Sligo Drama Circle, with their eighth production, “The Evidence I Shall Give”, a three-act play by Richard Johnson, really surpassed themselves this year and for sheer atmosphere, tempo and acting it will rest in the memories of the people who saw it for a long, long time. For the four nights in which it was […]
There was a packed audience and extra seating had to be provided at the All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival in the Dean Crowe Memorial Hall, Athlone, on Wednesday night when a record-breaking crowd saw the Sligo Drama Circle present “My Three Angels”. The adjudicator, Mr. James Stack, said the producer had caught the right atmosphere of […]
“I hardly put pen on paper tonight, as I just sat back and enjoyed myself”, said Mr. Norman Rodway, adjudicator, at Ballyshannon Drama Festival, after the Sligo Drama Circle staged “My Three Angels” on Wednesday night last. Mr. Rodway said he would do no beating about the bush, but would put his cards completely on […]
“For the last ten or fifteen years the West End of London has been examining with great morbid curiosity every perversity, which they can dig up. This is apparently art. The theatre of the gutter of humanity which has taken place there horrifies me because I was under the impression that art should elevate people”, […]
Sligo Drama Circle, with their presentation of “To Live in Peace”, had wonderful success at Cavan Drama Festival where they secured three major awards. The production won the premier award, the Dr. Lyons Cup; the Drama Circle’s producer, Mr. Joseph Flood, won the Producer’s Cup, while the gold medal for acting was won by Mr. […]
The stable yet unsatisfactory relationship between Church and state in the early nineteenth century, man’s uncontrolled quest for riches and power and the quiet, unassuming disposition of a country priest stood out in stark reality this week when the Sligo Drama Circle presented Giovacchino Forzano’s “To Live in Peace” in the Town Hall. However, far […]
The Italians have given us some very good plays and many good ones. “To Live in Peace”, which the Sligo Drama Circle presented at the Town Hall, was not one of these. This play has a strong central character, a host of minor characters, some fine flashes of humour and loads of sentimentality, but it […]
“It is a strange play for two ladies to direct because it is a profoundly masculine play”, said Mícheál Mac Liamóir at Ballyshannon Drama Festival last night about Sligo Drama Circle’s production of ‘Montserrat’. “On the whole”, he said, “I must congratulate them from the heart”. The producers are Miss Una Lappin and Miss Marie […]
“I think that for their courage, energy and true virility, in tackling a play such as “Montserrat” these players deserve a very big ‘Thank You’”, said the adjudicator, Mr. Micheál Mac Liammóir, of the Sligo Drama Circle’s production of “Montserrat” at Ballyshannon Drama Festival last week. Mr. Mc Liammóir said these players gave a very […]
Speaking at Cavan Drama Festival after the Sligo Drama Circle staged “Montserrat”, the adjudicator, Mr. Godfrey Quigley, said he was deeply grateful to the company for their presentation of this play as he had spent 13 or 14 weeks playing it himself, and he was incredibly moved by the Sligo presentation. The play had a […]
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 […]