Paying tribute to Dr. Micheál Mac Liammóir, guest of honour at a sherry reception launching Sligo Drama Circle’s Summer Theatre 1972, Mr. Desmond Rushe, of the “Irish Independent”, who officially opened the season, said that interest in the theatre in the Irish countryside had been created and nurtured by the touring companies of the late […]
Rehearsals for Sligo Drama Circle’s season of Summer Theatre have now reached an advanced stage and the first play of the season will be Brian Friel’s “Lovers” which will be presented in Sligo Town Hall on Wednesday night, June 30th. I learned yesterday afternoon hat it is planned to have a gala opening night to […]
Alderman Seán Mc Manus, Mayor, formally opened Sligo Drama Circle’s Summer Theatre in Sligo Town Hall on Thursday night last. He spoke of the need for visitor entertainment in the town and reminded the audience of Sligo’s long tradition in drama. He hoped this Summer Season was a first step towards establishing a Little Theatre […]
For some years past, the Sligo Drama Circle has presented a short season of plays during the Yeats Summer School. The plays have been enthusiastically received by the Summer School students and by other visitors to the town as well as by local playgoers. This has encouraged the Drama Circle to extend the season and, […]
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 […]
But there is no resting of their laurels for the members of the Drama Circle. And no off-season for drama in Sligo either. Immediately the members of the group commence rehearsals on the three Yeats one-act plays they will stage in Sligo Town Hall during the Yeats International Summer School next August. In previous years […]
I looked forward very much to seeing the two Yeats plays as they are an important feature of the Summer School. “Deirdre” and “The Cat and the Moon” were two contrasting plays in a double bill. “Deirdre” is an immensely difficult play to stage and to act. Part stylised, part realistic, part ritual and part […]
A well merited dual success was scored by the Sligo Drama Circle at the Festival when they won the premier award, the Canon Gildea Trophy in the open three-act section for their presentation of “The Crucible”, the classic of the American theatre by Arthur Miller, and also took the Committee’s Silver Cup in the open […]
Sligo Drama Circle gained a notable success at the All-Ireland Drama Festival at Athlone when Walter Mc Donagh’s production of “Purgatory” (W. B. Yeats) took the major award in the one-act section. The two characters were played by Lionel Gallagher, The Boy, and Eddie Fitzpatrick, The Old Man. The play also won the production award. […]
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 […]