 11:00 am - October 14, 2023 @ 4:00 pm IST
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
To coincide with the 2023 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival, the Smashing Times online visual art gallery will display a digital rendering of a selection of artworks and stories from the Eternal Rebels exhibition which runs onsite at the Pumphouse, Dublin Port from Friday 13 to Sunday 22 October 2023. Eternal Rebels is a multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring visual art, film, photography and poetry and is a visual and poetic reflection on the stories of change-makers in Irish history from the Decade of Centenaries to today
October 13, 2023 @ 10:00 am - October 22, 2023 @ 6:00 pm IST
A multi-disciplinary exhibition by artists Mary Moynihan, Amna Walayat and Hina Khan. The exhibition features visual art, film, photography and poetry and is a visual and poetic reflection on the stories of change-makers in Irish history from the Decade of Centenaries to today
October 13, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - October 22, 2023 @ 5:00 pm IST
Launch of the 2023 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival and the flagship Eternal Rebels Exhibition, followed by a premiere performance of States of Independence, taking place on Friday 13 October 2023, 6pm, at the Pumphouse, Dublin Port. Guest speakers are Olive Moore, interim Director, Front Line Defenders, Mary Moynihan, writer, poet, theatre and film-maker, and Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with guest artist performances
An interview with poet and translator George Szirtes on themes of poetry and human rights accompanied by readings from writer and translator, Csilla Toldy, presented by Irish PEN / PEN na hÉireann in partnership with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality.
A Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival afternoon event featuring a talk, workshop and live performances hosted by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and presented by a range of creative arts organisations from the transnational European wide project Theatre in Palm
A Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival evening event featuring two live performances and a post-show panel discussion hosted by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and presented by creative arts organisations from the transnational European wide project Theatre in Palm
€10.00 – €12.00
October 16, 2023 @ 11:00 am - October 21, 2023 @ 6:00 pm IST
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
Live performance of Love the Earth by Mary Moynihan, a Changemaker Storytelling performance for ages 5 to 12 adapted from GOAL’s Global Citizenship Education Resource, presented by GOAL NextGen and Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality.
October 17, 2023 @ 11:00 am - October 21, 2023 @ 4:00 pm IST
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
October 17, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - October 22, 2023 @ 5:00 pm IST
A panel discussion with organisers of Docudays UA, a Ukrainian International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival on presenting a festival while at war, followed by a tribute to Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina
A live outdoor storytelling performance based on the lives and work of some of the Human Rights Defenders featured at the Memorial monument in the Iveagh Gardens presented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders
A film screening depicting the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel, followed by a talk with Palestinian activists to explore foraging traditions, alongside resilience to prohibitive laws than ban these customs by the Israeli State. This event is hosted by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Amnesty International Ireland
Live performance of Tales of Love and Loss celebrating stories of change-makers from Irish history and the Decade of Centenaries and featuring A Beauty That Will Pass, Grace and Joe, and poetry by Eva Gore-Booth, followed by post-show discussion on Women Changemakers from History
A live outdoor storytelling performance based on the lives and work of some of the Human Rights Defenders featured at the Memorial monument in the Iveagh Gardens presented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders
Heroes is a powerful Opera/Dance performance, thrillingly delivered by John Scott, choreographer, dancer and operatic tenor, of Irish Modern Dance Theatre and is a visualisation of music, through the physicality of astonishing voice
A workshop titled Write a Protest Song!, where, we will look at the history of protest songs, and draw on these themes to create our own songs relevant to today's (your) generation
A live outdoor storytelling performance based on the lives and work of some of the Human Rights Defenders featured at the Memorial monument in the Iveagh Gardens presented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders
A live outdoor storytelling performance based on the lives and work of some of the Human Rights Defenders featured at the Memorial monument in the Iveagh Gardens presented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
October 24, 2023 @ 11:00 am - October 27, 2023 @ 1:00 pm IST
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
Quintessence Theatre presents their thrilling new historical play titled The Curious Case of Albert Cashier: Lincoln’s ‘Lady’ Soldier, based on the extraordinary true story of the Irish Transgender American War Hero, Albert D.J. Cashier
October 30, 2023 @ 11:00 am - November 4, 2023 @ 6:00 pm GMT
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
October 31, 2023 @ 11:00 am - November 4, 2023 @ 4:00 pm GMT
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
November 6, 2023 @ 11:00 am - November 11, 2023 @ 6:00 pm GMT
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
November 7, 2023 @ 11:00 am - November 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm GMT
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality is an award-winning organisation dedicated to the promotion, study and practice of the arts, human rights, climate justice and gender equality. The company are delighted to be involved in Theatre in Palm, a three-year project running from June 2022 to May 2025 with twelve partners funded by Creative Europe. The project supports emerging artists and cultural performers to co-create and co-promote their work across borders, supporting the mobility of artists through networking and the provision of international opportunities for artists. In addition to hosting life performances and a ten day Artist Residency programme for five artists working on the Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival, Smashing Times are delighted to host two digital coffee talks to support artists working in equality, human rights and diversity with a minimum attendance of fifteen at each talk. The Theatre in Palm and Smashing Times Digital Coffee Talk takes place on 27 September 2024 on the theme of Theatre and Inter-disciplinary Arts practice for Equality and Human Rights. The second Theatre in Palm and Smashing Times Digital Coffee Talk takes place on 1 November 2024 on the theme of The Art of Theatre: Telling stories of people in resistance from WWII.
