The Circle were doing work of National importance in promoting the Irish language or drama, said the Mayor of Sligo, Mr. Norbert Ferguson, when he attended the annual dinner of the Sligo Drama Circle, in the Sancta Maria Hotel, Strandhill. He said although people such as they, close to the national movement which started fifty […]
Sligo Drama Circle will this year produce “Dinney and the Witches” which has been described as “a frolic of grave matters”, and it is planned to stage the play at a number of drama festivals. This was announced by Mrs. L. Corr at the annual dinner of the Circle which was held in the Bonne […]
At next year’s drama festivals, Sligo Drama Circle will stage “The Crucible”, an intensely interesting and thought-provoking drama by the American dramatist Arthur Miller. This was announced by this year’s producer to the group, Mrs. Monica Toher, speaking at the annual dinner of the Circle which was held in the Bonne Chere Restaurant, High St., […]
Nearly sixty people attended the Annual Dinner of the Sligo Drama Circle, Held in the Bonne Chere Restaurant, High Street, on Wednesday night of last week, and the function was a thoroughly enjoyable one. An enjoyable meal was provided by the proprietor, Mr Walter Mc Donagh and served by his highly efficient staff, and subsequently […]
The annual dinner of the Sligo Drama Circle was held in the Bonne Chere Restaurant, High St., Sligo, on Wednesday night of last week and was largely attended and proved to be a most enjoyable function. Mr. E. A. Mc Dermottroe, Chairman of the Drama Circle, presided and at the end of a most excellent […]
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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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 […]
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Sligo Drama Circle took place on Monday May 27th in the Drama Centre, Market Yard Sligo. Many thanks to all who took the trouble to attend the meeting and support the Drama Circle in its work. Both the outgoing Chairperson Máire Hynes and Secretary Fintan Whelan outlined the activities […]
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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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 […]
Yeats Day is celebrated annually in Sligo and around the world on the date of his birthday, June 13th. The day is an opportunity to focus on and celebrate the poetry of this Nobel prize-winning poet. Sligo is central to the celebrations of this day as it was the landscape of the area which so […]