Next week is a nostalgic on in the life of Kay Guinane, Circular Road, mother of four, playwright, award winning actress and national prize winning cake-maker. For when the Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “Night Must Fall” opens in the Hawks Well Theatre on Tuesday for a five night run, Kay Guinane will be remembering […]
The clouds of war were still rumbling when I came to live in Sligo in the year 1944. It was a frugal time of ration books, depression, little luxuries and no money. Television in the 1940’s was as yet Science Fiction. We had the “wireless” which served as a constant reminder of war and its […]
Peg O’ My Heart by J. Hartley Manners was performed in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in July, 2013.
A Chamber Piece for Two Monsters and A Dream In a dilapidated room, somewhere in this city, old Thaddeus Edward Cain lies dreaming of a beautiful girl. When his dream is invaded by a malevolent stranger, Cain begins to recall sinister events from his early life. Is Cain merely dreaming, or is this a terrifying […]
A principal player in this movement to create “A Theatre For Sligo” was the Sligo Drama Circle who worked diligently for years raising funds and support for the construction of a permanent theatre. Though faced with many setbacks the Drama Circle made a great stride forward in 1974 when it successfully lobbied the then Bishop […]
January 1982 will mark an important turning point in the cultural life of Sligo, with the opening of the Hawk’s Well – a purpose built 300 seat theatre which promises a year round programme of drama, music and film. Sligo has been renowned for decades as a place with a very large following for drama. […]
Welcome to the play. Dead words from a printed page are now a live world at the bright end of a darkened room. And it’s all yours. Nobody can ever really say, “I saw this one before”, because you never did see this. This is one vision of one happening, one group’s opening up to […]
Sligo Drama Circle is happy to host the 1979 All-Ireland Festival Finals (Confined). The stage in Sligo has a long tradition dating back to 1750 (at least) when a theatre “near the quays” is recorded. Late the location changed to “near the Linen-Hall” (near the present Imperial Hotel) and we are told that “His Majesty’s […]
Sligo Drama Circle was founded in 1956 to promote higher standards in local drama and to increase the range of plays available to Sligo audiences. Since then the Drama Circle has produced plays by major Irish, European and American playwrights and is recognised as one of the leading provincial companies. It has won numerous awards […]
Sligo Drama Circle, founded in August 1956, with a membership of ten, had their initial production, Gerard Healy’s “Thy Dear Father”. They were runners up in the three act open class in Athlone in 1957 (Ballyshannon nomination). Louis Dalton’s “Money Doesn’t Matter” was their choice in 1958. The best actor and actress awards at Ballyshannon […]
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 […]