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 […]
After a lot of planning, designing and preparation especially over the last six months, Sligo Drama Circle is back online with its brand new website. The process to create the new website actually started this time last year when we began thinking about and talking about projecting a new image through a new website. The […]
2013 was a busy year for Sligo Drama Circle with six productions staged in different Sligo venues throughout the year. In March, our Spring production in the Hawk’s Well Theatre was “By the Bog of Cats” by Marina Carr. Our Summer production, also in the Hawk’s Well Theatre, was a revival of a previous Drama […]
In 2012, the Hawk’s Well Theatre celebrated its 30th birthday, having come into existence in 1982 through the foresight and determination of many Sligo Drama Circle members and friends. As part of the birthday celebrations, the Hawk’s Well organised an exhibition detailing the involvement of all the local drama and musical groups in the development […]
Sligo Drama Circle returns to the stage of the Hawk’s Well Theatre this November for its autumn production of John B. Keane’s hit comedy “MOLL”. The play is set in a typically rural Irish presbytery in the 1970s where the Parish Priest, Canon Pratt, and his two curates Fr. Brest and Fr. Loran reside. With […]
Sligo Drama Circle brings a slice of “Downton Abbey” to the stage of the Hawk’s Well Theatre this July for its summer production of J. Hartley Manners’ “Peg O’ My Heart”. Set in 1912, the story unfolds in the English country estate of the snobbish Chichester family who have just learned that they have been […]
The story of “The Sunshine Boys” follows the attempt by a young theatrical agent (Damien Quinn) to re-unite his elderly uncle (Robert Fitzpatrick), a former vaudevillian great, with his long term stage partner (Gerry Ryan) for a one-off TV appearance. Their comic genius is widely acknowledged, their reputation legendary. There’s only one problem – the […]
Sligo Drama Circle will once more tread the boards of the Hawks Well Theatre at the end of July, with the charming comedy “Peg O’ My Heart” by J. Hartley Manners. “Peg O’ My Heart” is set in 1912, and the story unfolds in the English country estate of the snobbish Chichester family who have […]
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 […]