With the departure of “The Country Boy”, except of course, for the half-whispered promise of a look into “Sharon’s Grave” and maybe the belated arrival of a “Witness for the Prosecution”, the play-going season in Sligo has ended for the year. What kind of season was it? Except for the promise of joy and fulfilment […]
Mr. Denis Franks, the well-known Shakespearean lecturer and writer, had some harsh things to say about the Irish drama movement when he lectured in Sligo last week on “Shakespeare without Tears”. He thought that the talk about the revival of the drama movement in Ireland was bogus and held the view that the standard of […]
Sligo has always enjoyed a reputation in the amateur theatrical world. Many years ago the Temperance Dramatic Society, under the direction of the late John Monson, performed many successful plays, but their big achievement came as a result of the presentation of the musical play “Flowers of the Forest”. The Sligo Catholic Institute presented many […]
Dinner theatre has proved to be a most popular way of combining two aspects of the good life – dining out and entertainment. Most large cities in the Western World and many smaller ones have found that there is great public response to the idea. Dinner Theatre comes to the Sligo Park Hotel on Wednesday, […]
“When a trip to Dublin was a rare event it naturally required more attention to provide local amusements, and Sligo, from, if not before, the year 1750, contained a theatre. The original building was near the quay; it was subsequently moved to the vicinity of the Linen-Hall. ‘His majesty’s servants from the Theatre Royal, Crow […]
Over the years Sligo Drama Circle has used many places for the rehearsal of plays and making of sets and costumes. Sligo Columban Club, Sligo Social Services, Scoil Ursula. For
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As part of our production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” in the Hawk’s Well Theatre this November, we will be hosting an exhibition in association with the Hawk’s Well Theatre celebrating the contribution of the late Joe Meehan to both Sligo Drama Circle and the Hawk’s Well Theatre. Like many others of his generation, […]
Sligo Men’s Shed Work With SDC
Thirteen years ago a group of Sligomen met to discuss starting a Men’s Shed in the town. Those first meetings were held in the Family Life Centre on the Mall, but it soon became clear that if the idea was to develop, a permanent premises would be needed. Enter Fr. Tom Hever, who told the […]
We are in the process of writing a book on the history of Sligo Drama Circle over the past almost 70 years. We have been gathering information, photographs and lots more to be included in the book. We also wanted to give our audiences an opportunity to have an input into the book by sharing […]
Sligo Drama Circle is an amateur drama group formed in 1956 to provide live theatre to the Sligo public. With the disappearance of the professional theatre companies from the Irish scene at the time, and the reluctance of the National Theatre to undertake provincial tours, the amateur movement across the
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As part of our production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” in the Hawk’s Well Theatre this November, we will be hosting an exhibition in association with the Hawk’s Well Theatre celebrating the contribution of the late Joe Meehan to both Sligo Drama Circle and the Hawk’s Well Theatre. Like many others of his generation, […]
Sligo Men’s Shed Work With SDC
Thirteen years ago a group of Sligomen met to discuss starting a Men’s Shed in the town. Those first meetings were held in the Family Life Centre on the Mall, but it soon became clear that if the idea was to develop, a permanent premises would be needed. Enter Fr. Tom Hever, who told the […]
We are in the process of writing a book on the history of Sligo Drama Circle over the past almost 70 years. We have been gathering information, photographs and lots more to be included in the book. We also wanted to give our audiences an opportunity to have an input into the book by sharing […]