Rehearsals for the Sligo Drama Circle presentation of “The Man Who Came to Dinner” are now entering their final stages in the group’s new headquarters in the Market Yard. Under the eye of the producer Dolores Corr, the cast is putting the final polish on the seasonal and very funny comedy by the American authors, […]
For the first time ever since it was offered for competition in 1953, the Grand Opera House Perpetual Challenge Cup came south of the border from the Opera House, Belfast, when it was won by the Sligo Drama Circle last Saturday night. Their presentation of “The Playboy of the Western World” at the Ulster Drama […]
But there is no resting of their laurels for the members of the Drama Circle. And no off-season for drama in Sligo either. Immediately the members of the group commence rehearsals on the three Yeats one-act plays they will stage in Sligo Town Hall during the Yeats International Summer School next August. In previous years […]
The Sligo Drama Circle monthly newsletter discloses that the Circle has qualified for the Northern Ireland Festival finals at the Opera House, Belfast, in May, “but seems unlikely to squeeze into the All-Ireland Finals in Athlone next month”. The Circle competed at five festivals gaining one first place and four seconds. The surprising thing is […]
“The Sligo Drama Circle was missed on the Western Festival Circuit during the last two seasons”, stated Mr. Eddie Fitzpatrick, the newly elected Chairman, speaking at the annual general meeting of the Circle in the Imperial Hotel, Sligo. The All-Ireland winners, Tuam Theatre Guild and other leading dramatic groups had told him that the absence […]
Sligo Drama Circle are presenting “Drama at Inish”, a comedy in three acts by Lennox Robinson, in the Town Hall, Sligo from Sunday 28th March to Wednesday 31st March. This is one of the late Dr. Robinson’s best comedies and one that has been very popular both on the professional and amateur stage. The play […]
Sligo Drama Circle will this year produce “Dinney and the Witches” which has been described as “a frolic of grave matters”, and it is planned to stage the play at a number of drama festivals. This was announced by Mrs. L. Corr at the annual dinner of the Circle which was held in the Bonne […]
At next year’s drama festivals, Sligo Drama Circle will stage “The Crucible”, an intensely interesting and thought-provoking drama by the American dramatist Arthur Miller. This was announced by this year’s producer to the group, Mrs. Monica Toher, speaking at the annual dinner of the Circle which was held in the Bonne Chere Restaurant, High St., […]
The Sligo Drama Circle have gone into rehearsal of “The Curious Savage”, a gentle American comedy by John Patrick, better known as author of “Teahouse of the August Moons”. As far as the group members are aware, this play has not been performed by amateurs in this country before and so far they have been […]
From Sunday, December 9th, to Wednesday December 12th, “Court” will be held nightly in he Gillooly Hall, Sligo, at 8.30pm. The list for hearing on December 9th before District Justice Mc Henry, a new Justice to Sligo, is as follows: Sinnott Vs O’ Connell (Assault and Battery) Mother Cecilia, Superioress of St. Malabar’s Orphanage Vs […]
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 […]