Tonight, Tuesday, is the eagerly awaited opening night of the Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire”. And while nerves are jangling, both the crew, the cast and the audience are looking forward to the performance. The Drama Circle have worked hard to bring this large-scale production to the stage. They have even […]
A New York actor will be making his Sligo stage debut next week – and it’s all thanks to a feature in The Sligo Champion Arts Page. Tim Dillard was working in a production of “Italian Wedding” in Dun Laoghaire when, out of the blue, his Slig0-based friend, Róisín Monaghan, called to tell him the […]
All good things come to those who wait, but the waiting is finally over. Sligo’s theatre lovers will soon be basking in the glow of another glorious production from the Sligo Drama Circle, this time Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”. The production had initially been scheduled for Autumn of last year, but various factors […]
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” has collected another consignment of awards on the Drama Festival circuit. Sligo Drama Circle won the first prize in the open competition – the Festival Silver Challenge Cup – at Ballyshannon Drama Festival which closed on last Sunday night. The adjudicator, Mr. John Knipe, a well-known figure on the […]
By winning the premier award at Claremorris Drama Festival within days of sweeping the honours at Tubbercurry, Sligo Drama Circle have now qualified for the All-Ireland finals to be held in Athlone in April. The best actress award at Claremorris was won by Deirdre Gallagher for her role as “Big Mamma” in the Drama Circle’s […]
Sligo Drama Circle launch their 1975 Theatre season with a Gala First Night Performance of the famous Tennessee Williams’ play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”. In this Women’s International Year, the season will be officially opened by Housewife of the Year, Mrs Freda Rooney. Next Tuesday night will be a landmark in Sligo’s theatre […]
Sligo Drama Circle carried off the major prize at the All-Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone at the weekend with their production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. It was the Drama Circle’s first-ever victory in the competition after nine appearances in the final, on three of which hey were beaten into second place. At […]
Sligo Drama Circle will give local theatre-goers another opportunity to see their prize-winning production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams when they present the play in Sligo Town Hall on Wednesday & Thursday of next week prior to their bid for national honours at the Eighteenth All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival in Athlone. The […]
The Sligo Drama Circle made a clean sweep at Cavan Drama Festival last night by winning the premier award with “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, while two members of the cast, Joan Fitzpatrick and Shane Cleary, were awarded more medals for best performances. The producer was Liam Mc Kinney and 92 marks were […]
Sligo Drama Circle won the major awards at the 26th annual Western Drama Festival which concluded in St. Brigid’s Hall, Tubbercurry, on Sunday night last. They were awarded the Festival’s premier award, presented by the late Very Rev. D. Canon Gildea, P.P. for their presentation of “The Glass Menagerie” (Tennessee Williams) while the producer, Liam […]
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 […]