“The Man born to be King” received a tremendous first night reception from a capacity audience at Sligo’s Holy Cross Priory last night when the play depicting the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ began a week-long run. The production not alone marks the end of an era so far as the Dominican Order […]
Sligo Drama Circle Producer, Liam Mc Kinney, has reason to be optimistic if he hopes to retain the Esso Trophy, the All-Ireland Premier Drama Award, this year. Last season, the town was taken by storm with “A Streetcar Named Desire” but “Death of a Salesman” which was staged in the Town Hall, Sligo, last weekend […]
Sligo Drama Circle must be hotly tipped for festival honours again this season because their presentation of “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, seen by capacity audiences in Sligo Town Hall on four nights last week, was simply superb. It was the most realistic and captivating production to come before the Sligo theatre fans […]
Sligo Drama Circle gained a notable success at the All-Ireland Drama Festival at Athlone when Walter Mc Donagh’s production of “Purgatory” (W. B. Yeats) took the major award in the one-act section. The two characters were played by Lionel Gallagher, The Boy, and Eddie Fitzpatrick, The Old Man. The play also won the production award. […]
Sligo Drama Circle have swept the boards from three out of four drama festivals with their production of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” and with premier awards from Tubbercurry, Cavan and Ballyshannon, their nomination to the Athlone festival has been secured with more points than is necessary. It will be the first time in six […]
The Sligo Drama Circle, presenting “The Playboy of the Western World” (J.M. Synge), swept the boards at the Ulster Drama Festival in the Grand Opera House, Belfast, on Saturday night last when they were awarded the Grand Opera House Perpetual Challenge Cup, taking the trophy to the 26 counties for the first time ever, and […]
Summer theatre came to Sligo for the first time ever when, for three nights, in the Town Hall there was a Sligo group production of J. M. Synge’s classic “The Playboy of the Western World”. Even though the presentation was held in connection with the sixth annual Yeats International Summer School, the staging of a […]
Every play worthy of the name has a theme, whether it is the simple portrayal of historical events and the interaction of motives of those involved, or the giving of an example of events in possible life, real or imagined, which will serve a medium for a message: which message given badly in abstractions would […]
“I am glad I saw this play. I am sure it will go much further and that it will encourage professionals to do it. It is a great lead which the Sligo Drama Circle has given us”, commented adjudicator Mr. Vincent Dowling on “The Curious Savage”, presented on Wednesday night of last week at Bundoran […]
“This is a play I have been looking forward to since I came here”, said Mr. G. Golden, adjudicating Sligo Drama Circle’s presentation of John Patrick’s “The Curious Savage” on Wednesday night at Bundoran Drama Festival. “I heard a little whisper of the merits of this show”, said Mr. Golden, “and I was somewhat sceptical […]
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 […]