“The Country Boy” returned to Summer Theatre today, Wednesday, due to unprecedented public demand. It is a play by John Murphy and deals with the classic Irish themes of father-son relationships and emigration. Eddie Maher has returned home, the first time in fifteen years, with his American-born wife, to discover his younger brother Curly intending […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s “Summer Theatre” is now well established in the north-west, thanks to considerable hard work by a dedicated band of people. Thus, it is good to report that the programme announced for 1973 promises to be the best to date. It’s interesting to note the development of the group over the years. In […]
Members of Sligo Drama Circle, already in rehearsals for their Summer Season 1973 have a particularly busy few weeks ahead of them just now. On Thursday of this week (May 17th) the group plays host to the Ballina Players who present “The Patrick Pearse Motel” in Summerhill College, Sligo. This modern satirical comedy of the […]
Presentation Committee The presentation committee wish to state that, because of difficulties arising out of the vast need of this year’s set, the co-operation of everyone involved in the play is needed. It is of paramount importance that all the actors, regardless of sex and disposition, help with the moving of flats and properties, the […]
Everything Looks Red Through Rose-Tinted Glasses Arriving at Jury’s – with not a judge in sight – I was confronted by a spectacle that made my eyes water. (cigarette smoke) having made my way through the haze of nicotine, I came upon the wondrous sight of a Scotsman flaying elderly residents with his shillelagh and […]
When I dropped in recently to see how “The Crucible” was progressing in Scoil Ursula, I made the startling discovery that “Rehearsal – Drama Circle Style” was a totally new innovation. It was no longer an artificial situation where people came together to practice “saying and doing”. Instead, we had “Drama of a Non-Theatrical” nature […]
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 […]
Sligo Drama Circle was founded in 1956. Since then, it has presented plays by major Irish, European and American playwrights. Drama Circle productions have won the premier awards at all the major drama festivals in the west and North West, while Summer Theatre has become an established part of Sligo’s tourist season. For it’s 50th […]
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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Members of Sligo Drama Circle featured on a programme on Ocean FM’s outside broadcast this morning, Friday December 8th, to celebrate the work of Sligo Men’s Shed. We have previously written on this website about Sligo Men’s Shed, but today was about creating an awareness of the Men’s Shed and the work that they do […]
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 […]
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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We in Sligo Drama Circle were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Lionel Gallagher this week. Lionel was a long-standing member of Sligo Drama Circle and was active in many roles within the group for more than 50 years. But it was on the stage where he belonged and where he excelled. Lionel […]
Members of Sligo Drama Circle featured on a programme on Ocean FM’s outside broadcast this morning, Friday December 8th, to celebrate the work of Sligo Men’s Shed. We have previously written on this website about Sligo Men’s Shed, but today was about creating an awareness of the Men’s Shed and the work that they do […]
Sligo Drama Circle will be performing the well-known John B. Keane play “Sive” in the Spring of 2025. It will be staged in the Hawks Well Theatre from April 2nd to 5th. Set in 1950s Ireland, the play revolves around the arranged marriage of the young Sive to an elderly man in a deal worth […]