Yeats Day is celebrated annually in Sligo and around the world on the date of his birthday, June 13th. The day is an opportunity to focus on and celebrate the poetry of this Nobel prize-winning poet. Sligo is central to the celebrations of this day as it was the landscape of the area which so […]
June 13th is earmarked as a day of celebration of the works of W.B.Yeats and Sligo, Ireland, the place most associated with the poet and playwright, is the centre of those celebrations. This year, to mark #YeatsDay Sligo Drama Circle produced five videos to showcase some of the work of W.B. Yeats and also some […]
Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council, Cllr. Tom Mac Sharry welcomed the return of Sligo Drama Circle to the Town Hall, on an occasion of historic significance for the Drama Circle. Marking the opening performance of our “Yeats By Candlelight” production in Sligo Town Hall, the Cathaoirleach recalled how it was in this building that the […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the stage this July with our production of “Yeats By Candlelight”. Last performed in 2017, this revival includes three shows – one in the Methodist Church on Saturday July 27th at 4pm as part of our contribution to the Yeats International Summer School and two unique performances in the Mayor’s […]
Following on from the huge success of our lunchtime performances of “Yeats By Candlelight” during the 2015 All-Ireland Fleadh in Sligo and four subsequent shows that October, Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce a further two performances of the show this May. These performances will take place in the Yeats Memorial Building on Thursday […]
“Yeats By Candlelight”, our production celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Nobel Laureate W.B. Yeats. opens this Wednesday night in Lissadell Church. With its association with the nearby Lissadell House and the Gore-Booth family, this is a perfect and unique setting to retell the story of the life of W.B. Yeats, with […]
Following on from the huge success of our lunchtime performances of “Yeats By Candlelight” during the All-Ireland Fleadh in Sligo in August, Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce a further four evening performances of the show this October. These will take place in three different venues over four nights: * Wednesday October 7th, Lisadell […]
Our “Yeats By Candlelight” production takes place next week during the All-Ireland Fleadh in Sligo. It takes place in the unique venue of the Methodist Church in Wine Street right in the centre of Sligo. The newly refurbished church sanctuary has been fitted out with moveable seating. Its excellent acoustics and ambience makes it a […]
On Saturday August 1st, 2015, Sligo Drama Circle took part in the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company’s “A Country Under Wave” project by staging a rehearsed reading of the W.B. Yeats play “The King’s Threshold”. Part of this project was to stage all 26 Yeats plays in 26 different locations in Sligo and its environs over the course […]
After the success of our Yeats Marathon in June, Sligo Drama Circle presents its next contribution to the celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet William Butler Yeats – Yeats By Candlelight. This lunchtime show will take place in the unique setting of the Methodist Church in Wine Street, right 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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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 […]