The success of Martin Dempsey’s one-man variety show “Sing-Hilarity-Plus”, staged in Jury’s Hotel, Sligo, last week, should be encouraging to Sligo Drama Circle. Sponsored by them it was the first of what the Circle hope will be a series of professional visits over the winter, providing year-round theatre in Sligo. Dempsey pulls no punches, and […]
Paying tribute to Dr. Micheál Mac Liammóir, guest of honour at a sherry reception launching Sligo Drama Circle’s Summer Theatre 1972, Mr. Desmond Rushe, of the “Irish Independent”, who officially opened the season, said that interest in the theatre in the Irish countryside had been created and nurtured by the touring companies of the late […]
After winning the All-Ireland one-act play section in Naas with “The Pot of Broth”, the Sligo Drama Circle proved once again that they rank with the best in Irish amateur drama by finishing runners-up in the Drama Finals in Athlone with “The Crucible”. The premier award, the Esso Trophy, was won by the Strand Players […]
Now that Lent is at hand and amateur drama festival season is just around the corner, Sligo Drama Circle are preparing once again their festival play. After last year’s successful run with Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” the Circle is again relying on the same author. This year’s play, “The Crucible”, retells the story […]
“Performances laid on specially for tourists achieve a spurious or phoney air, and are usually very bleak affairs, culturally speaking”, said Mr. Christopher Fitz-Simon, Bord Fáilte Éireann, at the opening of “Summer Theatre ’71” in Sligo Town Hall. He was speaking on the opening night of the season at a reception given by Sligo Drama […]
Rehearsals for Sligo Drama Circle’s season of Summer Theatre have now reached an advanced stage and the first play of the season will be Brian Friel’s “Lovers” which will be presented in Sligo Town Hall on Wednesday night, June 30th. I learned yesterday afternoon hat it is planned to have a gala opening night to […]
Members of Sligo Drama Circle were photographed with some of their trophies before they travelled to Athlone last week to stage “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller at this year’s All-Ireland Drama Festival where, last year, the group won the premier award, the Esso Trophy. And this year, they were again in the award […]
The Passion Play, “The Man Born to be King”, by Dorothy Sayers, ended its week-long run in Sligo’s Holy Cross Dominican Church last night and I am happy to report that my first night prediction that people would be turned away owing to full houses on the closing night was completely true. His Lordship, Most […]
It was Sligo’s night at the Western Drama Festival in St. Brigid’s Hall, Tubbercurry, last Sunday when Sligo Drama Circle carried off the top three-act award with Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”, and Liam Mc Kinney was awarded the Jim Wynne Trophy for the Premier Production of the festival. The group secured twelve points […]
Alderman Seán Mc Manus, Mayor, formally opened Sligo Drama Circle’s Summer Theatre in Sligo Town Hall on Thursday night last. He spoke of the need for visitor entertainment in the town and reminded the audience of Sligo’s long tradition in drama. He hoped this Summer Season was a first step towards establishing a Little Theatre […]
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 […]