In May 1967, I was back at the Opera House, on stage this time in Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World”, at the Ulster Drama Final. The Drama Circle travelled to Belfast on Friday afternoon, unloading our stage set that night, which had been designed by Br. Columban for the stage in the Town […]
Siobhán Dooney will be remembering her dear father Paddy as she takes part in the Sligo Drama Circle’s 50th anniversary celebrations, which begin in the Hawk’s Well today, Tuesday. Paddy Dooney was a founder member of the Circle, and acted in its first production, Thy Dear Father, which ran at Sligo Town Hall from November […]
As the Sligo Drama Circle celebrates its 50th anniversary next week, all talk will once again revert back to the group’s first performance in 1956. Directed by Walter McDonagh, the cast of “Thy Dear Father” tread the boards half a century ago in the Town Hall and according to Walter was the talk of the […]
It was 1970. The sixties had ended, and to listen to modern commentators, a dull decade was about to begin. But not in the Sligo theatre world. To us in the Drama Circle, the best was yet to come. Founded in 1956, the Circle had sought for years to win the blue ribband of non-paid […]
It took a bit of gentle arm-twisting, maybe even the persuasive “go on, go on, go on” tactic for which Mrs. Doyle has become so famous, but ultimately it was the quality of the script and the part which lured Dee Gallagher from her self-imposed theatrical exile. Having turned down numerous offers of parts over […]
In Sligo the name Mc Dermottroe is synonymous with superb acting. Eddie Mc Dermottroe Senior delighted and enthralled audiences for years with his many brilliant performances during his time with the Sligo Drama Circle. Maria, his daughter followed in her father’s footsteps. First as an amateur and later as a polished professional. Young Conor is […]
Hard to imagine a tie without television and very little radio. No pub culture, no nightclubs, no custom-built theatre. What did folk do for a bit of diversion? Apparently, very many of them queued for seats in the makeshift theatres of the Town Hall or Gillooly Hall whenever there was a play on offer, which […]
Twenty seven years an actor with practically every local drama group that has come and gone in that time, and a former Chairman and Treasurer of Sligo Drama Circle, Cormac Sheridan is one of the great characters of the local drama scene. A Dubliner by birth, but by now a naturalised Sligoman and proud of […]
For the first time in the series, we’ve encountered an amateur actor who has no qualms about admitting, straight up and no ifs or buts, that yes, he’d love to do it for a living. And at 27 years of age with no marriage or mortgage to worry about, Robert Fitzpatrick has circumstances on his […]
A relatively late starter in the drama game, Ann-Marie Byrnes has crammed an enormous amount of stage work into the last five years. Initially prominent in a number of striking lead roles in Fun Company musicals, she has found a deeper niche as a straight actress in more recent times, and takes another giant step […]
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 […]