Sligo Drama Circle now in its 54th year, will present John B. Keane’s “Sive” from October 27th to the 30th inclusive. Directed by Fintan Whelan and set against the harsh poverty and difficult times of the 1950’s, the play tells the story of a young 18 year old girl Sive, who lives with her uncle, […]
Have you ever looked out the window at the rain falling and felt glad to be inside, warm and comfortable…where the boundaries are known? But then again, maybe its different and you feel slightly trapped, stuck on the inside and out there life is happening? Were the walls built to keep you safe or keep […]
Sligo Drama Circle Young People’s Theatre present their new play, YOU ARE HERE (BUT WHO ARE YOU?) at the Factory Performance Space on Thursday 14th , Friday 15th, Saturday 16th December at 8.00pm. The performance lasts about one hour and tickets can be got from the Factory (Box Office: 071 917 0431) at €8.00 each […]
Sligo Drama Circle continue to attract large audiences to the Hawk’s Well with their production of “Moll” which concludes this Saturday night. Their autumn staging of John B. Keane’s hit comedy has been filling seats at the Temple Street venue since it opened on Tuesday night. The play is set in a typically rural Irish […]
Sligo Drama Circle continues its 50th birthday celebrations when it returns to the Hawk’s Well stage with a revival of the Seán O’ Casey classic “The Plough and the Stars”. Having previously been performed by the Circle in 1969 and 1992, it is entirely appropriate to now revisit this classic of the Irish canon. Set […]
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 the Launch Day event for Vintage Glamour Day, a fund-raising collaboration between North-West Hospice and Sligo Races, our resident costumier, Máire Hynes, was challenged to create a vintage costume from old curtains! Máire selected a pair of curtains donated to the North-West Hospice shop and reimagined, recycled and reused them to create […]
We were delighted to support North-West Hospice in their fund-raising venture, Vintage Glamour Day, in association with Sligo Races. We attended a Launch Day in vintage costume at Sligo Racecourse to promote the special fund-raising day. A promo video and some photographs were taken on the day to raise awareness of the upcoming race meet. […]
We are delighted to announce and acknowledge Sligo Credit Union for their generous support of Sligo Drama Circle through their Community Fund. Their contribution will go toward our commemorative historical book celebrating our 70th anniversary, which will be published next year. Sligo Credit Union’s Community Fund was set up to support projects in the Sligo/Leitrim […]
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 the Launch Day event for Vintage Glamour Day, a fund-raising collaboration between North-West Hospice and Sligo Races, our resident costumier, Máire Hynes, was challenged to create a vintage costume from old curtains! Máire selected a pair of curtains donated to the North-West Hospice shop and reimagined, recycled and reused them to create […]
We were delighted to support North-West Hospice in their fund-raising venture, Vintage Glamour Day, in association with Sligo Races. We attended a Launch Day in vintage costume at Sligo Racecourse to promote the special fund-raising day. A promo video and some photographs were taken on the day to raise awareness of the upcoming race meet. […]
We are delighted to announce and acknowledge Sligo Credit Union for their generous support of Sligo Drama Circle through their Community Fund. Their contribution will go toward our commemorative historical book celebrating our 70th anniversary, which will be published next year. Sligo Credit Union’s Community Fund was set up to support projects in the Sligo/Leitrim […]