This year saw the clash of giants and with some giants still to take the arena, Gerda Redlich could well bemoan the fact that so many of the shows she had already seen were so scintillatingly good. “It is so sad”, she said, “because only one of them can win”. In the event it was […]
For the third time since 1970 when they won the Esso Supreme Trophy, Sligo Drama Circle were Runners-Up in the All-Ireland Drama Festival held in Athlone. “Men Without Shadows” by Jean Paul Sartre, this year’s play, proved to be the most provocative of the ten day festival and if one is to judge by the […]
A fair few hackles were raised on Wednesday night by Sligo Drama Circle’s production of Sartre’s “Men Without Shadows”, with a number of people leaving the hall rather than continue to endure the psychological and physical brutality on the stage. Myself, I was hugely impressed, having gone along fearing the worst and then getting the […]
A well merited dual success was scored by the Sligo Drama Circle at the Festival when they won the premier award, the Canon Gildea Trophy in the open three-act section for their presentation of “The Crucible”, the classic of the American theatre by Arthur Miller, and also took the Committee’s Silver Cup in the open […]
Sligo Drama Circle gained a notable success at the All-Ireland Drama Festival at Athlone when Walter Mc Donagh’s production of “Purgatory” (W. B. Yeats) took the major award in the one-act section. The two characters were played by Lionel Gallagher, The Boy, and Eddie Fitzpatrick, The Old Man. The play also won the production award. […]
Sligo Drama Circle have swept the boards from three out of four drama festivals with their production of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” and with premier awards from Tubbercurry, Cavan and Ballyshannon, their nomination to the Athlone festival has been secured with more points than is necessary. It will be the first time in six […]
The Sligo Drama Circle, presenting “The Playboy of the Western World” (J.M. Synge), swept the boards at the Ulster Drama Festival in the Grand Opera House, Belfast, on Saturday night last when they were awarded the Grand Opera House Perpetual Challenge Cup, taking the trophy to the 26 counties for the first time ever, and […]
“I am glad I saw this play. I am sure it will go much further and that it will encourage professionals to do it. It is a great lead which the Sligo Drama Circle has given us”, commented adjudicator Mr. Vincent Dowling on “The Curious Savage”, presented on Wednesday night of last week at Bundoran […]
There was a packed audience and extra seating had to be provided at the All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival in the Dean Crowe Memorial Hall, Athlone, on Wednesday night when a record-breaking crowd saw the Sligo Drama Circle present “My Three Angels”. The adjudicator, Mr. James Stack, said the producer had caught the right atmosphere of […]
“I hardly put pen on paper tonight, as I just sat back and enjoyed myself”, said Mr. Norman Rodway, adjudicator, at Ballyshannon Drama Festival, after the Sligo Drama Circle staged “My Three Angels” on Wednesday night last. Mr. Rodway said he would do no beating about the bush, but would put his cards completely on […]
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 […]