Recently, someone asked me about the site on which the Hawk’s well Theatre is built. This is the story of how that happened. The area between the Lungy, along Temple Street to the Cathedral Car Park was the walled garden of the Church of Ireland Rectory. The present Sligo Social Services Building was originally the […]
Sligo Drama Circle launch their 1975 Theatre season with a Gala First Night Performance of the famous Tennessee Williams’ play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”. In this Women’s International Year, the season will be officially opened by Housewife of the Year, Mrs Freda Rooney. Next Tuesday night will be a landmark in Sligo’s theatre […]
This month, Sligo Drama Circle commences its biggest ever project with the launching of round-the-year theatre for Sligo. A varied programme of plays by leading writers will be performed over a twelve month span in Sligo Town Hall – in response to overwhelming public demand. Said Mr. Liam Mc Kinney, announcing the project: “The idea […]
The hope that one day Sligo would have its own drama theatre was expressed by the Mayor of Sligo , Alderman Seán Mc Manus, at a civic reception in the Mayor’s Parlour, Sligo Town Hall, on Monday to mark Sligo Drama Circle’s great achievement in winning the All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival at Athlone last week. […]
The year had been for the group everything he had hoped it would be, said Mr. J.J. Mc Morrow, outgoing Chairman, at the opening of the annual general meeting of the Sligo Drama Circle, held in the Bonne Chere recently. “It has been a most satisfactory term of office for me and has fulfilled every […]
Sligo’s new £250,000 custom-built theatre, officially opened by the President of Ireland, Dr. Patrick J. Hillery, this week, marks a significant development of drama in the area. The 300-seater theatre, the only one of its kind west of the Shannon, will enhance Sligo’s reputation as an artistic and cultural centre, fulfilling a dream held for […]
“This is a significant occasion not only for Sligo, but for all Ireland”, stated the President, Dr. Patrick Hillery, when he performed the official opening of Sligo’s Hawk’s Well Theatre. “It is not often in the world in which we live that we hear of the opening of new theatres”, he continued. “You have set […]
Sligo’s new £¼m. theatre, The Hawk’s Well Theatre, will be officially opened on Tuesday next by the President of Ireland, Dr. P. J. Hillery. The opening marks the end of years of concerted endeavours by local organisations, particularly Sligo Drama Circle, and the theatre project represents the first occasion on which two national agencies, The […]
The Hawk’s Well Theatre, which will be officially opened by An tUachtarán Dr. P. J. Hillery on Tuesday 12th January 1982 at 6.45pm, has the distinction of being the first purpose-built theatre west of the Shannon. Built at a cost of a quarter of a million pounds, the Hawk’s Well is centrally located in Temple […]
Sligo Corporation has given the go ahead to a massive tourism and theatre complex at Temple Street, and work on what is expected to be one of the most modern developments of its kind in the country will start next year. At a special meeting on Monday night, the Corporation agreed to contribute £55,000 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 […]