“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. […]
The stable yet unsatisfactory relationship between Church and state in the early nineteenth century, man’s uncontrolled quest for riches and power and the quiet, unassuming disposition of a country priest stood out in stark reality this week when the Sligo Drama Circle presented Giovacchino Forzano’s “To Live in Peace” in the Town Hall. However, far […]
The Italians have given us some very good plays and many good ones. “To Live in Peace”, which the Sligo Drama Circle presented at the Town Hall, was not one of these. This play has a strong central character, a host of minor characters, some fine flashes of humour and loads of sentimentality, but it […]
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 […]