The Invaders’ Fear of Memories is a solo theatre piece about the colonisation of Palestine. The play is based on the life and diaries of Yousef Nachmani - a Russian Jew who migrated from Tsarist Russia to Ottoman Palestine in 1907. The script for this production includes excerpts from the diaries of Yousef Nachmani. It also draws from testimonies contained in Illan Pappe’s The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, along with interviews from The Diaries of Yossef Nachmani, a documentary by the Israeli journalist and filmmaker, Dalia Karpel. The title for this play, The Invaders’ Fear of Memories, is a line taken from ‘On this Land’, a poem by the Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish. The Invaders’ Fear of Memories is performed at the Cork Arts Theatre on Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 7pm.
A reception and launch for the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights Festival, with festival artists and Ambassadors. The reception and launch feature guest talks, refreshments and the opportunity to view the Irish in Resistance during World War II multidisciplinary exhibition funded by The Arts Council and to watch a live performance of Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memoryby Mary Moynihan presented by Smashing times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders. Speaking at the event are festival ambassadors Senator Lynn Ruane; Jessica Traynor, poet, essayist, librettist, and poetry editor at Banshee, 2023 Arts Council Writer in Residence in Galway University; and MayKay, musician. Presentations will be made by artist Mary Moynihan, writer, poet and creator of art and photography, on behalf of Smashing Times and Olivia Moore, Front Line Defenders. The reception and launch take place at The Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, D2 on Friday 11 October 2024, 6.30-9pm. All welcome.
The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan is a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham as part of The Trees project supported by Creative Europe. Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance, promenade style, as we regale you with storytelling, poetry and music reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. Nine performances take place at the Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, on Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm and 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am and 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am and 12pm,; and Thursday 17 October, 10am and 12pm. A final performance takes place at The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, D2 on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm for the closing ceremony of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan is a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham as part of The Trees project supported by Creative Europe. Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance, promenade style, as we regale you with storytelling, poetry and music reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. Nine performances take place at the Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, on Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm and 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am and 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am and 12pm,; and Thursday 17 October, 10am and 12pm. A final performance takes place at The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, D2 on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm for the closing ceremony of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan is a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham as part of The Trees project supported by Creative Europe. Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance, promenade style, as we regale you with storytelling, poetry and music reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. Nine performances take place at the Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, on Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm and 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am and 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am and 12pm,; and Thursday 17 October, 10am and 12pm. A final performance takes place at The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, D2 on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm for the closing ceremony of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan is a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham as part of The Trees project supported by Creative Europe. Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance, promenade style, as we regale you with storytelling, poetry and music reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. Nine performances take place at the Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, on Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm and 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am and 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am and 12pm,; and Thursday 17 October, 10am and 12pm. A final performance takes place at The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, D2 on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm for the closing ceremony of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan is a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham as part of The Trees project supported by Creative Europe. Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance, promenade style, as we regale you with storytelling, poetry and music reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. Nine performances take place at the Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, on Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm and 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am and 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am and 12pm,; and Thursday 17 October, 10am and 12pm. A final performance takes place at The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, D2 on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm for the closing ceremony of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan is a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham as part of The Trees project supported by Creative Europe. Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance, promenade style, as we regale you with storytelling, poetry and music reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. Nine performances take place at the Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, on Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm and 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am and 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am and 12pm,; and Thursday 17 October, 10am and 12pm. A final performance takes place at The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, D2 on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm for the closing ceremony of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan is a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham as part of The Trees project supported by Creative Europe. Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance, promenade style, as we regale you with storytelling, poetry and music reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. Nine performances take place at the Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, on Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm and 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am and 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am and 12pm,; and Thursday 17 October, 10am and 12pm. A final performance takes place at The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, D2 on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm for the closing ceremony of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
The Invaders’ Fear of Memories is a solo theatre piece about the colonisation of Palestine. The play is based on the life and diaries of Yousef Nachmani - a Russian Jew who migrated from Tsarist Russia to Ottoman Palestine in 1907. The script for this production includes excerpts from the diaries of Yousef Nachmani. It also draws from testimonies contained in Illan Pappe’s The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, along with interviews from The Diaries of Yossef Nachmani, a documentary by the Israeli journalist and filmmaker, Dalia Karpel. The title for this play, The Invaders’ Fear of Memories, is a line taken from ‘On this Land’, a poem by the Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish. The Invaders’ Fear of Memories is performed at the Cork Arts Theatre on Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 7pm.
