Not too long ago I said to someone, “You couldn’t drag me to one of those ‘Little Theatre – Drama Club’ whatever you call it performances, not on your Nelly”. To make a ridiculous story short, I got dragged, and now I am eating humble pie, very humble. I was taken to see a performance […]
Dear Sir, I recently had the opportunity to visit Co. Sligo and I found the visit to be completely enjoyable. The beaches are lovely, the mountains breathtaking and the people delightfully friendly. I find, though, that I must especially praise the Sligo Drama Circle. I attended the production of Brian Friels’ “Philadelphia, Here I Come” […]
I have been on a visit to your town with a Sligo friend. We are both keen theatre goers and we were delighted to learn through the Sligo Champion, which we get each week, that there was a Summer Theatre programme in Sligo. I can’t begin to tell you how much we enjoyed our visit […]
The Great Famine was caused by the failure of the potato crop. Potatoes formed the chief food and there was no substitute which could be resorted to as may be the case when wheat and other grain are in common use. The failure of the potato cop condemned to death a vast number of Irish […]
“We are here today to remember and venerate the two million Irish men, women and children who perished as a result of the Great Famine of 1845-1850. About one million died of starvation and another million emigrated. Author Thomas Cahill said, “They belong to us, they are of our blood – we have an obligation […]
The death has taken place of Irish actor Brendan Cauldwell at the age of 83. Mr Cauldwell had played the role of Pascal Mulvey in the RTÉ soap Fair City since 1996. Born in Fairview in Dublin and educated in O’Connell’s CBS, he worked in the insurance industry in Sligo before becoming a full time […]
The recent death of Fair City actor, Brendan Cauldwell, evoked many memories of the halcyon days of amateur drama in Sligo, where, as a young man, the famous actor first took to the stage. Working in the insurance business in Sligo, Brendan became a popular member of the Sligo Unkown Players, appearing in many of […]
The death occurred at the weekend in the United States of well-known Sligo-born actress Pauline Flanagan, a star of both stage and screen. Seventy eight years old Mrs. Flanagan, who came from High Street where her parents, P.J. and Elizabeth, ran a thriving wholesale and retail business. The following is an extract from an interview […]
As the Sligo Drama Circle celebrates its 50th anniversary next week, all talk will once again revert back to the group’s first performance in 1956. Directed by Walter McDonagh, the cast of “Thy Dear Father” tread the boards half a century ago in the Town Hall and according to Walter was the talk of the […]
It was 1970. The sixties had ended, and to listen to modern commentators, a dull decade was about to begin. But not in the Sligo theatre world. To us in the Drama Circle, the best was yet to come. Founded in 1956, the Circle had sought for years to win the blue ribband of non-paid […]
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 […]