Sligo Drama Circle presents “Night Must Fall” from Tuesday 12th to Saturday 16th February at 8:30pm. “Night Must Fall” is a tantalising detective thriller, full of murder, mystery, suspense and romance. Sligo’s own Walter Mc Donagh has been planning this revival for some time, one which he feels is long overdue. Back in 1956, Sligo’s […]
Now that the days have grown shorter and the nights longer, what better way to beat the pre-Christmas doldrums than a night out at the Hawk’s Well Theatre. And what better night out cold there be than “Oliver” the sparkling musical which Sligo Drama Circle presents from 11th to 21st of November at 8pm. Of […]
“Peg O’ My Heart”, that ageless melodrama, returns to the Hawk’s Well Theatre Sligo on Wednesday August 6th. Staged at that same venue some weeks ago, this comedy of a will, a waif and a set of wily relatives delighted audiences of both locals and tourists alike. This is the play that made a fortune […]
Sligo Drama Circle open an exciting Summer programme at the Hawk’s Well Theatre with the endearing and ever-popular “Peg O’ My Heart”. This delightful romantic comedy made a fortune for its author, J. Hartley Manners, and catapulted his actress wife Laurette Taylor, to international stardom. “Peg O’ My Heart” had its first stage production in […]
How many would have guessed that it is eight years since the curtain last fell in Sligo on “The Playboy of the Western World”. In that year the Sligo Drama Circle had just won the Northern Ireland Premier Award with it in Belfast. Much has changed in the interim and many have gone. The Drama […]
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 Producer, Dolores Corr, the cast is putting a final polish on the seasonal and very funny comedy by the American authors Hart […]
Dear Sir, I suppose that it is not really surprising that Sligo should have a thriving Amateur Dramatic Society. Back in the thirties when most Irish towns thought of “doing a play” as a means of raising funds for a new school or the renovation of a church, the Sligo Unknown Players were setting standards […]
During the 1990’s Sligo Drama Circle participated in the Mid & North-West Radio Drama Awards. The following plays were performed as radio plays during the period: 1994 The Return by Kenny Donagher 1995 Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge 1996 The Long and the Short of It by Rita Ann Bourke 1997 The […]
New talent will be on stage during this year’s season of short plays by Sligo Drama Circle. It is the first year the group has run three shows in three weeks and director Ultan Burke said the focus was on getting new faces involved. They held auditions in September and seven new recruits were found. […]
Memories of the early days of one of Sligo’s longest running drama groups will return when they stage an exhibition on Saturday. Sligo Drama Circle will display a pictorial history of their 56-year existence in an exhibition in the Market Yard on Saturday afternoon from 1pm to 5pm. The drama group has accumulated a wealth […]
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 […]