Memories of the early days of one of Sligo’s longest running drama groups will return when they stage an exhibition on Saturday. Sligo Drama Circle will display a pictorial history of their 56-year existence in an exhibition in the Market Yard on Saturday afternoon from 1pm to 5pm. The drama group has accumulated a wealth […]
Sligo Drama Circle, celebrating fifty years of drama in Sligo, represents the best tradition of drama in Ireland’s North-West. From very humble beginnings in the 1950’s where many Sligo people got the chance to tread the boards of Sligo Town Hall, to the present day where young and old have the chance to grace the […]
Sligo Drama Circle, celebrating fifty years of drama in Sligo, represents the best tradition of drama in Ireland’s North-West. From very humble beginnings in the 1950’s where many Sligo people got the chance to tread the boards of Sligo Town Hall, to the present day where young and old have the chance to grace the […]
Having spent his whole career in the classroom teaching secondary school students, one would think that, having retired some years ago, the last place John Caheny could be found would be in the middle of a rowdy bunch of students with their sights set on Oxford and Cambridge. John has not, however, come out of […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the stage of the Hawk’s Well Theatre this week with its new production of Alan Bennett’s “The History Boys”. Set in a fictitious Sheffield Grammar school, the play won three Laurence Olivier Awards in the West end in 2005 as well as winning six Tony Awards on Broadway. It was […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the stage of the Hawk’s Well Theatre this March for its new production of Alan Bennett’s “The History Boys”. Set in a fictitious Sheffield Grammar school, the play centres itself around the plight of eight teenage boys who are trying to gain admission to Oxbridge. Showing the interaction between the […]
IN THE BEGINNING Sligo Drama Circle made its bow to the public for the first time on Sunday night, November 18th 1956. The Town Hall in Sligo was the venue for their presentation of Gerard Healy’s “Thy Dear Father”. However, the seeds of the Drama Circle were sown in the existing Sligo Unknown Players, a […]
Sligo Drama takes to the Hawk’s Well stage this Spring, turning the spotlight on Seán O’ Casey’s much loved “The Plough and the Stars”. Directed by Ursula Smullen, the cast includes Averyl Dooher, Barry Deignan, Gerry Ryan, Siobhán Dooney, Máire Hynes, Ultan Burke, Muireann Tóibin, Róisin Kilcoyne, Vinnie Holland, Kevin Boyle and welcomes young actors […]
Emotionally draining but ultimately extremely satisfying. These were the words used by Pat Sweeney to describe her experience of playing Nora Clitheroe in the Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “The Plough and the Stars” in 1969. Now thirty eight years later, Averl Dooher is taking on the role of the ambitions wife who tries to […]
Sligo Drama Circle take to the Hawk’s Well stage this Spring, turning the spotlight on Sean O Casey’s “The Plough and the Stars”. Directed by Ursula Smullen, the cast includes Averyl Dooher, Barry Deignan, Gerry Ryan, Siobhán Dooney, Máire Hynes, Ultan Burke, Murieann Tobin, Róisín Kilcoyne, Vinnie Holland, Kevin Boyle and welcomes young actors, Dermot […]
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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Steel Magnolias Supporting Diabetes Ireland
Join us in the Hawk’s Well Theatre on Wednesday November 4th before the curtain rises on Steel Magnolias for Magnolias in Pink, a very special Opening Night Reception celebrating friendship, laughter and community. With all proceeds on the night going to Diabetes Ireland, it’s the perfect way to kick off an unforgettable evening of theatre […]
Treading the Boards – Book Launch
November 18th marks the 70th anniversary of the very first Sligo Drama Circle production, when we appeared on the stage of the Town Hall for our very first performance, “Thy Dear Father” by Gerard Healy. Now, Sligo Drama Circle is marking the occasion of our 70th Anniversary with the launch of a new book detailing […]
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 […]
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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“Treading the Boards – 70 Years of Sligo Drama Circle” will be launched at a special event in Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo on November 18th, the actual date of our 70th Anniversary. The book is a limited edition and is the culmination of three years of research. It is a large book with 94 chapters […]
Steel Magnolias Supporting Diabetes Ireland
Join us in the Hawk’s Well Theatre on Wednesday November 4th before the curtain rises on Steel Magnolias for Magnolias in Pink, a very special Opening Night Reception celebrating friendship, laughter and community. With all proceeds on the night going to Diabetes Ireland, it’s the perfect way to kick off an unforgettable evening of theatre […]
Sligo Drama Circle will mark its 70th Anniversary with “Stage Memories”, an exhibition of posters, programmes, photographs, costumes, props and memorabilia for Culture Night 2026. Join us in our Market Yard premises (beside Montmartre restaurant F91 EVK4) on Culture Night, Friday September 18th any time between 7-9pm and take a nostalgic look through our archives charting our dramatic journey […]