Sligo Drama Circle launched their eagerly awaited new theatre production last night (Monday) in the Hawk’s Well theatre, where it will run for the week. Four award winning actors form the cast of this long awaited production of the “Beauty Queen of Leenane”. Painstakingling rehearsed under the direction of Joan Fitzpatrick, Sligo audiences will not […]
Four award-winning actors who form the cast of the long-awaited production of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” have been in painstaking rehearsal under the direction of Joan Fitzpatrick, and the fruits of their endeavours are about to be brought to the stage. Sligo audiences will not be disappointed by this superb production from Sligo Drama […]
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Sligo Drama Circle will stage two one-act comedy classics from the pens of George Bernard Shaw and Alan Bennett. On December 3 and 4 they will perform “How He Lied To Her Husband” at the Drama Circle’s own performance space to the rear of Montmarte Restaurant in The Market […]
“How He Lied to Her Husband” is a wonderful one act satire by George Bernard Shaw currently in rehearsal by Sligo Drama Circle. A delightful offering, it contains sparkling language, caustic humour and seering social commentary, all the trademark features of George Bernard Shaw. The play tells the story of Henry Apjohn, a young idealistic […]
Tonight, Tuesday, is the eagerly awaited opening night of the Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire”. And while nerves are jangling, both the crew, the cast and the audience are looking forward to the performance. The Drama Circle have worked hard to bring this large-scale production to the stage. They have even […]
A New York actor will be making his Sligo stage debut next week – and it’s all thanks to a feature in The Sligo Champion Arts Page. Tim Dillard was working in a production of “Italian Wedding” in Dun Laoghaire when, out of the blue, his Slig0-based friend, Róisín Monaghan, called to tell him the […]
All good things come to those who wait, but the waiting is finally over. Sligo’s theatre lovers will soon be basking in the glow of another glorious production from the Sligo Drama Circle, this time Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”. The production had initially been scheduled for Autumn of last year, but various factors […]
After ten months away from the Hawk’s Well stage, Sligo Drama Circle make a welcome return with a John B. Keane masterpiece. “The Year of the Hiker” is regarded as one of the Irish playwright’s finest works, exploring as it does the classic themes of outsiders, greed, jealousy and love. It will open at the […]
Sligo Drama Circle have revived a gem of a play, “The Factory Girls” by Frank McGuinness, to present at the Hawk’s Well from tonight, Tuesday November 12 to Saturday, November 16. Whilst now a well established and critically acclaimed dramatist with “Someone to Watch Over Me”, “Innocence”, “Observe The Sons of Ulster…”, McGuinness began writing […]
Sligo Drama Circle have revived a gem of a play, The Factory Girls by Frank McGuinness, which will be presented at the Hawk’s Well Theatre from next Tuesday, November 12th, until Saturday 16th. Now a well established and critically acclaimed dramatist, with works such as “Someone to Watch Over Me”, “Innocence”, “Observe the sons of […]
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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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 […]
We are in the process of writing a book on the history of Sligo Drama Circle over the past almost 70 years. We have been gathering information, photographs and lots more to be included in the book. We also wanted to give our audiences an opportunity to have an input into the book by sharing […]
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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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 […]
We are in the process of writing a book on the history of Sligo Drama Circle over the past almost 70 years. We have been gathering information, photographs and lots more to be included in the book. We also wanted to give our audiences an opportunity to have an input into the book by sharing […]