Ald Kay Guinane writes: “With reference to your reply to my remarks regarding the Corporation grant of £25,000 towards the Theatre for Sligo, there are a few points to clarify. Firstly, you ask “Why wait until now?” to raise objections regarding the theatre project. You ask why they were not raised on the night the […]
Right then, first things first. Why weren’t these objections raised on the night a deputation from the Drama Circle met a full meeting of Sligo Corporation and put their plan before the members? That, surely, would have been the proper time to voice reservations, ‘question the worthiness’ of the project, and, if it didn’t meet […]
Ald. Kay Guinane writes, “In your article ‘On the Line’ (Champion 7th May) you described some of my remarks regarding a £25,000 grant of rate payers money to Sligo Drama Circle as being ‘plain silly’. It would be far too easy for me, as a person who has been associated with drama in Sligo for […]
The criticism levelled at Sligo Drama Circle at Monday night’s meeting of Sligo Corporation is, to put it bluntly, plain silly. The meeting was considering a grant towards the Theatre for Sligo project – a figure of £25,000 was mentioned – when Cllr. John Scanlon said he objected strongly to such a contribution on the […]
Sligo Drama Circle were bitterly attacked at Monday’s meeting of Sligo Corporation, even though the body agreed to make a contribution towards the proposed theatre for Sligo. The Co. Manager said a meeting had been held with the Drama Circle regarding the Corporation’s contribution and the figure of £25,000 had been mentioned. Cllr. J. Scanlon […]
“At no time in the forseeable future will this country be able to afford to give every town in the land its own theatre or its own arts centre, but the country can and must do the next best thing. Ireland like all her European partners, must have her own thriving, vibrant and indigenous regional […]
An unusual Press Release this week from Sligo Drama Circle. Here it is: “‘There is hope for the younger generation yet’ says a well-known television advertisement. These sentiments could well be echoed by Sligo Drama Circle’s ‘A Theatre for Sligo’ Committee last week. Imagine the surprised pleasure Walter Mc Donagh of the Circle got when […]
At a press conference held in the Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo, on Monday evening, members of Sligo Drama Circle reported progress on their plans to build a theatre for Sligo, gave details of fund-raising schemes for the project and announced the programme for “Summer Theatre ’74”. Mr. Joe Meehan, Chairman of “A Theatre for Sligo” […]
A first donation of one hundred dollars towards The Little Theatre Fund in Sligo was handed over by the Mayor, Cllr. Martin Keaveney, to members of Sligo Drama Circle on Friday night last. The gift was from the Mayor of St. Louis, Mr. John H. Boelker, who presented it to Mayor Keaveney when he was […]
Sligo Drama Circle is about to launch several major fund-raising schemes and activities in its efforts to build a theatre in Sligo. The Circle is organising a “value for money” project called “Friends of the Sligo Theatre” – a simple season ticket scheme whereby all who want regular theatre in the town as well 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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We in Sligo Drama Circle were saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Meehan last Friday. Joe was a long-standing member of Sligo Drama Circle and was active in many roles within the group over many decades. Joe’s involvement with Sligo Drama Circle probably dates back to the 1960s and from then on, Joe […]
Archival Video Footage Unearthed
We have recently come across some video footage of an interview from 1966 with the then Chairman of Sligo Drama Circle, Eddie Fitzpatrick. The footage appears to take place in the Town Hall as the group are in rehearsal for a production of John Millington Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World” in which Eddie […]
We are currently in the process of compiling a book on the history of Sligo Drama Circle. We have a fairly extensive archive of articles, photos and programmes from throughout our history. So, we decided that the time was right to try to gather all of this material together into book format. As part of […]
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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We in Sligo Drama Circle were saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Meehan last Friday. Joe was a long-standing member of Sligo Drama Circle and was active in many roles within the group over many decades. Joe’s involvement with Sligo Drama Circle probably dates back to the 1960s and from then on, Joe […]
As a treat for this time of the year, we have recorded 12 different seasonal poems all with a Christmas theme. We have done this before for Yeats Day each year and have also recently recorded the seasonal play “A Christmas Carol” which you can listen to HERE Following on from the success of these […]
Archival Video Footage Unearthed
We have recently come across some video footage of an interview from 1966 with the then Chairman of Sligo Drama Circle, Eddie Fitzpatrick. The footage appears to take place in the Town Hall as the group are in rehearsal for a production of John Millington Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World” in which Eddie […]