Many years ago, Sligo Drama Circle presented a cup to Feis Shligigh, the Hughes Cup, in memory of Charlie and Maggie Hughes. By all accounts, Charlie and Maggie were stalwarts of Sligo Unknown Players, the pre-cursor to the Drama Circle. A 1962 article in The Sligo Champion referred to the couple: “Charlie and Margaret Hughes […]
Dear Sir, I suppose that it is not really surprising that Sligo should have a thriving Amateur Dramatic Society. Back in the thirties when most Irish towns thought of “doing a play” as a means of raising funds for a new school or the renovation of a church, the Sligo Unknown Players were setting standards […]
The death has taken place of Irish actor Brendan Cauldwell at the age of 83. Mr Cauldwell had played the role of Pascal Mulvey in the RTÉ soap Fair City since 1996. Born in Fairview in Dublin and educated in O’Connell’s CBS, he worked in the insurance industry in Sligo before becoming a full time […]
The recent death of Fair City actor, Brendan Cauldwell, evoked many memories of the halcyon days of amateur drama in Sligo, where, as a young man, the famous actor first took to the stage. Working in the insurance business in Sligo, Brendan became a popular member of the Sligo Unkown Players, appearing in many of […]
The death occurred at the weekend in the United States of well-known Sligo-born actress Pauline Flanagan, a star of both stage and screen. Seventy eight years old Mrs. Flanagan, who came from High Street where her parents, P.J. and Elizabeth, ran a thriving wholesale and retail business. The following is an extract from an interview […]
Pádraig Foran, Drama Circle member and former member of the Sligo Unknown Players, details some of the history of “The Unknowns”, as they were more commonly called. Sligo Unknown Players were the forerunner of the Sligo Drama Circle and they experienced a lot of success in the local amateur drama movement. This article also recalls […]
When stage people in Sligo presented “The Colleen Bawn” shortly before Christmas as a tribute to Charlie and Maggie Hughes it gives one the opportunity of reminiscing on the Sligo Unknown Players to which the Hughes partnership were so much attached over a period of many years. It was just after Christmas in 1935 that […]
Mrs. Eileen Lambert, Hon. Secretary, reporting to the final meeting of the committee which was established in Sligo to aid the Sligo United Players in staging “The Colleen Bawn” to mark the retirement from the amateur stage of Charlie and Margaret Hughes, founder members of the Sligo Unknown Players, had this to say: “it gives […]
The production this week of The Colleen Bawn as a tribute to Margaret and Charlie Hughes in the Gillooly Hall, Sligo, was certainly well timed. Sligo theatre-goers, starved of their favourite pastime for so long, were eager to see another Sligo production and the fact that it was designed as a compliment to two people […]
For those people who remember with affection the old days of the theatre and for the younger people who would like to see for themselves what those days were like, there will be a very important engagement in the Gillooly Hall, Sligo, on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next. Those are the days fixed for […]
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 […]