Round-The-Year Theatre For Sligo

This month, Sligo Drama Circle commences its biggest ever project with the launching of round-the-year theatre for Sligo. A varied programme of plays by leading writers will be performed over a twelve month span in Sligo Town Hall – in response to overwhelming public demand. Said Mr. Liam Mc Kinney, announcing the project: “The idea is to get as near as possible to all-year theatre in Sligo. There has been a tremendous demand from the public, and all proceeds will go towards our Theatre For Sligo project”. There will be theatre twice a week – Tuesday and Thursday nights and the performances will be spread over a thirty weeks period.

The spring season kicks off in February with “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, followed in March by “Tailor and Ansty”. April/May sees the Sligo production of J. B. Keane’s “Many Young Men of Twenty”, and the Circle’s Summer Season will start one month earlier – on June 10th – with “Passes in the Night” by Kevin Grattan. July sees the staging of “The Playboy of the Western World”, while in August the usual Yeats selection will be on offer during the Yeats International Summer School.

“The Importance of Being Earnest” will be staged during August/September, while in October there will be a three-in-one medley of one-act plays. November/December will see the production of “She Stoops to Conquer”. The hectic schedule will put an enormous strain on the company and a spokesman said new personnel of the Drama Circle, members would be welcome, particularly those interested in back-stage work.

from The Sligo Champion, December 6th, 1974