About Enchanted Croí
Enchanted Croí Theatre is a rapidly-growing, highly sought-after women-led professional theatre company founded in 2019 by longtime theatre-maker Anne-Marie O'Sullivan, located in Strokestown, Co Roscommon. Enchanted Croi Theatre creates a range of theatrical productions, including musicals, site-specific theatre, and digital theatre. The company is a major provider of theatre education and workshop facilitation in schools and educational centres, and a trusted event supplier for the National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park and its parent organisation, the Irish Heritage Trust.
Funding
Since 2021, the company has received funding from:
Roscommon Co Council Local Live Performance Programming Scheme
King House and the National Famine Museum, via the Roscommon Co Council Local Live Performance Programming Scheme
Irish Heritage Trust, via the Roscommon Co Council Decade of Centenaries Initiative 2021-2022
The National Famine Museum, via the Night Time Economy Support Scheme
The Irish Heritage Trust, via the Roscommon Co Council Festivals and Events Scheme
Irish Heritage Trust, via Roscommon Co Council funding for Culture Night
RTE Supporting the Arts
Impact
In 2022, the company has:
Produced 10 theatrical events of varying size and scale, including the new full-scale original folk musical "In the Midst of Plenty"
Employed more than 40 creative arts professionals on a freelance basis, with all actors paid consistent with the standards for Irish Actors' Equity
Worked with 350 children in 14 schools and community centres as part of the Arts in Schools and BLAST Arts-in-Education Residency programs
Reached 4000+ ticketed audience members
The Miniature Theatre
Magical stories unfold inside the company’s Enchanted miniature Theatre. Made by Sligo’s Wickerman Niall Miller, this is most certainly one of a kind. Sourced from reused materials, this theatre is made up of willow, holly ash tree, and cedar.
The idea behind Enchanted Croí’s Theatre is to take the magic of Theatre to audiences in non conventional settings. To tour and perform in festivals, to communities and to intimate audiences. There is a particular focus on myths, faerietales, and fantastical stories, all devised by the company in its own unique style.