The revival of a Drama Week in Sligo received the full support of members at a meeting of Sligo Corporation, on Monday, when the Mayor, Ald. J. Gannon, proposed a vote of congratulation to the Sligo Drama Circle on their recent successes at the All-Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone and at the Cavan Drama Festival. […]
Sligo Drama Circle will make its bow to the public on Sunday night next 18th November, with its presentation of “Thy Dear Father”, a three act play, by Gerard Healy. For weeks past the cast taking part have been actively rehearsing, and a really high class performance may be confidently expected. This play has an […]
Twenty seven years an actor with practically every local drama group that has come and gone in that time, and a former Chairman and Treasurer of Sligo Drama Circle, Cormac Sheridan is one of the great characters of the local drama scene. A Dubliner by birth, but by now a naturalised Sligoman and proud of […]
For the first time in the series, we’ve encountered an amateur actor who has no qualms about admitting, straight up and no ifs or buts, that yes, he’d love to do it for a living. And at 27 years of age with no marriage or mortgage to worry about, Robert Fitzpatrick has circumstances on his […]
A relatively late starter in the drama game, Ann-Marie Byrnes has crammed an enormous amount of stage work into the last five years. Initially prominent in a number of striking lead roles in Fun Company musicals, she has found a deeper niche as a straight actress in more recent times, and takes another giant step […]
Maria Mc Dermottroe made her stage debut at the age of six in an unique production in an indoor arena at The Holy Well. She played a little girl who had been miraculously cured in “Sight Unseen”, the story of the Lourdes apparitions. Since then she has become a sight to behold, blossoming from an […]
The squirrel-like vigilance with which Columb Mc Bride has collected the memorabilia of nearly forty years’ involvement in amateur drama has at last achieved usefulness. The bulging scrap book of programmes, paper cuttings, and photographs is now utilised as a guide map on a journey through a remarkable career. It is a fascinating treasure trove […]
It would be wrong to call him a recluse, for apart altogether from his standing as one of the greatest personalities in local theatre over the past half century, Walter Mc Donagh also happens to be one of nature’s true gentlemen. But when it comes to talking about himself and his career in directing and […]
The benefits of a third level education institution to a town like Sligo cannot be overstated. The influence of the 2,000 young students who attend Sligo Regional Technical College is normally measured in economic terms, which is legitimate given the spending power they generate throughout the town. But can you imagine the impact that 2,000 […]
The first ever role acted by Lionel Gallagher was as “Bashful” in a production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs while attending the Presentation Brothers, Carrick-on-Shannon. He recalls how he had to blush to order as it were, which naturally enough he found difficult. Such have been Lionel’s achievements in the meantime, both as […]
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 […]