IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY - PRESENTED BY ENCHANTED CROI THEATRE
Fri, 28 Jul
|Cavan
“In the Midst of Plenty” is a new folk musical set during the height of Ireland’s Great Hunger. The show is embarking on an Irish tour in 2023 after recently debuting to glowing reviews among sell-out crowds in Strokestown Park and the Roscommon Arts Centre.
Time & Location
28 Jul 2023, 19:30 – 23:00
Cavan, Cavan Town Hall
About the event
ENCHANTED CROI THEATRE PRESENTS "IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY"
TOWNHALL THEATRE CAVAN, SUNDAY 28th MAY 2023 8PM
“In the Midst of Plenty” is a new folk musical set during the height of Ireland’s Great Hunger. The show is embarking on an Irish tour in 2023 after recently debuting to glowing reviews among sell-out crowds in Strokestown Park and the Roscommon Arts Centre. The piece traces the stories of friendship, betrayal, eviction, and emigration among families living on the Strokestown estate. The characters’ stories are set amidst the real-life plot to murder Strokestown landlord Denis Mahon. Audiences are presented hard questions about what it meant to survive the most harrowing chapter in Ireland’s history. Images of original Famine documentation and artifacts have been imaginatively woven into sets and costumes. “In the Midst of Plenty” features an original score of contemporary acoustic folk music and is performed by a cast of professional…