It is almost impossible for us in the Sligo Drama Circle to believe that Eddie Fitzpatrick is dead – has made his final exit. Eddie meant a lot to the Circle and to everyone in it. As an actor he had star quality. He could easily have made it onto the professional stage had he […]
The interior wall of our Market Yard premises has been knocked and much more space is now available for future activities there. Planned is “An Evening with Mortimer” consisting of readings from two of John Mortimer’s better known one-act plays, “Lunch Hour” and “The Dock Brief”. We hope to have further information about this in […]
The age-old adage that love will find a way and the unsavoury practice of matchmaking could scarcely go hand in hand. The latter is a succinct introduction to marriage and the asymmetrical harmony of life thereafter all to frequently makes for bitter tragedy. The exigency of this morbid practice was fully brought home to Sligo […]
The Sligo Drama Circle was founded in October 1956 to promote good standards of community theatre and increase the range of plays available to Sligo audiences. The first play was produced in November 1956 and since then, the Circle has produced the works of major Irish, European and American playwrights. The group has won awards […]
“When a trip to Dublin was a rare event it naturally required more attention to provide local amusements, and Sligo, from, if not before, the year 1750, contained a theatre. The original building was near the quay; it was subsequently moved to the vicinity of the Linen-Hall. ‘His majesty’s servants from the Theatre Royal, Crow […]
A Sligo man is playing a major role in the Dublin Theatre Festival which opened in the capital this week. Paddy Dooney, a founding member of the Sligo Drama Circle and a well known actor, is appearing in the Druid Company’s professional production of “The Playboy of the Western World”. Paddy, who has for many […]
A call to the people of Sligo to support Sligo Drama Circle in their efforts to provide a Little Theatre in the town was made by North West Regional Tourism Manager, Mr. Eamonn P. Hoy, when he officially closed their summer season at Sligo Town Hall. Earlier, Mr. P. Foran, Chairman of the Drama Circle, […]
“Where Are You?” is a new play written by local playwright and author Dermot Healy especially for Sligo Drama Circle Young People’s Theatre. Dermot has been involved in an RTE documentary on his work, The Geese at Maugherow, and geese feature in this play. In the chaos of everyday life the actors busy themselves with […]
“A disturbed mother sends her son on a bizarre errand which has fatal consequences. Leaving home, he embarks on a journey with his friends. Encountering evil, destruction and eventually compassion, he is drawn into a world that is changed for ever.” Sligo Drama Circle’s Young People’s Theatre returned to the stage of the Factory Performance […]
Continuing our 50th Birthday celebrations, Sligo Drama Circle returned to the Hawk’s Well Theatre in April 2007 for a production of Seán O’ Casey’s The Plough and the Stars. “The Plough”, part of O’ Casey’s trilogy of Dublin plays, provoked riots when first staged. Set in the Dublin of 1916, audiences at the Abbey 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 […]