In the Hawk’s Well Theatre from Tuesday August 19th to Saturday 23rd, Sligo Drama Circle offers it own commemoration of the Great Famine. Directed by Paddy Foran, the Circle stages Gerard Healy’s classic drama “The Black Stranger in the Temple Street venue. This is a must for all lovers of the well crafted Irish play […]
The new Hawk’s Well Theatre will host a production of J. M. Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World”. The production, by the Sligo Drama Circle, is the beginning of their 40th birthday celebrations. Frankie Brannigan directs the play and the production boasts a very stage ecperienced cast. The lead role of Christy Mahon falls […]
A unique Sligo family connection with one of Ireland’s most celebrated plays will be complete when Sligo Drama Circle present their latest production of J. M. Synge’s masterpiece, The Playboy of the Western World, at Fr. Flanagan Hall, Summerhill College from March 4th to 13th. Playing the central character of Christy Mahon will be Eddie […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s actress Yvonne Curran was the star of the show at the First National / Mid and North West Radio Drama Awards where she won the Best Actress category. Yvonne was competing with top amateur actresses from counties Donegal, Mayo, Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway. Yvonne played the lead role in Kenny Donagher’s highly […]
The popularity of Seán O’ Casey’s plays has never been in question and the Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “Juno and the Paycock” is no exception in this regard. As a result the Drama Circle have added an extra performance to their current run in the Hawk’s Well, on Saturday 19th at 8.30pm. Juno is […]
Sligo Drama Circle makes a welcome return to the Hawk’s Well with a new production of “Juno and the Paycock” this week. Under experienced director, Frankie Brannigan, this ever popular O’ Casey classic runs from tonight (Wednesday) to Friday February 18th (excluding Sunday 13th) nightly at 8.30pm. Set in a Dublin tenement house in 1922, […]
The classic comedy “Blithe Spirit” continues at the Hawk’s Well for four nights, from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st inclusive. But theatre-goers take note, there’s no performance tonight (Wednesday 17th). Instead Jack and the Lads hold centre stage elsewhere! For an evening of fun and all round dramatic entertainment, “Blithe Spirit” qualifies admirably. This light-hearted […]
“Blithe Spirit”, which makes its first ever appearance at the Hawk’s Well on Tuesday, November 16th, represents one of Noel Coward’s brightest, and most popular dramas. Billed as an improbable farce, this light-hearted romantic comedy achieved instant classic status on its first West End appearance in 1941. Now the Sligo Drama Circle, with the experienced […]
The Sligo Drama Circle production of ‘The Plough and the Stars’ returns to the Hawks Well Theatre for eight nights only from Monday 3rd to Monday 10th August, inclusively. This great O’ Casey classic, colourful and one-time controversial, had a spectacularly successful spring run, so any patrons unable to gain a seat then, have a […]
Sligo Drama Circle return to the Hawk’s Well next week with “The Plough and the Stars” . Under the experienced hand of director Frank Brannigan and this ever-popular O’ Casey classic, runs from Wednesday 26th February to Saturday 7th March, excluding Sunday. Frank Brannigan’s name is synonymous with the Profile Theatre Company with whom he […]
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 […]