Sligo Drama Circle is planning a production of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” for July 2015. Set in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England, the play deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage. We previously let you know that we were planning men’s auditions for the show. We […]
Ali Coffey Casting company have contacted us to let us know that they are casting a campaign next week featuring a grandmother (55-70) and her granddaughter (16-22). They are independent thinkers, pretty similar people, they get along great and love books, music, travel and their friends and family. They have their own sense of style […]
Sligo Drama Circle is planning a production of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” for July 2015. Set in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England, the play deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage. The village of Longbourn, home to the Bennet family, is excited by the news that a wealthy […]
One of the main problems with theatre first nights is that you never know what to say afterwards. “You were wonderful, darling,” is what people are meant to remark to each other according to popular myth, though I must admit I’ve never heard anyone actually say it in my considerable experience of these unholy rituals. […]
Ever wondered what it’s like to tread the boards? Well now is your chance! Every Monday night for 6 weeks at the Hawk’s Well Theatre you can learn all about acting. Under the skilful direction of Bob Kelly, regular collaborator with the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, this six-week course offers a place to explore, create […]
After a lot of planning, designing and preparation especially over the last six months, Sligo Drama Circle is back online with its brand new website. The process to create the new website actually started this time last year when we began thinking about and talking about projecting a new image through a new website. The […]
2013 was a busy year for Sligo Drama Circle with six productions staged in different Sligo venues throughout the year. In March, our Spring production in the Hawk’s Well Theatre was “By the Bog of Cats” by Marina Carr. Our Summer production, also in the Hawk’s Well Theatre, was a revival of a previous Drama […]
In 2012, the Hawk’s Well Theatre celebrated its 30th birthday, having come into existence in 1982 through the foresight and determination of many Sligo Drama Circle members and friends. As part of the birthday celebrations, the Hawk’s Well organised an exhibition detailing the involvement of all the local drama and musical groups in the development […]
Memories of the early days of one of Sligo’s longest running drama groups will return when they stage an exhibition on Saturday. Sligo Drama Circle will display a pictorial history of their 56-year existence in an exhibition in the Market Yard on Saturday afternoon from 1pm to 5pm. The drama group has accumulated a wealth […]
Sligo Drama Circle, celebrating fifty years of drama in Sligo, represents the best tradition of drama in Ireland’s North-West. From very humble beginnings in the 1950’s where many Sligo people got the chance to tread the boards of Sligo Town Hall, to the present day where young and old have the chance to grace the […]
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 […]