Dear Sir, I suppose that it is not really surprising that Sligo should have a thriving Amateur Dramatic Society. Back in the thirties when most Irish towns thought of “doing a play” as a means of raising funds for a new school or the renovation of a church, the Sligo Unknown Players were setting standards […]
“Moll” by John B. Keane was performed in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in November, 2013. This video slideshow features photographs of the set on the stage of the Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo.
“Moll” by John B. Keane was performed in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in November, 2013. This video slideshow, featuring photographs of the production, was used to promote the show.
“Moll” by John B. Keane was performed in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in November, 2013. This video podcast, featuring Micky Murray as Fr. Brest, was used to promote the show.
“Moll” by John B. Keane was performed in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in November, 2013. This “cinematic trailer” was used to promote the show.
Peg O’ My Heart by J. Hartley Manners was performed in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in July, 2013. This video promo was used to advertise the show.
Peg O’ My Heart by J. Hartley Manners was performed in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in July, 2013. This video promo was used to advertise the show.
Peg O’ My Heart by J. Hartley Manners was performed in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in July, 2013. This “cinematic trailer” was used to promote the show.
During the 1990’s Sligo Drama Circle participated in the Mid & North-West Radio Drama Awards. The following plays were performed as radio plays during the period: 1994 The Return by Kenny Donagher 1995 Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge 1996 The Long and the Short of It by Rita Ann Bourke 1997 The […]
New talent will be on stage during this year’s season of short plays by Sligo Drama Circle. It is the first year the group has run three shows in three weeks and director Ultan Burke said the focus was on getting new faces involved. They held auditions in September and seven new recruits were found. […]
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.