2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet W.B. Yeats and as part of the celebrations on Yeats Day, June 13th, Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce that we are going to do a “Yeats Marathon“. We plan on doing a marathon reading of the entire canon of Yeats poems, 378 […]
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Sligo Drama Circle will take place on Monday night May 18th at 7pm at our premises in the Market Yard, Sligo. Existing members, past members and new members and friends are all welcome to attend. According to our Constitution, only paid up members will be allowed to vote and be […]
Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce the return of their huge hit comedy from 2013, MOLL. This John B. Keane classic comedy received hugely positive feedback from audiences when it last played the Hawk’s Well Theatre in November 2013. MOLL is set to return to the Hawk’s Well this July and it should appeal […]
We just recently came across this image on the Theatrefolk Facebook Page. With so many amateur drama groups on a very tight budget, these tips will probably make sense to the costume/wardrobe organisers in the group. How many of these tips is your group already using?
Sligo Drama Circle is planning to produce two very contrasting plays this summer and we are looking for actors. The first play to be produced is Noel Cowards comedy, “Present Laughter“, set in England in the late 1930’s. It will be on the Hawks Well stage from July 7th to 11th. The plot centres on Garry Essendine, […]
The annual Gormanston Drama Summer School will take place from Sunday August 2nd to Saturday August 8th this year. It promises a top class list of tutors, working with course director Eamonn O’Donoghue, to create engaging, exciting and relevant content for 2015. It also promises something for everyone, from the established actors looking to improve their technique, […]
We have collected quite a number of photographs of productions from our almost 60 year history and posted them in our online Gallery on this website. We have images of stage sets, rehearsal photos, promotion shots, as well as scans of posters, flyers, tickets and programmes for shows down through the years. We will continue […]
2015 marks the 150th anniversary since the birth of the poet W.B. Yeats. A year-long series of celebrations are planned to mark the event with exhibitions, poetry readings, performances and recordings. More information on the events to mark the year can be found on the Yeats 2015 website. Sligo-based Blue Raincoat Theatre Company plan to […]
Sligo Drama Circle is planning a production of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” for July 2015. Set in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England, the play deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage. We previously let you know that we were planning men’s auditions for the show. We […]
Ali Coffey Casting company have contacted us to let us know that they are casting a campaign next week featuring a grandmother (55-70) and her granddaughter (16-22). They are independent thinkers, pretty similar people, they get along great and love books, music, travel and their friends and family. They have their own sense of style […]
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 […]