Sligo Drama Circle is happy to host the 1979 All-Ireland Festival Finals (Confined). The stage in Sligo has a long tradition dating back to 1750 (at least) when a theatre “near the quays” is recorded. Late the location changed to “near the Linen-Hall” (near the present Imperial Hotel) and we are told that “His Majesty’s […]
Sligo Drama Circle was founded in 1956 to promote higher standards in local drama and to increase the range of plays available to Sligo audiences. Since then the Drama Circle has produced plays by major Irish, European and American playwrights and is recognised as one of the leading provincial companies. It has won numerous awards […]
Sligo Drama Circle, founded in August 1956, with a membership of ten, had their initial production, Gerard Healy’s “Thy Dear Father”. They were runners up in the three act open class in Athlone in 1957 (Ballyshannon nomination). Louis Dalton’s “Money Doesn’t Matter” was their choice in 1958. The best actor and actress awards at Ballyshannon […]
Over the past couple of years, Sligo Drama Circle has been endeavouring to collect as many photographs as possible in connection with its history and especially photographs of past productions. The collection of photographs that have been collected so far can be seen in the Gallery. If you have photographs pertaining to the Drama Circle, […]
It is almost impossible for us in the Sligo Drama Circle to believe that Eddie Fitzpatrick is dead – has made his final exit. Eddie meant a lot to the Circle and to everyone in it. As an actor he had star quality. He could easily have made it onto the professional stage had he […]
The interior wall of our Market Yard premises has been knocked and much more space is now available for future activities there. Planned is “An Evening with Mortimer” consisting of readings from two of John Mortimer’s better known one-act plays, “Lunch Hour” and “The Dock Brief”. We hope to have further information about this in […]
The age-old adage that love will find a way and the unsavoury practice of matchmaking could scarcely go hand in hand. The latter is a succinct introduction to marriage and the asymmetrical harmony of life thereafter all to frequently makes for bitter tragedy. The exigency of this morbid practice was fully brought home to Sligo […]
The Sligo Drama Circle was founded in October 1956 to promote good standards of community theatre and increase the range of plays available to Sligo audiences. The first play was produced in November 1956 and since then, the Circle has produced the works of major Irish, European and American playwrights. The group has won awards […]
“When a trip to Dublin was a rare event it naturally required more attention to provide local amusements, and Sligo, from, if not before, the year 1750, contained a theatre. The original building was near the quay; it was subsequently moved to the vicinity of the Linen-Hall. ‘His majesty’s servants from the Theatre Royal, Crow […]
A Sligo man is playing a major role in the Dublin Theatre Festival which opened in the capital this week. Paddy Dooney, a founding member of the Sligo Drama Circle and a well known actor, is appearing in the Druid Company’s professional production of “The Playboy of the Western World”. Paddy, who has for many […]
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 […]