As a treat for this time of the year, we have recorded 12 different seasonal poems all with a Christmas theme. We have done this before for Yeats Day each year and have also recently recorded the seasonal play “A Christmas Carol” which you can listen to HERE Following on from the success of these […]
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Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to present an audio recording of “A Christmas Carol” by Paul Thain, adapted from the book by Charles Dickens. In a new departure for us, we have embraced the wonders of modern technology to create our first audio recording of a play. Involving 21 people, we have been working over […]
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We have recently come across some video footage of an interview from 1966 with the then Chairman of Sligo Drama Circle, Eddie Fitzpatrick. The footage appears to take place in the Town Hall as the group are in rehearsal for a production of John Millington Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World” in which Eddie […]
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We are currently in the process of compiling a book on the history of Sligo Drama Circle. We have a fairly extensive archive of articles, photos and programmes from throughout our history. So, we decided that the time was right to try to gather all of this material together into book format. As part of […]
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June 13th is earmarked each year 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 also marks the 100th Anniversary of his Nobel Prize for Literature. Again this year, Sligo Drama Circle is marking […]
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The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Sligo Drama Circle took place on Monday May 15th in the Drama Centre, Market Yard Sligo. Many thanks to all who took the trouble to attend the meeting and support the Drama Circle in its work. Both the outgoing Chairperson Ursula Smullen and Secretary Máire Hynes outlined the activities […]
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We are delighted to announce that our autumn production will be a classic comedy, “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue. Originally published in 1983, the play is regularly performed by professionals and amateurs alike. Trying to forget his marital problems, dull and doleful Charlie Baker (Robert Fitzpatrick) takes a holiday at a fishing lodge in the […]
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We are looking for some help from a local Architect/Draftsman to help us realise our plans to extend our building in the Market Yard for some much needed storage space. We need the extra space for storage of sets, furniture, props and costumes, all of which are necessary to keep producing shows which the Sligo […]
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