Sligo Drama Circle is planning a production of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” for July 2015. Set in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England, the play deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage. The village of Longbourn, home to the Bennet family, is excited by the news that a wealthy […]
One of the main problems with theatre first nights is that you never know what to say afterwards. “You were wonderful, darling,” is what people are meant to remark to each other according to popular myth, though I must admit I’ve never heard anyone actually say it in my considerable experience of these unholy rituals. […]
Ever wondered what it’s like to tread the boards? Well now is your chance! Every Monday night for 6 weeks at the Hawk’s Well Theatre you can learn all about acting. Under the skilful direction of Bob Kelly, regular collaborator with the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, this six-week course offers a place to explore, create […]
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.