Where are Women Organising? Is an online discussion capturing how and where women are leading in the current struggles for housing, workers’ rights, environmental justice and reproductive rights on the island of Ireland and globally. The event is organised by the National Women’s Council of Ireland as part of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
The Beckett List written and directed by Sandy Sneddon is an original multimedia theatre productionexploring the life and works of Samuel Beckett. The Beckett List is presented by An Táin Arts Centre’s Community Company in Residence, Encore Productions and RehabCare, written and directed by Sandy Sneddon. The show runs at the Mermaid Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray, County Wicklow, A98 N5PI on Wednesday16 October, 2024, 1-3pm
The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan is a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham as part of The Trees project supported by Creative Europe. Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance, promenade style, as we regale you with storytelling, poetry and music reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. Nine performances take place at the Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, on Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm and 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am and 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am and 12pm,; and Thursday 17 October, 10am and 12pm. A final performance takes place at The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, D2 on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm for the closing ceremony of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan is a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham as part of The Trees project supported by Creative Europe. Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance, promenade style, as we regale you with storytelling, poetry and music reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. Nine performances take place at the Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, on Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm and 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am and 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am and 12pm,; and Thursday 17 October, 10am and 12pm. A final performance takes place at The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, D2 on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm for the closing ceremony of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival.
Protest comes in many forms and art, as a form of protest, can be used to raise awareness, show and encourage solidarity, and criticise government. With our strong artistic and cultural lineage, artists in Ireland are at the heart of many protest movements. This panel discussion titled ‘Art as Project: How the Arts Can Advance Human Rights ‘will explore the links between protest, solidarity and the arts. It will bring together artists, activists, academics, and individuals to see how they are working towards a common aim. In addition to the panel discussion with artists and activists, the evening will feature a short training session on your rights when protesting. The panel discussion is presented by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and takes place on Thursday 17 October from 6.30 to 8.30 pm at Hen’s Teeth, Dublin 8.
Join us for an Open Mic night of poetry and music related to themes of solidarity, human rights and social justice. The floor is open for sign ups, and we will also have featured artists.
Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memory by Mary Moynihan was commissioned by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders for the fifth annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival in 2023. Due to popular demand, the show returns for the 2024 festival for three outdoor performances from 18-20 October, daily at 1pm in the award-winning Iveagh Gardens, Dublin’s secret garden, located close to St Stephen’s Green Park in Dublin city centre. There will be one indoor performance at the launch of the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival in The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, Dublin 2, on Friday 11 October, 7.30pm. Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memory by Mary Moynihan is adapted from the words of four brave and inspirational human rights defenders from around the world who were murdered because of their peaceful work defending the rights of others.
Ar Snámh by award-winning Irish language writer Seán Mac Dhonnagáin is presented at The Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, D02 K037, on Friday, 18 October and Saturday, 19 October, nightly at 7.30pm. Each performance is followed by a post-show panel discussion with the artists and guest speakers on the theme of ‘The Irish Language and the Arts: Unique forms of expression to promote equality, human rights and diversity’. Ar Snámh is directed by Hilary Bowen-Walsh and produced by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality as part of the Aisling programme supporting emerging and established artists working in the Irish language with a focus on the arts for equality, human rights and diversity.
Ar Snámh follows Jane, a young woman who moved away from Dublin as a child, as she returns to her home county by travelling up the Liffey in a dinghy she bought in Lidl. Special thanks to Foras na Gaeilge.