We are looking for some help from a local Architect/Draftsman to help us realise our plans to extend our building in the Market Yard for some much needed storage space. We need the extra space for storage of sets, furniture, props and costumes, all of which are necessary to keep producing shows which the Sligo […]
It was great to see so many new faces at our recent Information Meeting in the Market Yard for new Members as part of our “Do Drama” campaign. This is an initiative to get new people involved in Sligo Drama Circle as actors, directors or working backstage. The evening showed us that there is lots […]
The Annual General Meeting of Sligo Drama Circle took place in our Market Yard premises on Tuesday May 17th at 7pm. A small gathering attended and new officers and a new committee was elected for the coming year. A review of our activities over the past few years took place and plans for future projects […]
When the cast of Sligo Drama Circle took to the stage with their production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams on the final night of the All-Ireland Amateur Drama finals in the Dean Crowe Theatre in Athlone on April 18th 1970, they had high hopes of taking the All-Ireland trophy. Expectations were high […]
Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council, Cllr. Tom Mac Sharry welcomed the return of Sligo Drama Circle to the Town Hall, on an occasion of historic significance for the Drama Circle. Marking the opening performance of our “Yeats By Candlelight” production in Sligo Town Hall, the Cathaoirleach recalled how it was in this building that the […]
Theatre maker Kellie Hughes, will be developing a new theatre show, TYPE, at the Hawk’s Well Theatre this August, in collaboration with Italian movement specialists Oscar Valsecchi and Valentina Temussi, German composer/musician David Stalling and Irish visual artist/scenographer Michael Cummins. You can become part of the theatrical experience presenting a first sharing of this new […]
Sligo Drama Circle celebrates its 60th birthday this year, and as part of our celebrations we are holding a “Celebration Social” night on Friday September 9th in the Glasshouse Hotel. This will be an informal night for friends of the Drama Circle to get together to chat, reminisce and celebrate the wonderful drama produced on […]
Sligo Drama Circle joins “Culture Night” for the first time with our exhibition entitled “60 Years of Drama“. The event celebrates 60 years of our Drama in Sligo with an exhibition of posters, programmes, photographs, costumes and memorabilia from our 60 year history. Join us in our Market Yard premises (beside Montmartre restaurant) on Culture Night, September […]
Our “Wasn’t It A Full Life” production takes place from Tuesday to Friday this week at 8pm. It takes place in the unique venue of Sligo Courthouse in Teeling Street right in the centre of Sligo. Taking place in the Circuit Court, its excellent acoustics and ambience makes it a perfect venue for our 1916-themed show. The courtroom features a […]
Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service that enables users to take pictures and videos, and share them either publicly or privately on the app, as well as through a variety of other social networking platforms. Sligo Drama Circle has had a presence on Instagram since November 2013 and has a […]
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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Members of Sligo Drama Circle featured on a programme on Ocean FM’s outside broadcast this morning, Friday December 8th, to celebrate the work of Sligo Men’s Shed. We have previously written on this website about Sligo Men’s Shed, but today was about creating an awareness of the Men’s Shed and the work that they do […]
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 […]
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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We in Sligo Drama Circle were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Lionel Gallagher this week. Lionel was a long-standing member of Sligo Drama Circle and was active in many roles within the group for more than 50 years. But it was on the stage where he belonged and where he excelled. Lionel […]
Members of Sligo Drama Circle featured on a programme on Ocean FM’s outside broadcast this morning, Friday December 8th, to celebrate the work of Sligo Men’s Shed. We have previously written on this website about Sligo Men’s Shed, but today was about creating an awareness of the Men’s Shed and the work that they do […]
Sligo Drama Circle will be performing the well-known John B. Keane play “Sive” in the Spring of 2025. It will be staged in the Hawks Well Theatre from April 2nd to 5th. Set in 1950s Ireland, the play revolves around the arranged marriage of the young Sive to an elderly man in a deal worth […]