About Craic

We have been having the best Craic in Coalisland since 1996. That's all we ever wanted to do, have a bit fun doing what we love doing putting on shows. If we are asked by anyone what is Craic all about, we usually say that we are active in promoting skills and providing opportunities for young people in the fields of performing arts, acting, singing, dancing, set and costume design, lighting design, make-up, etc.

However we do all these things while taking great enjoyment in doing so. It may sound that we don't take ourselves too seriously. Nothing could be further from the truth. We approach every production with a professional attitude that would be the envy of any professional theatre company. Anyone who has been to one of our show would testify to the high standards we set ourselves. But that's all part of the enjoyment, presenting to the people of Coalisland and beyond top class plays and musicals to the highest standard. Serious fun!

Our first production took to the stage of the Parochial Centre Coalisland in 1996. After many meetings involving a number of interested people it was decided that Willie Russells "Our Day Out" would be an ideal show as it required a large cast of early to mid teenage actors and performers. After a number of years and many productions it became clear that the Parochial Centre was not ideal for the type and scale of production that we wanted to put on. The committee spent several years searching for accommodation that could be made into a custom made Arts Centre.

In 2002 we achieved our goal of opening such a centre. Now the theatre is known all over and has a reputation that we're proud of.