“For the last ten or fifteen years the West End of London has been examining with great morbid curiosity every perversity, which they can dig up. This is apparently art. The theatre of the gutter of humanity which has taken place there horrifies me because I was under the impression that art should elevate people”, […]
Sligo Drama Circle, with their presentation of “To Live in Peace”, had wonderful success at Cavan Drama Festival where they secured three major awards. The production won the premier award, the Dr. Lyons Cup; the Drama Circle’s producer, Mr. Joseph Flood, won the Producer’s Cup, while the gold medal for acting was won by Mr. […]
“It is a strange play for two ladies to direct because it is a profoundly masculine play”, said Mícheál Mac Liamóir at Ballyshannon Drama Festival last night about Sligo Drama Circle’s production of ‘Montserrat’. “On the whole”, he said, “I must congratulate them from the heart”. The producers are Miss Una Lappin and Miss Marie […]
“I think that for their courage, energy and true virility, in tackling a play such as “Montserrat” these players deserve a very big ‘Thank You’”, said the adjudicator, Mr. Micheál Mac Liammóir, of the Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “Montserrat” at Ballyshannon Drama Festival last week. Mr. Mc Liammóir said these players gave a very […]
Speaking at Cavan Drama Festival after the Sligo Drama Circle staged “Montserrat”, the adjudicator, Mr. Godfrey Quigley, said he was deeply grateful to the company for their presentation of this play as he had spent 13 or 14 weeks playing it himself, and he was incredibly moved by the Sligo presentation. The play had a […]
Mr. Seamus Breathnach offered very little criticism of Sligo Drama Circle who presented “Montserrat” on Wednesday night of last week at the Bundoran Drama Festival. Mr. Breathnach said: “I have very little to say about this performance. It gave me very great pleasure to watch this group at work. The setting and costumes were everything […]
Sligo Drama Circle scored a notable success at the All-Ireland Drama Festival which concluded in the Dean Crowe Memorial Theatre, Athlone. on Sunday night last, and for their presentation of Donagh Mc Donagh’s three act verse play “God’s Gentry” they won the Sportex Cup,, the open competition for three act plays, and also the Westmeath […]
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 […]