Smashing Times Youth Arts and Resource Agency

Smashing Times Youth Arts and Resource Agency are a group of young adults who are committed to promoting artistic and personal development through the use of the arts for active citizenship. We aim to use theatre, film and a range of artistic processes for creating work and to promote a range of issues including human rights, gender equality, peace and inclusion. We believe in artistic excellence and high performance standards underpinned by the exploration of issues affecting youth from various backgrounds. Smashing Times Youth Arts and Resource Agency is operated under Smashing Times Theatre Company. Smashing Times is a professional theatre and film company involved in performance, training and participation. The work is underpinned by a rights-based approach and a commitment to artistic excellence and social engagement. As a leading professional arts organisation the company develops innovative, cutting edge, state of the art projects that promote social justice, gender equality and human rights through high quality artistic processes. The company creates radical work using a multi-disciplinary approach to performance involving a synthesis of the spoken word, physical theatre, movement, dance, music, visual art, video and film. Artistic processes are theatre and storytelling workshops, multi-disciplinary performances, post-show discussions, video and film, interviews, creative seminars symposiums, professional outreach and educational projects. The company promotes artistic creation, diversity and social change and merges art, culture and politics to interact and engage with contemporary society and the world we live in. Smashing Times is committed to: Professional Performance and Post-Show Discussions. Creative Artist and Youth Ensembles. Professional Outreach – Theatre in Social and Applied Contexts and direct access for local communities and communities of interest. Theatre for change – Supporting the use of theatre as a form of knowledge and as a means of transforming society so as to promote social justice, gender equality and human rights. National and International Links & research between professional & participatory theatre. For more information visit smashingtimes.ie