The answer to doom and gloom? No! Sligo’s Hawk’s Well Theatre is not going into the political arena from August 20th to 29th – a ten day run – the Temple Street theatre should be alive with laughter and song as Sligo Drama Circle presents the musical version of the famous old farce “Charley’s Aunt” […]
Shsss ….! Philip Price’s dislike of the mumbling in the young chorus rang loud and clear. These producers really do look stern and dictatorial – just like in the movies – as they sit in their chairs in the centre of the floor clad in denims and with their shirt sleeves rolled up. Now it […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the Hawk’s Well stage on Tuesday June 8th for a five night run with Brian Friel’s “Living Quarters”. This production has already been selected as the opening play of this year’s Yeats International Summer School in August. “Living Quarters” is one of the more recent works from the pen of […]
Next week from Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th November the Sligo Drama Circle presents Alan Ayckbourn’s hilarious comedy “Bedroom Farce”. Ayckbourn is the most successful and prolific English playwright since Noel Coward, having a phenomenal string of box-office hits to his credit. Earlier this season, Sligo Drama Circle presented Ayckbourn’s “How the Other Half Loves” […]
Theatre returns to Strandhill on Wednesday 2nd, Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th December when Sligo Drama Circle takes to the boards in Kevin Flynn’s popular “Venue”. For its double bill the Circle has chosen two short contrasting pieces. “Sundance”, a western with a difference and “There are Tragedies and Tragedies”, a folk comedy by George […]
Sligo has been chosen as one of the venues for the Amateur Drama League of Ireland National Festival. The event will take place in the theatre of the Regional College from April 20th to 29th and will be the last such staged before the final in Mullingar from May 8th to 18th. Sligo Drama Circle […]
On Sunday next Sligo Drama Circle launches its Jubilee year with a gala opening performance of “Antigone”, a brilliant modern play by French author Jean Anouil. This play has been performed in many languages around the world, and had a very extended West End run when it was first translated into English a few years […]
Sligo Drama Circle announced yesterday that the group will be participating in the new National Theatre Festival and will be travelling to three A.D.L. festivals in the March – April period. This will be the first time in five years that the Circle will become involved in competition and the move is all the more […]
Sligo Drama Circle will be attempting to lift the winter gloom with its pre-Christmas offering of “Peg O’ My Heart”. The Circle returns to the City Hall for one week’s run from Tuesday November 18th with J. Hartley Manners’ famous romantic comedy under the direction of Walter Mc Donagh. “Peg” is an ideal choice for […]
Sligo Drama Circle will be attempting to lift the winter gloom with its pre-Christmas offering of “Peg O’ My Heart”. The Circle returns to the City Hall for one week’s run from Tuesday November 18th with J. Hartley Manners’ famous romantic comedy under the direction of Walter Mc Donagh. “Peg” is an ideal choice for […]
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 […]