Yeats Day, June 13th 2015, marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of W. B. Yeats. Many events were held in Sligo to honour the anniversary of the famous poet. On the day, Sligo Drama Circle performed a unique event – a marathon reading of the entire poetic works of W.B. Yeats. The event was […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s Yeats Marathon, planned for Yeats Day on June 13th, will benefit two local charities. As part of this unique venture, we are hoping that the public will support both North West Hospice and Sligo Cancer Support Centre. Both organisations rely heavily on donations to continue doing the great work that they do […]
2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet W.B. Yeats and as part of the celebrations on Yeats Day, June 13th, Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce that we are going to do a “Yeats Marathon“. We plan on doing a marathon reading of the entire canon of Yeats poems, 378 […]
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Sligo Drama Circle will take place on Monday night May 18th at 7pm at our premises in the Market Yard, Sligo. Existing members, past members and new members and friends are all welcome to attend. According to our Constitution, only paid up members will be allowed to vote and be […]
Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce the return of their huge hit comedy from 2013, MOLL. This John B. Keane classic comedy received hugely positive feedback from audiences when it last played the Hawk’s Well Theatre in November 2013. MOLL is set to return to the Hawk’s Well this July and it should appeal […]
We just recently came across this image on the Theatrefolk Facebook Page. With so many amateur drama groups on a very tight budget, these tips will probably make sense to the costume/wardrobe organisers in the group. How many of these tips is your group already using?
Sligo Drama Circle is planning to produce two very contrasting plays this summer and we are looking for actors. The first play to be produced is Noel Cowards comedy, “Present Laughter“, set in England in the late 1930’s. It will be on the Hawks Well stage from July 7th to 11th. The plot centres on Garry Essendine, […]
The annual Gormanston Drama Summer School will take place from Sunday August 2nd to Saturday August 8th this year. It promises a top class list of tutors, working with course director Eamonn O’Donoghue, to create engaging, exciting and relevant content for 2015. It also promises something for everyone, from the established actors looking to improve their technique, […]
We have collected quite a number of photographs of productions from our almost 60 year history and posted them in our online Gallery on this website. We have images of stage sets, rehearsal photos, promotion shots, as well as scans of posters, flyers, tickets and programmes for shows down through the years. We will continue […]
2015 marks the 150th anniversary since the birth of the poet W.B. Yeats. A year-long series of celebrations are planned to mark the event with exhibitions, poetry readings, performances and recordings. More information on the events to mark the year can be found on the Yeats 2015 website. Sligo-based Blue Raincoat Theatre Company plan to […]
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 […]