Sligo Drama Circle take to the Hawk’s Well stage this Spring, turning the spotlight on Sean O Casey’s much loved “The Plough and the Stars”. Directed by Ursula Smullen, the cast includes Averyl Dooher, Barry Deignan, Gerry Ryan, Siobhán Dooney, Máire Hynes, Ultan Burke, Murieann Tobin, Róisín Kilcoyne, Vinnie Holland, Kevin Boyle and welcomes young […]
Sligo Drama Circle now in its 54th year, will present John B. Keane’s “Sive” from October 27th to the 30th inclusive. Directed by Fintan Whelan and set against the harsh poverty and difficult times of the 1950’s, the play tells the story of a young 18 year old girl Sive, who lives with her uncle, […]
Have you ever looked out the window at the rain falling and felt glad to be inside, warm and comfortable…where the boundaries are known? But then again, maybe its different and you feel slightly trapped, stuck on the inside and out there life is happening? Were the walls built to keep you safe or keep […]
Sligo Drama Circle Young People’s Theatre present their new play, YOU ARE HERE (BUT WHO ARE YOU?) at the Factory Performance Space on Thursday 14th , Friday 15th, Saturday 16th December at 8.00pm. The performance lasts about one hour and tickets can be got from the Factory (Box Office: 071 917 0431) at €8.00 each […]
Sligo Drama Circle continue to attract large audiences to the Hawk’s Well with their production of “Moll” which concludes this Saturday night. Their autumn staging of John B. Keane’s hit comedy has been filling seats at the Temple Street venue since it opened on Tuesday night. The play is set in a typically rural Irish […]
Sligo Drama Circle continues its 50th birthday celebrations when it returns to the Hawk’s Well stage with a revival of the Seán O’ Casey classic “The Plough and the Stars”. Having previously been performed by the Circle in 1969 and 1992, it is entirely appropriate to now revisit this classic of the Irish canon. Set […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the Town Hall for its Summer Theatre on Tuesday July 11th with a revival of John B. Keane’s tragic-comedy “Sive”. This All-Ireland winning drama in Athlone in 1959 should prove a popular choice among visitors and locals alike and will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout July and into August. […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s Autumn production at the Town Hall is Ray Cooney’s hilarious farce “Chase Me Comrade”. It involves all the thrills and spills of concealing a Russian ballet dancer who plans to defect to the West. There is a series of mistaken identity in which everybody suspects everybody else and soon a chase develops […]
A play opened in Sligo Town Hall last week which has never been off the stage, never been out of production, for 200 years. It is Oliver Goldsmith’s bewitching comedy “She Stoops to Conquer”. The script of “She Stoops to Conquer” was originally rejected by Garrick of Covent Garden. Garrick and Coleman were the leading […]
On Tuesday night in the Town Hall, the curtain rose on Sligo Drama Circle’s production of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest”. “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a farce of perfect charm. For brilliancy of wit and for the perfection of its construction, it may fairly be ranked with the very greatest […]
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 […]