Lovers of musicals, and there are many of them in Sligo, are in for a treta from Saturday 24th November to Saturday December 1st. For those eight nights Sligo Drama Circle will be performing “The Boyfriend” by Sandy Wilson in the Town Hall. Set in the roaring twenties with all the glamour of that era, […]
There are no shortage of superlatives to describe a fascinating stage show but choosing the right one to fit Sligo Drama Circle’s presentation of “Fiddler on the Roof”, which begins an eleven night run at the Town Hall on Sunday night is a little difficult. Quite frankly, the show is the most spectacular stage production […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s presentation of “Fiddler on the Roof” will be officially opened at the Town hall on Sunday night by the Bishop of Derry, Most Rev. Dr. Edward Daly. Such were the complexities of the show that it was found necessary to increase the size of the stage at the Town Hall to facilitate […]
Sligo Drama Circle will strike something of a historic note when the present their lavish production of “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Town Hall next January. “The Fiddler” will be the first show of its kind to be staged at the Town Hall for many years, and members of the drama group have had […]
Sligo Drama Circle are talent searching – and the object of the exercise is to find young local men and women to fill parts in their forthcoming production of “Fiddler on the Roof” which will be staged in January. And the group are also interested to hear from electricians, carpenters and painters who would be […]
Over the next few weeks, Sligo Drama Circle changes its venue, it productions and its normal Tuesday/Thursday routine with the advent of the Yeats International Summer School. On Saturday 19th and Monday 21st of August, the Circle will be in Summerhill College theatre with three plays by William Butler Yeats, “The Cat and the Moon”, […]
Grange Mart is the brainchild of three locals, Willie Farrell, John Mc Gowan and Peter Casey. The day of the show Columb Mc Bride from the Ulster Bank presented Mick Nicholson with £50 and a grand cup. On seeing Columb, one couldn’t but reflect on the time when he, Tom Mullaney and a younger fella […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the Town Hall for its Summer Theatre on Tuesday July 11th with a revival of J. B. Keane’s famous tragic-comedy “Sive”. This All-Ireland winning drama in Athlone in 1959 should prove a popular choice with visitors and locals alike and will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout July and into […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s Summer theatre season opens on a highly unusual note this year – for the first time in over twenty years audiences are to be treated to outdoor theatre. The venue for this event will be the Retreat House Gardens alongside the Cathedral car park. These grounds have been recently restored and at […]
Sligo people have been without the most important timepiece in town – the clock on the Cathedral – in recent days because of a play. The Cathedral clock, which rings out fifteen minute time chimes, has been silenced because of the play “A Man For All Seasons”, on the life of Thomas Moore is being […]
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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Autumn Production of “Present Laughter”
Now in its 61st year, Sligo Drama Circle returns to the stage of the Hawk’s Well Theatre this November with its production of the Noel Coward classic comedy “PRESENT LAUGHTER”. First staged in 1942, the play surrounds Garry Essendine, a self-obsessed actor who is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. Before he embarks on a tour […]
Footage has been unearthed of a rehearsal of our production of Robert Bolt’s “A Man For All Seasons”, an outdoor production from 1979 which took place in the Peace Park, or the Retreat House Gardens as it was known at the time. It ran from Sunday June 19th to Friday June 23rd, 1979. The cast […]
Back in April, Sligo Drama Circle staged “Wasn’t it a Full Life” in Sligo Courthouse. Based around the events of the 1916 Easter Rising, this piece was specially researched and written by director, Michael Leyden. Now, this show is coming to Ballymote, Co. Sligo for one night only, Thursday September 29th. In “Wasn’t It A Full […]
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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It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing yesterday of one of our longest serving members, Joan Fitzpatrick. Joan will be fondly remembered by all those in the dramatic community in Sligo for her wonderful contribution to the development of drama and theatre in Sligo. She will be particularly remembered as an […]
TYPE Free Theatre Workshops in Hawk’s Well
Theatre maker Kellie Hughes, will be developing a new theatre show, TYPE, at the Hawk’s Well Theatre this August, in collaboration with Italian movement specialists Oscar Valsecchi and Valentina Temussi, German composer/musician David Stalling and Irish visual artist/scenographer Michael Cummins. You can become part of the theatrical experience presenting a first sharing of this new […]
The “Country Under Wave” festival, organised by the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, is an annual Sligo celebration of the theatre of W.B. Yeats. This year it coincides with the 58th Yeats International Summer School and the Tread Softly festival. Also this year, the “Country Under Wave” festival is celebrating the theatre of John MIllington Synge.