Support for Little Theatre in Sligo

A call to the people of Sligo to support Sligo Drama Circle in their efforts to provide a Little Theatre in the town was made by North West Regional Tourism Manager, Mr. Eamonn P. Hoy, when he officially closed their summer season at Sligo Town Hall. Earlier, Mr. P. Foran, Chairman of the Drama Circle, said over two thousand visitors had attended the various plays produced during the summer months. After congratulating the Drama Circle on filling what he described as a vacuum in visitor entertainment in the town, Mr. Hoy said there was a definite need for a Little Theatre in Sligo and the responsibility rested on the Sligo people and the different groups in the town to back up the Drama Circle’s project.

He said his organisation were glad to be associated with the Drama Circle in presenting the summer programme as were their colleagues in Bord Fáilte and he expressed the hope that in 1972 it would be possible to provide more substantial assistance towards the summer season. He complimented the players and all those who had helped in any way to make the season such a successful one and said he had been greatly impressed by the performance he had just witnessed. The season was brought to a close with a presentation of “Lovers” by Brian Friel. Other plays produced were “Riders to the Sea”, “The Shadow of the Glen”, “The Magic Glasses” and “O’ Flaherty V.C.” as well as a number by W. B. Yeats, during the recent Yeats International Summer School.

from The Sligo Champion, September 19th, 1971