Local actor Bob Kelly is currently engaged as Theatre Artist in Residence at the Hawk’s Well Theatre for this year. Bob is at present writing a new piece of theatre The Big Wall to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. This ambitious, new performance project will take place at Sligo Courthouse and Sligo Gaol […]
As we celebrate the 60th Anniversary of our founding, we are making a special appeal to members of the public in Sligo and afar to help us to source and develop our archival material. While we have endeavoured, especially over the past ten years, to gather together evidence of our past activities, we still feel […]
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death last night of one of our founder members, Walter Mc Donagh. Walter will be fondly remembered by all those in the dramatic community for his wonderful contribution to the development of drama and theatre in Sligo. Sligo audiences will especially remember his great characterisations […]
Many years ago, Sligo Drama Circle presented a cup to Feis Shligigh, the Hughes Cup, in memory of Charlie and Maggie Hughes. By all accounts, Charlie and Maggie were stalwarts of Sligo Unknown Players, the pre-cursor to the Drama Circle. A 1962 article in The Sligo Champion referred to the couple: “Charlie and Margaret Hughes […]
Over the past number of years we have begun to accumulate a lot of archival material relating to our almost 60 years of treading the boards of Sligo stages. Much of this material, especially photographs, is accessible on this website. However, we wanted to make more of the material available to the public. We have […]
Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce that it has been granted permission to perform “Translations” by Brian Friel as we embark on our 60th Anniversary year. To have secured the amateur performance rights for one of the major Irish dramatic works, so soon after the passing of Brian Friel, is a massive achievement. “Translations” can be seen […]
“Yeats By Candlelight”, our production celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Nobel Laureate W.B. Yeats. opens this Wednesday night in Lissadell Church. With its association with the nearby Lissadell House and the Gore-Booth family, this is a perfect and unique setting to retell the story of the life of W.B. Yeats, with […]
We’re delighted to find out that our new website has made it onto the Short List in the Blog Awards Ireland 2015 in the Best Art and Culture Blog. Having re-launched the site just a year ago, this is the first time we have entered these awards so it’s a thrill to have made it […]
Huge congrats to Patrick Curley and the team behind the play “Beneath the Bone Moon” for making it to the Dublin Theatre Fringe Fest in September. An earlier version of the play was first staged in the Drama Circle space in the Market Yard in October 2013. This updated version is now set for a […]
Our “Yeats By Candlelight” production takes place next week during the All-Ireland Fleadh in Sligo. It takes place in the unique venue of the Methodist Church in Wine Street right in the centre of Sligo. The newly refurbished church sanctuary has been fitted out with moveable seating. Its excellent acoustics and ambience makes it a […]
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 […]