“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 […]
Yeats Day, June 13th 2015, marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of W. B. Yeats. Many events were held in Sligo to honour the anniversary of the famous poet. On the day, Sligo Drama Circle performed a unique event – a marathon reading of the entire poetic works of W.B. Yeats. The event was […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s Yeats Marathon, planned for Yeats Day on June 13th, will benefit two local charities. As part of this unique venture, we are hoping that the public will support both North West Hospice and Sligo Cancer Support Centre. Both organisations rely heavily on donations to continue doing the great work that they do […]
2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet W.B. Yeats and as part of the celebrations on Yeats Day, June 13th, Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce that we are going to do a “Yeats Marathon“. We plan on doing a marathon reading of the entire canon of Yeats poems, 378 […]
2015 marks the 150th anniversary since the birth of the poet W.B. Yeats. A year-long series of celebrations are planned to mark the event with exhibitions, poetry readings, performances and recordings. More information on the events to mark the year can be found on the Yeats 2015 website. Sligo-based Blue Raincoat Theatre Company plan to […]
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 […]