# Interview with award-winning theatre practitioner, director, sociologist, and educator Frédérique Lecomte Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/arts-human-rights-with-smashing-times-7054458/interview-with-award-winning-theatre-practitioner-director-sociologist-and-educator-fr-d-rique-lecomte Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/arts-human-rights-with-smashing-times-7054458/interview-with-award-winning-theatre-practitioner-director-sociologist-and-educator-fr-d-rique-lecomte.md Podcast: [Arts & Human Rights with Smashing Times](https://stenobird.com/podcast/arts-human-rights-with-smashing-times-7054458) Published: 2026-05-27T19:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/arts-human-rights-with-smashing-times/episodes/6a15be1f83dd9b6e11ba7cff Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66fbef17fdb2501b6b363a1d/e/6a15be1f83dd9b6e11ba7cff/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/arts-human-rights-with-smashing-times-7054458/episodes/interview-with-award-winning-theatre-practitioner-director-sociologist-and-educator-fr-d-rique-lecomte Duration seconds: 3296 ## Resource The Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio show broadcast on Wednesday 27 May, 6-7pm (repeated Wednesday 3 June 2026, 6-7pm) and available as a podcast), features an interview with the award winning internationally recognised theatre practitioner, director, sociologist, and educator Frédérique Lecomte. Frédérique is the founder, CEO and artistic director of Théâtre et Réconciliation located in Brussels, Belgium. The company uses performances and workshops to support reconciliation, trauma recovery, and human rights work, using theatre to promote social engagement and to empower and transform individuals and communities. They have the aim of making theatre with everyone to save the world and create a shared humanity. Frédérique has developed her own theatrical method for over 40 years called Théâtre et Réconciliation, named after the theatre company she founded. Frédérique has worked extensively in Belgium and in conflict zones including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/arts-human-rights-with-smashing-times-7054458/episodes/interview-with-award-winning-theatre-practitioner-director-sociologist-and-educator-fr-d-rique-lecomte/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/arts-human-rights-with-smashing-times-7054458/interview-with-award-winning-theatre-practitioner-director-sociologist-and-educator-fr-d-rique-lecomte.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.