What’s On

August 1 @ 11:00 am - October 31 @ 4:00 pm IST

Courageous Women – A Celebration of Change-Makers

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The Tearooms, Glebe House, Co Donegal
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
September 25 @ 11:00 am - September 30 @ 6:00 pm IST Event Series

Love Story

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Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
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 @ 11:00 am - October 7 @ 6:00 pm IST Event Series

Love Story

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Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
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 4 @ 10:00 am - November 5 @ 4:30 pm IST

Courageous Women – A Celebration of Change-Makers

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Rathfarnham Castle
Courageous Women is a film installation by Mary Moynihan on display in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, from 4 October to 5 November 2023. The film is an imagined re-creation of moments from the lives of women in Irish history from 1916 to 1923
October 7 @ 1:30 pm - October 8 @ 4:00 pm IST

HOUSE

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Market Yard, Ballyshannon
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 @ 11:00 am - October 14 @ 6:00 pm IST Event Series

Love Story

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Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
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

Smashing Times Online Gallery – Eternal Rebels

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Virtual Arts Centre
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 @ 12:00 pm - October 22 @ 5:00 pm IST

Trigger for Change

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Online
A radio documentary by artist Sinead McCann, exploring the challenges people with a criminal record face in securing employment on release from prison
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Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival Launch:  In Solidarity – An International Celebration of Arts and Rights

The Pumphouse
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
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Human Rights Under Threat: The Arts Respond

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Pearse Street Library Conference Centre
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.
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An Afternoon with the Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival

The Pumphouse
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
Get Tickets €10.00 – €12.00
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An Evening with the Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival

The Pumphouse
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
Get Tickets €10.00 – €12.00
October 16 @ 11:00 am - October 21 @ 6:00 pm IST Event Series

Love Story

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Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
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
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Memorial Monologues

Iveagh Gardens
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
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‘Foragers’ film screening and talk with Palestinian Activists

Project Arts Centre
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
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Tales of Love and Loss

Rathfarnham Castle
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
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Memorial Monologues

Iveagh Gardens
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
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Heroes

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Dance Cork Firkin Crane
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
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Write a Protest Song!

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Fighting Words
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
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Memorial Monologues

Iveagh Gardens
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
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Memorial Monologues

Iveagh Gardens
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
October 23 @ 11:00 am - October 28 @ 6:00 pm IST Event Series

Love Story

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Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
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 30 @ 11:00 am - November 4 @ 6:00 pm GMT Event Series

Love Story

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Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
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 6 @ 11:00 am - November 11 @ 6:00 pm GMT Event Series

Love Story

Event Category:
Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
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