Four members of the German Amateur Theatre Association were entertained by the Sligo Drama Circle at a reception held in their honour in the Sancta Maria Hotel, Strandhill. During the evening Herr Lindner, the leader of the German party, made recorded interviews with a number of the Circle. Herr Lindner, a school teacher by profession, […]
Following the suggestion made by the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Liam Mc Kinney, at the annual general meeting of the Sligo Drama Circle this year, arrangements have been made by the Circle for the staging of the play, “The Evidence I Shall Give” in the first week of December as the first play on their programme […]
The year had been for the group everything he had hoped it would be, said Mr. J.J. Mc Morrow, outgoing Chairman, at the opening of the annual general meeting of the Sligo Drama Circle, held in the Bonne Chere recently. “It has been a most satisfactory term of office for me and has fulfilled every […]
Sligo Drama Circle were within one mark of winning the Esso Trophy – he Premier Award – at the All-Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone on Sunday night last. Their production, “My Three Angels”, also entered in the two or more act open section, was only one mark behind the winners, The Newpoint Players, Newry, with […]
The most successful Ballyshannon Drama Festival ever concluded in the Abbey Ballroom, Ballyshannon, on Sunday night when the Premier Award, The Four Masters Cup, was won by Sligo Drama Circle with “My Three Angels” with 91 marks out of 100. Close runners-up and winning the Rural Cup were Lifford Players in “The Black Stranger” with […]
Nearly sixty people attended the Annual Dinner of the Sligo Drama Circle, Held in the Bonne Chere Restaurant, High Street, on Wednesday night of last week, and the function was a thoroughly enjoyable one. An enjoyable meal was provided by the proprietor, Mr Walter Mc Donagh and served by his highly efficient staff, and subsequently […]
Ernest Daly, Strandhill, for whom Mr. F. P. Howley, solicitor, appeared, was charged at Sligo Court on Friday last before District Justice Barry, with carrying stage props on a lorry at Quay St. Sligo, on 9th March last while not having the required merchandise licence, and with failing to produce his insurance on the occasion. […]
The annual dinner of the Sligo Drama Circle was held in the Bonne Chere Restaurant, High St., Sligo, on Wednesday night of last week and was largely attended and proved to be a most enjoyable function. Mr. E. A. Mc Dermottroe, Chairman of the Drama Circle, presided and at the end of a most excellent […]
The Circle is reading “The Night of the Moon” by James White, at present and have decided to play it this season. Mr. White is a journalist with the “Irish Press” and normally writes under the Irish version of his name – Seamus de Faoite. Mr. Joe Flood will produce the play, but casting has […]
Sligo Drama Circle presented “Montserrat” before a large audience at Meath Drama Festival in Navan and the adjudicator, Mr. Harold Goldblatt, said the group was an excellent company, which, with a very effective setting, had the right atmosphere for this play. He commended the producers on their eye for detail and was particularly impressed by […]
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 […]