Presentation Committee The presentation committee wish to state that, because of difficulties arising out of the vast need of this year’s set, the co-operation of everyone involved in the play is needed. It is of paramount importance that all the actors, regardless of sex and disposition, help with the moving of flats and properties, the […]
Everything Looks Red Through Rose-Tinted Glasses Arriving at Jury’s – with not a judge in sight – I was confronted by a spectacle that made my eyes water. (cigarette smoke) having made my way through the haze of nicotine, I came upon the wondrous sight of a Scotsman flaying elderly residents with his shillelagh and […]
When I dropped in recently to see how “The Crucible” was progressing in Scoil Ursula, I made the startling discovery that “Rehearsal – Drama Circle Style” was a totally new innovation. It was no longer an artificial situation where people came together to practice “saying and doing”. Instead, we had “Drama of a Non-Theatrical” nature […]
The interior wall of our Market Yard premises has been knocked and much more space is now available for future activities there. Planned is “An Evening with Mortimer” consisting of readings from two of John Mortimer’s better known one-act plays, “Lunch Hour” and “The Dock Brief”. We hope to have further information about this in […]
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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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 […]
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 […]