1991 is a big year for Sligo author John Kavanagh. During the summer his first book of poems “Etchings” was published by Salmon Publishing of Galway to critical acclaim and now Sligo Drama Circle is about to give a reading of his first play “A Savage Humility” in the Hawk’s Well Theatre on Tuesday 12th […]
The Sligo Drama Circle returns to the Hawk’s Well Theatre with eight consecutive performances of the Seán O’ Casey classic “The Shadow of a Gunman”. (August 5th to August 12th inclusive) This entertaining and satirical play is the first of the famous “Dublin Trilogy”, the others “Juno” and “The Plough” also had successful productions in […]
‘Summertime and the living is easy’ – isn’t exactly what you’ll hear S.D.C. Director, Walter Mc Donagh, chirping during this holiday season. Living indeed is easy if you’re lazing languidly on the sun drenched decks of the ‘St. Louis Princess’ as you glide down by the ‘Gateway Arch’, swept on by mighty Mississippi, a mega-sized […]
Sligo Drama Circle members have just returned from the United States following a much acclaimed performance in St. Louis, Missouri, of the Seán O’ Casey classic “Juno and the Paycock”. The St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, in a review, described the Sligo group’s production as “good – often very good”. The newspaper’s theatre critic, Joe Pollack, […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s “Juno and the Paycock” currently playing to packed houses at Sligo’s Hawk’s Well Theatre, is to play in St. Louis Missouri, on St. Patrick’s weekend. Walter Mc Donagh’s production has won a new place in the history of Sligo theatre by being invited to play in the 740 seater St. Louis venue […]
“It revolutionised the whole amateur drama scene”, a comment made about J. B. Keane’s “Sive”. Like all revolutions it had its growing pains having been initially rejected by the Abbey but engendering so much excitement in the Limerick audience of 1959, the year of its first performance, that the Gardaí had to be called out. […]
The Sligo Drama Circle will celebrate their thirtieth anniversary in true style this month with an adventurous birthday production of Agatha Christie’s “Ten Little Indians”. Originally staged under the title “Ten Little Niggers”, British Race Relations Laws enforced a name change, and despite the absence of race relations laws in the Republic, Sligo Drama Circle […]
“If we give as much happiness to our audiences as we have had during rehearsals, we will be content”, said Joan Fitzpatrick who is producing Sligo Drama Circle’s musical “Guys ‘n Dolls” which opens on Thursday November 15th at 8.00pm in the Hawk’s Well Theatre. Set in Brooklyn, the musical fable is based on a […]
“I was born with a play script in my hand”, joked Irene Fleming when she spoke to Sligo Weekender about her production of “Drama at Inish” which the Sligo Drama Circle are presenting at the Hawk’s Well Theatre from Wednesday May 9th to Saturday May 12th. Irene, a teacher at St. Cecilia’s, Cregg House, began […]
I knew one certain thing about New Yorker, Philip Price, before we had a chance to chat. And that was that he was a workaholic! I mean it is not often that a professional producer – after completing a hectic term in the competitive realm of American theatre – comes to a small place like […]
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 […]