Since curtain-up on Sligo Drama Circle’s presentation in Sligo Town Hall last week of John Patrick’s three act play, “The Curious Savage”, I have learned that some people who saw the production considered that “The Curious Savage” was a curious play. I can’t, perhaps, altogether blame them for that, because to many members of the […]
“This quite fascinating play was extremely well put over”, said Seamus Breathnach when he adjudicated on Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “The Curious Savage” by John Patrick at Roscommon Drama Festival on Sunday night. It was the closing night of the festival and the Festival Cup was won by the Sligo group. Mr. Breathnach said […]
Sligo Drama Circle, with their eighth production, “The Evidence I Shall Give”, a three-act play by Richard Johnson, really surpassed themselves this year and for sheer atmosphere, tempo and acting it will rest in the memories of the people who saw it for a long, long time. For the four nights in which it was […]
There was a packed audience and extra seating had to be provided at the All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival in the Dean Crowe Memorial Hall, Athlone, on Wednesday night when a record-breaking crowd saw the Sligo Drama Circle present “My Three Angels”. The adjudicator, Mr. James Stack, said the producer had caught the right atmosphere of […]
“I hardly put pen on paper tonight, as I just sat back and enjoyed myself”, said Mr. Norman Rodway, adjudicator, at Ballyshannon Drama Festival, after the Sligo Drama Circle staged “My Three Angels” on Wednesday night last. Mr. Rodway said he would do no beating about the bush, but would put his cards completely on […]
“For the last ten or fifteen years the West End of London has been examining with great morbid curiosity every perversity, which they can dig up. This is apparently art. The theatre of the gutter of humanity which has taken place there horrifies me because I was under the impression that art should elevate people”, […]
Sligo Drama Circle, with their presentation of “To Live in Peace”, had wonderful success at Cavan Drama Festival where they secured three major awards. The production won the premier award, the Dr. Lyons Cup; the Drama Circle’s producer, Mr. Joseph Flood, won the Producer’s Cup, while the gold medal for acting was won by Mr. […]
The stable yet unsatisfactory relationship between Church and state in the early nineteenth century, man’s uncontrolled quest for riches and power and the quiet, unassuming disposition of a country priest stood out in stark reality this week when the Sligo Drama Circle presented Giovacchino Forzano’s “To Live in Peace” in the Town Hall. However, far […]
The Italians have given us some very good plays and many good ones. “To Live in Peace”, which the Sligo Drama Circle presented at the Town Hall, was not one of these. This play has a strong central character, a host of minor characters, some fine flashes of humour and loads of sentimentality, but it […]
“It is a strange play for two ladies to direct because it is a profoundly masculine play”, said Mícheál Mac Liamóir at Ballyshannon Drama Festival last night about Sligo Drama Circle’s production of ‘Montserrat’. “On the whole”, he said, “I must congratulate them from the heart”. The producers are Miss Una Lappin and Miss Marie […]
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 […]