Would you like to break on to the acting scene in Sligo? Well now your chance has arrived courtesy of the Sligo Drama Circle. The drama group has been entertaining people for over 50 years and has built up a strong reputation among the best groups in the county for emerging talent. Ursula Smullen will […]
Sligo Drama Circle are looking for two unsatisfactory men for their upcoming play, “The Memory of Water” by Shelagh Stephenson. Directed by Ursula Smullen, the play sees three bickering sisters at their mother’s funeral. A hugely entertaining comedy, the play shows insight and compassion into the sisters’ relationship and their mixed memories of their mother […]
Sligo Drama Circle is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and has a number of productions lined up to mark the special occasion. In May, local girl, Ursula Smullen, will direct “The Memory of Water”, auditions for which will be held next week, while in November, Joan Fitzpatrick will direct “The Sunshine Boys”. Both of […]
Sligo Drama Circle launched their eagerly awaited new theatre production last night (Monday) in the Hawk’s Well theatre, where it will run for the week. Four award winning actors form the cast of this long awaited production of the “Beauty Queen of Leenane”. Painstakingling rehearsed under the direction of Joan Fitzpatrick, Sligo audiences will not […]
Four award-winning actors who form the cast of the long-awaited production of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” have been in painstaking rehearsal under the direction of Joan Fitzpatrick, and the fruits of their endeavours are about to be brought to the stage. Sligo audiences will not be disappointed by this superb production from Sligo Drama […]
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Sligo Drama Circle will stage two one-act comedy classics from the pens of George Bernard Shaw and Alan Bennett. On December 3 and 4 they will perform “How He Lied To Her Husband” at the Drama Circle’s own performance space to the rear of Montmarte Restaurant in The Market […]
“How He Lied to Her Husband” is a wonderful one act satire by George Bernard Shaw currently in rehearsal by Sligo Drama Circle. A delightful offering, it contains sparkling language, caustic humour and seering social commentary, all the trademark features of George Bernard Shaw. The play tells the story of Henry Apjohn, a young idealistic […]
Tonight, Tuesday, is the eagerly awaited opening night of the Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire”. And while nerves are jangling, both the crew, the cast and the audience are looking forward to the performance. The Drama Circle have worked hard to bring this large-scale production to the stage. They have even […]
A New York actor will be making his Sligo stage debut next week – and it’s all thanks to a feature in The Sligo Champion Arts Page. Tim Dillard was working in a production of “Italian Wedding” in Dun Laoghaire when, out of the blue, his Slig0-based friend, Róisín Monaghan, called to tell him the […]
All good things come to those who wait, but the waiting is finally over. Sligo’s theatre lovers will soon be basking in the glow of another glorious production from the Sligo Drama Circle, this time Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”. The production had initially been scheduled for Autumn of last year, but various factors […]
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 […]