Miss Eily Kilgannon, Chairman of the Publicity sub-committee announced the programme for Summer Theatre ’74. This year’s season will commence on June 25th with an official opening by Mr. Brendan O’ Brien of Athlone, President of the Amateur Council of Ireland, followed by “The Millionairess” by George Bernard Shaw. This is the fourth year in […]
The first practical step towards building Sligo’s new theatre – on a prime site donated by the Bishop of Elphin, Dr. Conway – will be taken this month when the Circle launches its Spring Season. The first production will be Men Without Shadows, by Frenchman Jean Paul Sartre. The play will be directed by Liam […]
“Step-in-the-Hollow”, Donagh Mc Donagh’s much neglected but hilariously funny comedy re-opened for the final run of Sligo Drama Circle’s Summer Theatre ’73 in the Town Hall, on Tuesday and continues on Tuesdays and Thursdays until September 6th. All summer since Bria Friel opened the season on June 26th, Sligo Drama Circle has been drawing large […]
Sir, As Chairman of Sligo Drama Circle I was particularly interested in your second leader of August 20th when you expressed surprise at the lack of cultural entertainment for summer visitors by the drama movement in rural Ireland. I am not certain whether or not the larger towns such as Sligo are included by you […]
“The Country Boy” returned to Summer Theatre today, Wednesday, due to unprecedented public demand. It is a play by John Murphy and deals with the classic Irish themes of father-son relationships and emigration. Eddie Maher has returned home, the first time in fifteen years, with his American-born wife, to discover his younger brother Curly intending […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s “Summer Theatre” is now well established in the north-west, thanks to considerable hard work by a dedicated band of people. Thus, it is good to report that the programme announced for 1973 promises to be the best to date. It’s interesting to note the development of the group over the years. In […]
Members of Sligo Drama Circle, already in rehearsals for their Summer Season 1973 have a particularly busy few weeks ahead of them just now. On Thursday of this week (May 17th) the group plays host to the Ballina Players who present “The Patrick Pearse Motel” in Summerhill College, Sligo. This modern satirical comedy of the […]
Presentation Committee The presentation committee wish to state that, because of difficulties arising out of the vast need of this year’s set, the co-operation of everyone involved in the play is needed. It is of paramount importance that all the actors, regardless of sex and disposition, help with the moving of flats and properties, the […]
Everything Looks Red Through Rose-Tinted Glasses Arriving at Jury’s – with not a judge in sight – I was confronted by a spectacle that made my eyes water. (cigarette smoke) having made my way through the haze of nicotine, I came upon the wondrous sight of a Scotsman flaying elderly residents with his shillelagh and […]
When I dropped in recently to see how “The Crucible” was progressing in Scoil Ursula, I made the startling discovery that “Rehearsal – Drama Circle Style” was a totally new innovation. It was no longer an artificial situation where people came together to practice “saying and doing”. Instead, we had “Drama of a Non-Theatrical” nature […]
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 […]