Synge’s Christy Mahon gets rid of his Da by hitting him with a loy. At least that’s what he thinks until the old man turns up again to plague him. Similarly Hugh Leonard’s Charlie Tynan thinks he is rid of his Da when he has buried him. But it’ snot as simple as that.! The […]
Sligo audiences have a treat in store for them in the near future when Joe Burns of B & P Productions fame takes the boards again. Those who have such pleasant memories of the halcyon days of Sligo pantomime will recall with a chuckle Joe’s many hilarious performances as “Carabuncle”. Sad, indeed, that his “other […]
Miss Eily Kilgannon, Chairman of the Publicity sub-committee announced the programme for Summer Theatre ’74. This year’s season will commence on June 25th with an official opening by Mr. Brendan O’ Brien of Athlone, President of the Amateur Council of Ireland, followed by “The Millionairess” by George Bernard Shaw. This is the fourth year in […]
It is paradoxical that in Ireland where religion plays such a major part in our lives, one of the few, if not the only great religious novel, should deal with the rejection of faith. James Joyce’s “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” is a description of a religious experience and as such […]
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 […]