Outhouse is delighted to welcome back Age & Opportunity back to our Theatre for the Bealtaine Festival,

Unshrinking Violets is an exhibition with activist/ protest ephemera and photographs drawn from the private collections donated by participants from this era exploring the archival and social history of Lesbian activism curated & produced by artists Han Tiernan & Francis Fay with exhibition research advisors, filmmaker Cara Holmes and Ger Moane.
 
Unshrinking Violets Exhibition
- Runs from May 17 - 26
- Mon- Fri (11am - 5pm) , Sat (10am-4pm)
- Outhouse Theatre, 105 Capel St.
- Free, in-person event

An exhibition with activist/ protest ephemera and photographs drawn from the private collections donated by participants from this era exploring the archival and social history of lesbian activism.

Unshrinking Violets is the Age & Opportunity, Bealtaine Festival Commission for 2023 supported by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council. Curated & produced by artists Han Tiernan & Francis Fay with exhibition research advisors, filmmaker Cara Holmes and Ger Moane. Curatorial Support Monica Flynn (Visual Art Curator, Bealtaine Festival).

In October 1973, 10 men and women met in a room in Trinity College, Dublin to form the Sexual Liberation Movement (SLM) and further LGBTQ+ initiatives and organisations emerged as the decade unfolded. Bealtaine Festival 2023 will mark and celebrate this significant anniversary of LGBTQ+ activism with partners Outhouse and lesbian activists involved in earlier support organisations such as the SLM (Sexual Liberation Movement), LIL (Liberate Irish Lesbians), LOT (Lesbians Organising Together) and LINC (Lesbians in Cork).

Outitude: Film Screening
- Wed, May 4
- 6:30pm – 8pm
- Outhouse Theatre, 105 Capel St.
- Free, ticketed event - Register for Outitude >>

OUTITUDE is a heartfelt documentary that attempts to get to the core of what it means to be lesbian. We spoke to rural and urban lesbians, poets, writers, activists, self-professed bar dykes, queer women and curious women. We talked to lesbians involved in many of the organisations past and present that have made our community what it is today such as LOT, LinC, OUTBURST, Belong To, Lesbian Line, Running Amach, Deja VuVu and many more. Personal stories tell of the diversities of identities, tales of coming out, experiences of homophobia and the varied types of activisms that offer a kaleidescope of the richness and diversity of our lesbian community.

Venue is partially wheelchair accessible please contact Outhouse for more information.