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 delighted to announce that our autumn 2024 production in the Hawk’s Well Theatre will be Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People! We last performed this play in 1975, so it is high time that we dusted off the cobwebs and brought this highly entertaining costume drama […]
We are delighted to announce that our autumn production will be a classic comedy, “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue. Originally published in 1983, the play is regularly performed by professionals and amateurs alike. Trying to forget his marital problems, dull and doleful Charlie Baker (Robert Fitzpatrick) takes a holiday at a fishing lodge in the […]
Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce that it has been invited to perform our most recent production of Patrick Hamilton’s “Gaslight” at the prestigious Listowel Writers’ Week this June Bank Holiday weekend. We are honoured to bring this production to the St. John’s Theatre in The Square, Listowel on Thursday June 2nd at 8pm […]
Many thanks to the Francie Boylan show on Ocean FM for interviewing “GASLIGHT” cast members Orla Mc Sharry (Bella Manningham) and Barry Deignan (Jack Manningham) on the show this afternoon. Orla and Barry gave Francie an insight into the premise behind the play and also gave a short reading from the play itself. You can […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the stage of the Hawk’s Well Theatre for their first post-Covid production this March for four performances only of “GASLIGHT” by Patrick Hamilton. This tense, Victorian psychological thriller played to packed houses and standing ovations in previous performances. It is guaranteed to yet again have audiences on the edge of […]
Poor Bella, she is not well and she knows it. After all, her mother went mad and died in a lunatic asylum when she was Bella’s age. Her loving husband, Jack is doing his best to care for her, which can be pretty demanding at times. However, all is not what it seems in the […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the stage of the Hawk’s Well Theatre this February/March with a reprise of its production of the John B. Keane classic “BIG MAGGIE”. Set in rural 1960’s Ireland, in a society that values prayer, property, land and keeping up appearances above all else, recently widowed Maggie Polpin’s plan to assert […]
Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce its latest production to hit the stage this October – “Stolen Child”. Set in 1990, it tells the story of Angela Tierney, a young Dublin woman and her search to find her natural mother and to confront her own identity. Enlisting the services of a private detective, Mick […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the stage of the Hawk’s Well Theatre this November with its production of the classic Noel Coward comedy “PRESENT LAUGHTER”. The action of the play takes place in the London studio of leading stage actor Garry Essendine, a puffed-up charmer with a knack for histrionics, wooing women and extreme displays […]
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 […]