It took a bit of gentle arm-twisting, maybe even the persuasive “go on, go on, go on” tactic for which Mrs. Doyle has become so famous, but ultimately it was the quality of the script and the part which lured Dee Gallagher from her self-imposed theatrical exile. Having turned down numerous offers of parts over […]
In Sligo the name Mc Dermottroe is synonymous with superb acting. Eddie Mc Dermottroe Senior delighted and enthralled audiences for years with his many brilliant performances during his time with the Sligo Drama Circle. Maria, his daughter followed in her father’s footsteps. First as an amateur and later as a polished professional. Young Conor is […]
Hard to imagine a tie without television and very little radio. No pub culture, no nightclubs, no custom-built theatre. What did folk do for a bit of diversion? Apparently, very many of them queued for seats in the makeshift theatres of the Town Hall or Gillooly Hall whenever there was a play on offer, which […]
Pádraig Foran, Drama Circle member and former member of the Sligo Unknown Players, details some of the history of “The Unknowns”, as they were more commonly called. Sligo Unknown Players were the forerunner of the Sligo Drama Circle and they experienced a lot of success in the local amateur drama movement. This article also recalls […]
When stage people in Sligo presented “The Colleen Bawn” shortly before Christmas as a tribute to Charlie and Maggie Hughes it gives one the opportunity of reminiscing on the Sligo Unknown Players to which the Hughes partnership were so much attached over a period of many years. It was just after Christmas in 1935 that […]
Mrs. Eileen Lambert, Hon. Secretary, reporting to the final meeting of the committee which was established in Sligo to aid the Sligo United Players in staging “The Colleen Bawn” to mark the retirement from the amateur stage of Charlie and Margaret Hughes, founder members of the Sligo Unknown Players, had this to say: “it gives […]
The production this week of The Colleen Bawn as a tribute to Margaret and Charlie Hughes in the Gillooly Hall, Sligo, was certainly well timed. Sligo theatre-goers, starved of their favourite pastime for so long, were eager to see another Sligo production and the fact that it was designed as a compliment to two people […]
For those people who remember with affection the old days of the theatre and for the younger people who would like to see for themselves what those days were like, there will be a very important engagement in the Gillooly Hall, Sligo, on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next. Those are the days fixed for […]
“Aftermath”, which was performed by the Sligo Unknown Players in aid of the Forthill School Fuel Fund, is not T. C. Murray’s best play, but it is a very good play indeed. This being so, the producer and his cast had much to do to meet the demands of their author, for, while good acting, […]
Sligo’s new £250,000 custom-built theatre, officially opened by the President of Ireland, Dr. Patrick J. Hillery, this week, marks a significant development of drama in the area. The 300-seater theatre, the only one of its kind west of the Shannon, will enhance Sligo’s reputation as an artistic and cultural centre, fulfilling a dream held for […]
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 […]