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• Triskel Backstage with Katt Shea

  In Peter Traver's Rolling Stone review of the Katt Shea film POISON IVY, he writes: “why settle for the usual walk around the exploitation block when Shea offers a wild ride with the top down into uncharted territory?”. This comment could easily be applied to all of the genre movies that the filmmaker helmed during the 80s and 90s. A pioneering female director who started out working on low budget productions for the king of the B's Roger Corman, Katt Shea made films in this male-dominated world with taut screenplays (which she often co-wrote), snappy dialogue, innovative visuals, thoughtful characterisations and great performances. With the Museum of Modern Art and the British Film Institute hosting retrospectives of her work, Shea has been recognised as a notable filmmaker and Triskel Arts Centre was delighted to present a selection of her films in October 2025, some of them never before seen on a cinema screen in Ireland. Our Head of Cinema Chris O'Neill spoke with Katt about her work.

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• Triskel Backstage with Adrian Lyne

  August is Adrian Lyne month at Triskel as we show six of the director's films. Triskel's Head of Cinema Chris O'Neill speaks with Adrian Lyne about his work. Little Pieces of Humanity: The Films of Adrian LyneIn a recent interview the filmmaker Adrian Lyne says that he looks for the “little pieces of humanity” when shooting a scene. Some tangible details that give his characters that extra dimension that an audience can recognise and identify with. Lyne makes movies populated by characters dealing with emotionally-engaging issues, often these issues revolve around relationships and sexuality, and are always presented in a highly stylish manner. But it is those persuasive “little pieces of humanity” that gives the films their edge. They ground them in a relatable form of reality and allow the films to resonate with audiences at the time of their release and beyond.This summer, Triskel Arts Centre presents a season dedicated to the work of Lyne, a British director who forged a career in Hollywood by making some of the most popular and talked about films of their time. We will screen his first six features: Lyne makes his debut with the moving coming-of-age story FOXES; the glitzy dance drama FLASHDANCE follows; 9 ½ WEEKS is the sensual and controversial relationship tale; FATAL ATTRACTION is the highly influential domestic thriller that was one of the highest grossing films of 1987; the criminally underrated psychological horror JACOB’S LADDER comes next; and the steamy drama INDECENT PROPOSAL was one of the most popular and debated films of 1993.These movies will all be screened over six consecutive Saturdays starting 26 July and tickets are on sale now.Little Pieces of Humanity – Triskel Arts Centre

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• 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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