Triskel Backstage

• Blood Relations: The Films of Wes Craven

  For Halloween night this year, Triskel Arts Centre presents a tribute to director Wes Craven by screening three of his most pivotal films: THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) and SCREAM (1996). To coincide with this event, we present a special one off podcast episode with Triskel’s Head of Cinema Chris O’Neill chatting with Supporting Characters podcast host, film historian and fellow Wes Craven enthusiast Bill Ackerman about the director’s filmography, with a particular focus on the three movies being screened at Triskel. https://triskelartscentre.ie/special-events/blood-relations-the-films-of-wes-craven/

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• Triskel Backstage with Brendan Galvin

  Brendan Galvin is a freelance company and production manager. He has worked extensively in the theatre and entertainment industry. Spanning a career over forty years, he has held many positions, some of which include: Irish National Ballet: Stage Manager Opera House, Cork: Production Manager Belfast Festival at Queens: Production Manager Riverdance European & Japan Tours: Company Manager Gate Theatre, Dublin: Tour Production Manager for The Beckett Festival, Lincoln Centre, New York, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, Du Maurier Festival, Toronto, Melbourne Festival, Barbican Festival London, Sydney Festival, Pinter Festival Gate Theatre, Waiting for Godot National and International Tour Manager. Mark Knopfler, Sailing to Philadelphia World Tour: Assistant Tour Manager Riverdance on Broadway: Line Producer Julian Lloyd Webber Irish Tour: Tour Manager Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork: Théâtre Manager. Landmark Productions: Stage Director: Underneath the Lintel, The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger, Between Foxrock and a Hard Place, Greener, Knives in Hens, Breaking Dad. Backwards Up a Rainbow, Straight to Video. Abbey Theatre, Dublin: Company Stage Manager and Tour Production Manager for the Abbey Theatre on numerous productions since 2008. His most recent work was as Company Stage Manger on the national tour of Every Brilliant Thing and the highly acclaimed An Octoroon which recently finished at the Abbey Theatre. ___ Triskel Backstage is hosted by Gillian Hennessy, Marketing and Development Manager with Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, and Eimear O'Brien, Director of Lunasa PR. Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

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• Triskel Backstage with Miguel Amado

  Miguel Amado is a curator and a critic. He is Director of SIRIUS, Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. His key past posts include Director, Cork Printmakers, Ireland; Senior Curator, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, England; Curator, Tate St Ives, England; Curator, Curator, PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon; Visual Arts Centre, Coimbra, Portugal; Curator-in-residence, Abrons Arts Center, New York; Curatorial Fellow, Rhizome at the New Museum, New York; editor, W-Art, Porto. His key exhibitions, projects and events curated as a freelancer include the Portuguese Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale; apexart, New York; Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon; Frieze Projects, Frieze London; Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou/Nantes, France; ARCO, Madrid/Lisbon. He regularly contributes to Artforum and the Visual Artists’ News Sheet. His education includes the MA in Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, London. ___ Triskel Backstage is hosted by Gillian Hennessy, Marketing and Development Manager with Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, and Eimear O'Brien, Director of Lunasa PR. Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

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• Triskel Backstage with Liz Meaney

  Liz Meaney is Performing Arts Director for the Arts Council. As a senior leader she has held positions in a range of art form and practice areas. As Arts Director she led on the policy and processes which resulted support for; a new national opera company, a three year funding agreement for Ireland’s National Theatre the Abbey, and the transformation of the agencies key funding programmes. Liz was responsible for the Arts Council 2016 centenary programme where she ensured the development and delivery of one of the country’s most successful national commissioning programmes. Liz led the establishment of Creative Schools. This Arts Council programme, now running across 300 schools, operates in partnership with the Dept of Education and Skills and Creative Ireland. In her early career she worked with Cork Film Centre, Cork Film Festival and Kino Arthouse Cinema. She was Manager of the Galway Film Centre, a film resource organisation, from 1997-2001. Returning to Cork in 2001 she took up her position as Cork City Council Arts Officer and was involved both in the bid and the realisation of Cork as European Capital of Culture 2005. She has served on the boards of Cork 2005 European Capital of Culture, the Association of Irish Festivals and Events, and Cork Midsummer Festival. She was Chair of the Association of Local Authority Arts Officers. Her experience ranges from the commissioning of large scale public spectacles with audiences in excess of 150,000 to long term strategic planning, capital projects and grant aid management. A graduate of University College Cork, Liz has a Masters in Irish History. She is a certified IPI Project Manager. ___ Triskel Backstage is hosted by Gillian Hennessy, Marketing and Development Manager with Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, and Eimear O'Brien, Director of Lunasa PR. Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

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• Triskel Backstage with Conor Coyle

  Conor Coyle is Ticketsolve’s Head of Operations and oversees customer onboardings, training and support. He previously managed the box office at The Helix in Dublin and has run events and box offices in his ‘spare time’ for years. ___ Triskel Backstage is hosted by Gillian Hennessy, Marketing and Development Manager with Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, and Eimear O'Brien, Director of Lunasa PR. Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

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