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, […]
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Sligo Drama Circle Acclaimed In St. Louis
Sligo Drama Circle members have just returned from the United States following a much acclaimed performance in St. Louis, Missouri, of the Seán O’ Casey classic “Juno and the Paycock”. The St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, in a review, described the Sligo group’s production as “good – often very good”. The newspaper’s theatre critic, Joe Pollack, […]
“Juno” Jets To America
Sligo Drama Circle’s “Juno and the Paycock” currently playing to packed houses at Sligo’s Hawk’s Well Theatre, is to play in St. Louis Missouri, on St. Patrick’s weekend. Walter Mc Donagh’s production has won a new place in the history of Sligo theatre by being invited to play in the 740 seater St. Louis venue […]
Story of Ireland of Past Illuminates the Present
If ever a play proved that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it, or that the more things change the more they remain the same, it’s “Juno and the Paycock”, the classic drama by Seán O’ Casey. It is set in 1922, but more than three generations later, Irishmen are […]