The first practical step towards building Sligo’s new theatre – on a prime site donated by the Bishop of Elphin, Dr. Conway – will be taken this month when the Circle launches its Spring Season. The first production will be Men Without Shadows, by Frenchman Jean Paul Sartre. The play will be directed by Liam […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s “Summer Theatre” is now well established in the north-west, thanks to considerable hard work by a dedicated band of people. Thus, it is good to report that the programme announced for 1973 promises to be the best to date. It’s interesting to note the development of the group over the years. In […]
It was standing room only at The Venue, Strandhill when “Endgame” by Samuel Beckett completed a three day run. An audience of more than 160, few of whom had seen a Beckett play before, expressed their enthusiasm with prolonged applause and glowing post-curtain comments. The laughed uproaringly at the slapstick humour which came as a […]
Ald Kay Guinane writes: “With reference to your reply to my remarks regarding the Corporation grant of £25,000 towards the Theatre for Sligo, there are a few points to clarify. Firstly, you ask “Why wait until now?” to raise objections regarding the theatre project. You ask why they were not raised on the night the […]
Right then, first things first. Why weren’t these objections raised on the night a deputation from the Drama Circle met a full meeting of Sligo Corporation and put their plan before the members? That, surely, would have been the proper time to voice reservations, ‘question the worthiness’ of the project, and, if it didn’t meet […]
Ald. Kay Guinane writes, “In your article ‘On the Line’ (Champion 7th May) you described some of my remarks regarding a £25,000 grant of rate payers money to Sligo Drama Circle as being ‘plain silly’. It would be far too easy for me, as a person who has been associated with drama in Sligo for […]
The criticism levelled at Sligo Drama Circle at Monday night’s meeting of Sligo Corporation is, to put it bluntly, plain silly. The meeting was considering a grant towards the Theatre for Sligo project – a figure of £25,000 was mentioned – when Cllr. John Scanlon said he objected strongly to such a contribution on the […]
The best news to come Sligo’s way for a long time is the announcement that Sligo Drama Circle’s search for a site for a theatre is over. Thanks to the generosity of the Bishop of Elphin, Most Rev. Dr. Dominic Conway, who has donated a site at the Retreat House, the drama group can now […]
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 […]